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Dudley Connell

  • Dudley Connell – a bluegrass man and his guitars

    September 19, 2017 | by Katy Daley

    Dudley Connell with The Johnson Mountain Boys playing his D-28 - photo by Peggy Detweiler Dudley Connell is best known for playing with two important Washington, DC bands – The Johnson Mountain Boys and The Seldom Scene. In a recent interview

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  • Dudley Connell soldiers on

    November 27, 2015 | by John Lawless

    Seldom Scene guitarist Dudley Connell is preparing for this weekend's shows at The Birchmere, as per usual for Thanksgiving. But this year, he's wondering what to do with his left hand. While on the 5th annual Traditional Bluegrass Cruise to the Caribbean, Dudley

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  • Eight of the Most Overlooked Bluegrass Murder Ballads

    October 31, 2014 | by Daniel Mullins

    Happy Halloween! The day where we not only tell kids it's OK, we actually encourage them to accept candy from strangers. Once again, no child is getting any candy from me this year until I find one wearing a Larry

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  • Rodgers Remembrance XII: Blue Yodel No. 3

    May 22, 2014 | by Daniel Mullins

    On Monday, May 26th, it will have been 81 years since the passing of Jimmie Rodgers. A titan of American music, Jimmie Rodgers is considered an influence in country, bluegrass, folk, jazz, blues, rock, pop, Americana, and more. In six

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  • Feller & Hill’s DC adventure

    April 11, 2014 | by Guest Contributor

    This bluegrass travelogue comes courtesy of Tom Feller, one half of Feller & Hill, whose spur-of-the-moment trip to our nation's capitol is described below. There is much to what Tom says that could be of benefit to other bands and

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  • Three Chords and the Truth – James King

    October 16, 2013 | by John Curtis Goad

    James King, whose knack for choosing well-written songs that work their way into listeners’ hearts and minds has helped earn him the title of “Bluegrass Storyteller,” has a keen ability to wrap his voice around every ounce of emotion in

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  • Joe Mullins and Junior Sisk reunite for Hall Of Fame Bluegrass

    September 9, 2013 | by John Lawless

    As the bluegrass genre grows to include more and more offshoots in the mind of the average consumer, traditionalists can be found grousing about the dilution of the art form, or the importance of maintaing definitions and categories. But while

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  • Longview All-Star Jam Caps Off Spring S.O.I.M.F.

    March 22, 2013 | by Daniel Mullins

    In 1998, a team of bluegrass all-stars who reawakened the world to the sounds of traditional bluegrass were the big winners at the IBMA Awards Show. Bringing home Recorded Event of the Year and Song of the Year honors that

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  • A ‘Clusterpluck’ for Mike Auldridge

    February 14, 2013 | by David Morris

    It’s one thing when one of the most talented Dobro players on the planet attributes his success to Mike Auldridge. It’s something else entirely when a whole stageful of top Dobro players line up to pay tribute. Sally Van Meter had the

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  • The Story Behind The Song – The Shape I’m In

    February 11, 2013 | by Richard Thompson

    The Shape I'm In was written by Dudley Connell, a founder member of the neo-traditional band the Johnson Mountain Boys and currently guitar player with the Seldom Scene. It was included in the band’s Dream Scene album (Sugar Hill SHDC-3858),

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