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  • Remington Ryde to Pinecastle Records

    September 7, 2017 | by John Lawless

    Pennsylvania's Remington Ryde have signed with Pinecastle Records to release their next album, A Storyteller's Memory, which will be a tribute to the music of the late James King. Included will be their performances of some of King's most popular

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  • Junior Sisk takes over ‘mater sammiches at Bean Blossom

    June 20, 2017 | by John Lawless

    For his whole career as a bluegrass entertainer, James King had devoted and very loyal fans who sang his praises. Much of that came from the way King inserted raw emotion into a song, but another part was from the

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  • We Just Called Him King from Po’ Ramblin’ Boys

    May 31, 2017 | by John Lawless

    The one year anniversary of James King's death has had a powerful impact on a great many bluegrass lovers, as did his passing on May 19, 2016. Both fans and fellow performers felt a close kinship with James as a

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  • Donation made in James King’s name to his elementary school

    May 12, 2017 | by John Lawless

    Pam Pruett, Naomi Orr, and Becky Rhodes at St Paul School Back in January, we wrote about the custom engraved headstone installed at the gravesite of legendary bluegrass singer James King after a group of volunteers raised the money required through

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  • Headstone installed at James King’s gravesite

    January 17, 2017 | by John Lawless

    Through the work of a number of dedicated volunteers, most notably Pam Pruett and Chipper Covington, funds have been raised to erect a custom headstone and footstone at the place where James King was laid to rest last year. We lost

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  • Our Top 10 bluegrass songs for Christmas

    November 29, 2016 | by John Curtis Goad

    We’ve carved the turkey. We’ve packed up the leftovers, and got them back out fifteen minutes later to finish off. We’ve fought through the crowds at Wal-Mart to score a good deal on a TV, and checked our phones every

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  • James King Memorial at World of Bluegrass 2016

    September 29, 2016 | by John Curtis Goad

    Sometimes it's difficult to cope with the fact that many legends within bluegrass are aging. It's especially tough hearing about their ailments, and worse yet when we all too often learn of their passing. We've lost far too many of

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  • We Just Called Him King

    September 14, 2016 | by C J Lewandowski

    James King would have been 58 years old this past Friday. Unfortunately, The Bluegrass Storyteller only made it to 57, with his untimely death in May of this year. That doesn't mean James' memory, spirit, stories, and music has left us,

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  • Remembering James King 

    July 5, 2016 | by Richard Thompson

    As previously reported, James King, known by his nickname The Bluegrass Storyteller, passed away on May 19, 2016, after a long battle with liver disease. He was 57 years of age. Songs such as Bed by the Window, Echo Mountain, Coldest

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  • Repost: James King interview from 2014

    May 24, 2016 | by John Lawless

    Given last week's loss of the great James King, it seems fitting to repost this interview we did with him during the 2014 World of Bluegrass convention in Raleigh, NC. Funeral services for King are being held today at 2:00 p.m. At

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