Since Valentine’s Day is coming up, I decided to select a great album which you and your honey can enjoy while heading to your reservations at Waffle House. (Don’t believe me? WH is actually taking reservations for candlelit fancy steak
Album of the Week
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Album of the Week #11 – The Nashville Bluegrass Band’s The Boys Are Back In Town
It has long been a practice in bluegrass music to give country songs a grassy feel. One band who did this as well as anyone had the privilege of seeing one of their original tunes on the receiving end of
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Album of the Week #10 – The Mike Snider String Band Live At The Station Inn
Quick! Name a band lineup that included members of The Grascals, Marty Stuart & The Fabulous Superlatives, The Osborne Brothers, The John Cowan Band, and Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper (to name a few). If you guessed The Mike Snider String
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Album of the Week #9 – Ronnie Bowman’s It’s Gettin’ Better All The Time
Bluegrass has been a long served as a platform for artists to springboard to success in the country music arena. In addition to new traditionalists like Vince Gill, Marty Stuart, Keith Whitley, and Ricky Skaggs, many other country artists dabbled
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Album of the Week #8 – Boone Creek’s One Way Track
To many young bluegrass converts, the name Boone Creek might not ring a bell. For those who are not familiar with that name, how do the names Jerry Douglas, Terry Baucom, and Ricky Skaggs grab ya? This short-lived group was a
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Album of the Week #7 – Larry Sparks’ Silver Reflections
He’s called “The Youngest Of The Old Timers.” In 1963, Paul “Moon” Mullins, a former fiddler for The Stanley Brothers and popular bluegrass DJ, introduced Carter and Ralph to a gifted sixteen year old guitar picker and singer from Lebanon, OH. After
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Album of the Week #6 – Blue Highway
I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas. My household was filled with the giving and receiving of Stanley Brothers’ LPs, Merle Haggard DVDs, the new Crowe Brothers record, and Lonesome Dove. I had a great time spending time
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Album of the Week #5 – Clinch Mountain Gospel
With Christmas time upon us, one song which is sure to deck your halls is, everyone’s favorite, Beautiful Star of Bethlehem. It is one of Appalachia and bluegrass’ most beloved songs of the season, and for good reason! It is
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Album of the Week #4 – NewFound Road’s Somewhere Between
For week four of the Album of the Week series, I went a little more modern and snagged an album by one of my favorite new bluegrass groups: NewFound Road. Tim Shelton formed the band around 2002. After having performed with
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Album of the Week #3: Marty Stuart’s Busy Bee Café
I gave a teaser last week about my pick for this week’s Album Of The Week: Marty Stuart’s acoustic album, Busy Bee Café. It features guest work by some true legends in our industry. Earl Scruggs, Carl Jackson, Jerry Douglas, Alan O’Bryant,