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A ‘Clusterpluck’ for Mike Auldridge
It’s one thing when one of the most talented Dobro players on the planet attributes his success to Mike Auldridge. It’s something else entirely when a whole stageful of top Dobro players line up to pay tribute. Sally Van Meter had the most colorful way [...]
Mike Auldridge tribute at The Birchmere
An all-star collaboration concert has been scheduled for February 12 to celebrate the life and music of Mike Auldridge, who died after a lengthy illness on Dec 28, 2012. Mike’s influence on the worlds of bluegrass and resonator guitar can scarcely be overstated. No one [...]
The Story Behind The Song – Silence Or Tears
Silence Or Tears was composed by a veteran of the North Carolina bluegrass scene, mandolin player Jerry Stuart, and the highly-esteemed bass player Tom Gray, of Country Gentlemen fame. However, its origins go back two centuries to the life-time of British romantic poet George Gordon [...]
John Shuffler passes
John William Shuffler, one of the better known bass-playing brothers of the Shuffler family, passed away on Friday, December 21, at Grace Hospital, Morganton, North Carolina, after a period of declining health. He would have been 82 years old on January 16. The bluegrass veteran [...]
New Honors for Eddie Adcock and Tom Gray
Bassist Tom Gray and banjo picker Eddie Adcock, who have long careers in bluegrass since their trailblazing days with the Country Gentlemen in the 1960s are this year’s winners of the Washington Monument Award from the D.C. Bluegrass Union. They’ll pick up the award and [...]
Many A Mile with Eddie and Martha
It took me just seconds to break into a broad smile the first time I listened to Many a Mile, the recent release from Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray and Friends (Patuxent Music). As soon as Eddie’s banjo kicked in on the introduction of [...]
The Adcocks and Gray walk Many A Mile
After an eight year gap since their last release Eddie and Martha Adcock, TwoGrass, have a new album on the market. As the credits show on the CD the Adcocks are assisted on this self-produced Patuxent Music release, Many a Mile, by their long-time touring [...]
Listen to Eddie, Martha and Tom online
This coming Saturday (7/2) Eddie Adcock will be back in Crewe, Virginia for an evening concert and an afternoon broadcast you can hear online. Accompanied by his wife and long term musical partner, Martha, and good friend, the well-respected bass player Tom Gray, Adcock returns [...]
July is Virginia Bluegrass Festival Month
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell has issued a proclamation declaring July 2011 as Virginia Bluegrass Festival Month. It, and six others recognizing Virginia natives who have profoundly affected the development of bluegrass music, will be read from the stage during the Oak Leaf Festival in Luray, [...]
Tom Gray with Eddie and Martha Adcock
After finding himself without a musical outlet when Legends of the Potomac was disbanded, bass legend Tom Gray has announced that he has joined up with Eddie & Martha Adcock. Or perhaps “rejoined” would be the more appropriate term, as he has a long history [...]
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