Joe Bussard (pronounced 'Boosard') passed away peacefully at home on Monday evening, September 26, 2022. He was 86 years old. Joseph "Joe" Edward Bussard Jr., a collector of 78-rpm records, was born July 11, 1936, in Frederick, Maryland. He picked up the
Kentucky banjo player Buddy Spurlock, also known in his later years as Bud, died on Wednesday, September 21, in Prestonsburg, KY at the Riverview Nursing Home. He was 81 years of age. Born in eastern Kentucky in 1941 as Vernon Spurlock, Buddy came to
Mandolin maestro Herschel Sizemore passed away on Friday morning, September 9, 2022 at his home in Roanoke, VA. He was 87 years of age. Herschel Lee Sizemore was born on August 6, 1935, in Sheffield (near Muscle Shoals), Alabama, and raised
Noted banjo and guitar player, and former Blue Grass Boy, Steve Arkin, passed away on Wednesday, August 24, 2022, in Boston, Massachusetts, following a cerebral aneurysm. 78 years of age when he passed, he was to be considered to be
Donald Brady - photos by Katie Danielle Photography For almost 15 years, Donald Brady opened up his grandfather's farm in Coleridge in central North Carolina on the last Saturday of the month for food, fellowship, and bluegrass music. On Sunday, August
Former Blue Grass Boy, Les Sandy, passed away at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst, North Carolina, on July 28, 2022, after a short battle with cancer. He was 93 years old. Leslie Matheson Sandy was born, one of the eight
Clyde Maness at the Music Barn - photo by G Nicholas Hancock Clyde Maness, bass player and proprietor of Maness Pottery & Music Barn in Carthage, NC, passed away on Sunday, July 31. The most recent recipient of Alan Perdue Memorial
Dick Smith at the 2003 IBMA convention in Louisville, KY - photo © Jeromie Stephens Dick Smith, Washington, DC area musician, passed away unexpectedly in his sleep on Thursday morning July 28, 2022. He was 77 years old. Born October 4, 1943,
This remembrance of Eberhard Finke is a contribution from Mark Stoffel, mandolinist with Chris Jones & The Night Drivers, with assistance from Peter Wroblewski and Monika Finke. The European bluegrass scene is mourning the death of Eberhard Finke, 79, revered publisher
This remembrance of John Conine is a contribution from Joe Fili & Richard D. Smith. John "Chubby" Conine, 83, of Farmingdale, NJ — for decades an elder statesman and mainstay of bluegrass in New Jersey — passed away peacefully on July 21,
