Les Woodie, first generation bluegrass fiddler, passed away on Friday, March 23 at Lynchburg General Hospital in Lynchburg, VA. He was 86 years of age. Born Lester Gene Woodie on September 20, 1931 in Valdese, NC, Les became a fan of the early bluegrass
Hazel Smith, regarded as a Music Row fixture since the late 1960s, passed away on Sunday night, March 18, 2018, at her Madison, Tennessee, home. She was 83 years old, and had long been in declining health following a cancer operation
Freddie Goodhart with one of his prized antique vehicles - photo by Tom King Freddie Goodhart, a life-long bluegrass banjo and mandolin player, passed away on March 12 in Florida. He was 89 years of age. Born Frederick Phillips McCormick-Goodhart, he gave
Hubert Cooke of the Cooke Duet and the Singing Cookes passed away on Monday afternoon, March 12, 2018, due to a heart attack. He is thought to have been 83 years old and he passed away shortly before a birthday
Steve Mandell, who played one of the most recognizable guitar parts in bluegrass history, died today. Mandell, who stayed active in the Baltimore-area bluegrass community until his death, had prostate cancer. If you live away from the Baltimore-Washington D.C. area, you might
Jeff Hooker, North Carolina musician, passed away on March 6 following a bout with cancer. He was 62 years of age. Known as a mandolinist, Jeff was also a fine bluegrass singer and songwriter. His most well-know song was surely I'll
Don Hoos with his son, David, in the mid 1960s Donald F Hoos passed away on February 25, 2018 in Skokie, north of Chicago, Illinois. He was 81 years old. He had been sick for the past six months and was
Band photo, on right: Wes Rineer, Joe Ed King, Ted Lundy, and Bob Paisley Wes Rineer, a five-string bass player, of Lakewood Ranch, Florida, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 20, 2018, at Blake Medical Center, Bradenton, Florida. He was 79
Sam Wilson of Campton in Wolfe County, eastern Kentucky, passed away at The Greg & Noreen Wells Hospice Care Center, Hazard, Kentucky, on Sunday, February 25, 2018, at the relatively young age of 69. He had a stroke about 10
Don Sowards, leader of the Laurel Mountain Boys, an excellent song-writer, singer and fine mandolin player, passed away at his home in Charleston, West Virginia, on Friday, January 26, 2018. He was 87 years old. Donald Ray Sowards, Sr. was born
