Tag: Tony Rice

Rodgers Remembrance Vol IX: Any Old Time

| May 23, 2013 | 0 Comments
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This week we are going to once again remember the life and times of America’s Blue Yodeler, the Singing Brakeman, and the Father of Country Music: the late, great Jimmie Rodgers. On Saturday, May 26, Jimmie Rodgers will have been gone 80 years. Arguably the [...]

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Punch Brothers, bluegrass All Stars at Wide Open Bluegrass

| May 1, 2013 | 0 Comments
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The International Bluegrass Music Association has begun to announce the scheduled performers for the 2013 Wide Open Bluegras Festival, their weekend concert event that follows the conclusion of the World of Bluegrass Business Conference and International Bluegrass Music Awards in September. This 2 day festival, [...]

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Tony Rice monel strings from Martin

| March 27, 2013 | 0 Comments
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Here’s another new product from CF Martin introduced earlier this year at the 2013 NAMM show in Anaheim, CA. After many years endorsing strings from other manufacturers, Tony Rice now has a signature set from Martin. He has long favored strings made with monel, a [...]

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A First-Class Reunion

| February 19, 2013 | 2 Comments
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This reflection on the Bluegrass Album band reunion in Asheville is a contribution from Alan Tompkins, prominent Texas bluegrass musician, impresario, and radio host. Mid-February weather in Dallas is usually great, some of the best each year, and not something I would normally leave (voluntarily) [...]

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Bluegrass Album Band returns in fine style

| February 18, 2013 | 3 Comments
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This is the first of two articles about the historic reunion of The Bluegrass Album Band this past weekend in North Carolina. There’s no better way to start the Bluegrass Album Band reunion than with the crack of Crowe’s banjo kicking off the album one [...]

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The Ultimate Playlist for your Bluegrass Valentine

| February 14, 2013 | 2 Comments
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It’s finally here, fellas: Die Hard 5 hits theaters TODAY! Unfortunately, for most of you, Bruce Willis takes a backseat to Cupid. If you didn’t know by now, today is Valentine’s Day. How many of you have forgotten until now? And yes, your local Wal-Mart [...]

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Tone Poems – Deluxe Edition

| January 22, 2013 | 0 Comments
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David Grisman and his Acoustic Oasis label have just released a digital Deluxe Edition of his classic Tone Poems album, recorded as a set of instrumental duets with Tony Rice in 1993. This was a concept project at the time, designed as an audiophile recording [...]

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Aaron Ramsey – Gathering

| December 28, 2012 | 2 Comments
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After a full four years of recording and mixing as his schedule allowed, Mountain Heart mandolinist Aaron Ramsey has completed his new solo project, Gathering. Aaron had to find time for his own album amidst touring duties with the band, working on multiple records for other [...]

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Bluegrass Album Band in Sevierville – May 2013

| December 27, 2012 | 0 Comments
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In addition to a reunion show next February at Bluegrass First Class in Asheville, NC, the original members of the fabled Bluegrass Album Band are set to reassemble again in May during the Bloomin’ BBQ & Bluegrass festival in Sevierville, TN. These shows coincide with a celebration of the [...]

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Tony Rice ailing again

| November 28, 2012 | 4 Comments
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Guitar hero Tony Rice has again been forced to cancel some shows, owing to further health complications following his treatment for pneumonia last year. A combination of inflammation, fatigue and an adverse drug reaction with antibiotics and prednisone have left him too weak to perform [...]

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