On Tuesday, Bela Fleck's Trio! (Bela, Stanley Clarke, Jean Luc Ponty) performed in Boston, and they also gave a free clinic for students at the Berklee College of Music in the afternoon. Berklee students were also admitted to the Tuesday
Miscellaneous bluegrass news
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Me and John and Paul – The Bluegrass Beatles?
Here's a great photo that was sent to us via email. Though details are sketchy, it has long been rumored that the Beatles had initially wavered between bluegrass and rhythm and blues as the vehicle for their musical energies.
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Chris Thile in a galaxy far, far away
Mandolin Master Chris Thile has been a Star Wars fan as long as I've known him. In fact the first time I met Chris was in line to buy tickets for Episode I. I was living in Nashville at the
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A statement from Sammy Shelor
The following is a statement from Sammy Shelor, in which he comments on and responds to the many rumors that have been circulating about him and the future of Lonesome River Band. We have enabled commenting on this post
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New Monroe music park in Kentucky
The Nashville Business Journal is reporting that James Monroe (son of Bill), will open a bluegrass music park in Franklin, KY in the spring of 2006. The site is just north of the KY/TN border, about 45 miles from Nashville.
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Free Mandolin from Mandolin Cafe and Collings Mandolins
Collings Mandolins and Guitars of Austin, Texas, and the Mandolin Cafe will be giving away a Collings MT2 to some lucky individual in the near future. Starting October 1, 2005, visitors to the Mandolin Cafe web site will have an opportunity
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Video of Vassar in the studio
And speaking of Vassar Clements... Ampersand Records has made some video footage of Vassar in the studio available on their web site. It is a fairly large file, but does offer a memorable glimpse of a master at work. This
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Steve Huber – in the shop full time
Steve Huber, owner and builder of the popular Huber Banjo line, has stepped back from performing to focus his attention on banjo production, and just played his last show with The Kenny & Amanda Smith Band. Steve expressed a mix
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San Paolo Bluegrass Club postage stamp
Our Brazilian friend Erio Meili, President of the Sao Paulo Bluegrass Music Association sent us this photo of the postage stamp which they had created to help publicize their organization. The Brazilian postal authority, Empresa Brasileira de Correios, is under
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Commerce County Line – update
A while back I wrote about a new bluegrass friendly TV show called Commerce County Line that is being produced by Brad Davis. At that time the show was in the pilot phase and being pitched to networks. I recently