Miscellaneous bluegrass news

  • Pete Wernick to teach players fruit skills

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    John and I have been in the studio all week filming a new AcuTab DVD designed to help you improve your jamming skills. Pete Wernick has essentially written the book on this topic and his name has come up several

  • The banjo as a deadly weapon

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    We all knew it to be true. The banjo is a deadly weapon, especially in the wrong hands. Now the world knows. The Aspen Times is reporting that a Denver man visiting Aspen, CO, was charged with second-degree assault last week,

  • Facebook war: and the winner is…

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    We told you over the weekend about the Facebook challenge issued by Cia Cherryholmes. She dared Josh Shilling to lock horns with her in a contest to see who could generate the most Facebook friends in 24 hours. Josh accepted reluctantly,

  • David McLaughlin benefit update

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    Claire Lynch tells us that she has received over $5,300 is donations to defray the cost of David McLaughin's new hearing aid, well on the way to reaching the goal of $7,000. We reported last week on how David lost his

  • Bluegrass facebook war

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    Call it the battle of the bluegrass warblers... Cia Cherryholmes, banjo picker and lead singer with Cherryholmes, and Josh Shilling, vocalist with Mountain Heart, have declared a Facebook friend war. As of Sunday morning, Cia is on top with 2,660 while

  • Mountain Heart = torture?

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    Regular readers of Bluegrass Today know that one of my favorite web sites is The Bluegrass Intelligencer, brainchild of Crooked Still banjo wizard Greg Liszt. Its theme is "fake" bluegrass and acoustic music news, and the site is plainly hilarious,

  • Aaron Williams checks in

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    We got a end-of-the-year note today from Aaron Williams, the talented young mandolinist who had spent the past few years touring with Kenny & Amanda Smith. He wanted to let all his bluegrass friends know what he is up to

  • Curly Seckler celebrates twin milestones

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    This coming Friday, Christmas Day, bluegrass legend Curly Seckler will celebrate his 90th birthday. Another reason for Seckler to celebrate is the forthcoming 75th anniversary as a professional musician, a milestone accomplished by very few. Seckler was born in 1919 in China