Memoriam

‘Bonnie Lou’ Margaret Moore, of the east Tennessee region country/bluegrass/Gospel duo, Bonnie Lou & Buster, passed away on September 21, 2020, aged 93.  Born Margaret Louise Bell on June 4, 1927, she was a native of Etowah, North Carolina. As a

Reso-guitar legend Phil Leadbetter has come up with a perfect way to honor his dear friend, the recently deceased Steve Gulley. Steve and Phil had been friends since boyhood, and worked together for years as founding members of Grasstowne. Realizing the

Funeral arrangements for Steve Gulley have been announced. The family will receive friends Sunday, August 23, 2020 from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., with funeral services to follow at the Claiborne - Overholt Funeral Home Chapel, New Tazewell, Tennessee. The Rev.

The passing on Tuesday evening of Steve Gulley, bluegrass singer, songwriter, band leader, and all around great guy, has really had a profound impact on the bluegrass community. As our obituary on Tuesday night said, Steve was well loved by everyone

The country, bluegrass, Gospel, and roots music communities are all mourning the unexpected loss of Charlie Daniels this week. A member of both the Grand Ole Opry and the Country Music Hall of Fame, Charlie Daniels passed away at the

Back in 2005, a mysterious character popped up in the bluegrass world, appearing unexpectedly all over Nashville, often in the company of celebrated bluegrass artists. He went by the name of Wichita Rutherford, and put himself forward as the lead

Lester Woodie passed away on March 23, 2018, at Lynchburg General Hospital Lynchburg, Virginia. He was 86 years old and had been ailing with Alzheimer’s disease for several years.  Lester Gene Woodie was born September 20, 1931, in western North Carolina,

John Prine didn’t play bluegrass, but he loved bluegrass music and influenced a generation of bluegrass songwriters and artists, and he indirectly guided one well known artist through a scary medical condition that left her career at risk. So the feeling

Roy Crockett passed away on April 28, 2019, while in the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House, in Huntington, West Virginia. He was 91 years old.  Born, one of 12 children, on May 22, 1927, in Wayne County, West Virginia, he was

As reported by Bluegrass Today on Thursday, banjo innovator Mike Lilly passed away on February 12, 2020, while in care at Hospice of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio.  Funeral arrangements are available now and details are as follows … Visitation: The family will receive