Miscellaneous bluegrass news

  • Herb Sandker hospitalized

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    Herb Sandker, husband of Rhonda Vincent and President of Upper Management Inc., was hospitalized briefly this weekend after experiencing chest and arm pains on Friday (8/24). Rhonda left the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival where she was performing Friday, and was able

  • Autographed Walker CD to benefit MDA

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    Brance posted a few weeks ago that Bradley Walker would be performing on this year's Jerry Lewis Telethon, aired annually on national television in support of the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Walker suffers from the disease, and is confined to a

  • Randy Kohrs: video shoot excitement

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    Randy Kohrs and his band, The Lites, just wrapped a video shoot the other day for the next single from their current CD, Old Photograph. The song is titled Who's Goin' With Me. We told you about this shoot (here)

  • Banjo bandits ransom ill-gotten goods?

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    We posted last Friday with a story out of Folsom, CA regarding a stolen banjo and how police were closing in on the bandits after they attempted to pawn it - and were captured on video surveillance cameras. Yesterday's Sacramento Bee

  • Cool Mandolins for Kids

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    Brance posted a few weeks ago about The Cool Mandolin Company, founded to promote our favorite eight-stringed instrument - particularly to young people - and the CD they produced to raise money for their work. They have now announced a new

  • Ginseng Sullivan

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    Norman Blake first made me aware of the ginseng root, via his masterful recording of the tune Ginseng Sullivan. He released the song in 1972 on the Back Home in Sulphur Springs album. Of course, Tony Rice also cut the tune

  • Strange stringed instrument

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    I found this image online over the weekend and thought I'd share it with our readers. I still haven't figured out what it is. Eight strings, a banjo like design (including the tailpiece), and a pickup system, make for an interesting

  • Brit attempts banjo speed record

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    We just received a note from our friend Richard Hawkins, who operates The Bluegrass Ireland Blog, and also contributes to The European Bluegrass Blog. He wanted to let us know of the upcoming attempt to set the Guinness Book banjo

  • Tender Tendons?

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    Tendonitis is one of those things musicians fear, along with airplanes and clowns, but often don't know how to prevent. Tendonitis is basically a tender tendon caused by inflammation or microscopic tears in the tendon's sheath. Tendonitis is closely related to

  • AutoCAD Wechter resonator guitar design

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    Wechter Guitars has posted several YouTube videos with Abe Wechter showing how he uses computer assisted design software in creating the Scheerhorn-licensed resonator guitars he produces. Anyone interested in how this software has been embraced by the instrument building world