Briarhoppers book now available

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The WBT Briarhoppers - Eight Decades of a Bluegrass Band Made for RadioBack in the spring, we posted about a new book on the history of the WBT Briarhoppers.

The book, The WBT Briarhoppers – Eight Decades of a Bluegrass Band Made for Radio, by Tom and Lucy Warlick, has been released by McFarland & Company.

The book chronicles the history of one of the longest-running American string bands, with quotes from Doc Watson, David Holt, Curly Seckler,Wade Mainer, George Hamilton IV, and others.

Find more details on the McFardland web site.

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John Lawless

John had served as primary author and editor for The Bluegrass Blog from its launch in 2004 until being folded into Bluegrass Today in September of 2011. He continues in that capacity here, managing a strong team of columnists and correspondents.

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