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John McEuen

  • John McEuen book on the making of Will The Circle Be Unbroken in August

    July 25, 2022 | by Pamm Tucker

    The highly-celebrated Will The Circle be Unbroken, the seventh and perhaps most consequential album released by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, will celebrate its 50th anniversary in November. To mark this Golden Anniversary, John McEuen is releasing a book that details

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  • William E. ‘Bill’ McEuen passes

    September 28, 2020 | by John Lawless

    William E McEuen, known widely as Bill, has passed at 79 years of age. He died on Thursday, September 24, with the news shared by his brother, prolific multi-instrumentalist and award winning artist, John McEuen. Bill had been involved in John's

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  • A conversation with John McEuen

    February 7, 2020 | by Pamm Tucker

    Jim Fondren, John McEuen, and Pamm Tucker As 2019 was wrapping up, I enjoyed a telephone conversation with one of the founding members of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, the banjo player - and mandolin, guitar, fiddle, and if it has

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  • Grandpa Banjo, aka John McEuen at IHOP

    October 12, 2018 | by Pamm Tucker

    After a horrible thunderstorm at G-Fest 2017 in Muskogee, Oklahoma, fiddler Kyle Dillingham, Monica Taylor of the Cherokee Maidens, and Steve Short from Byron Berline’s band and I headed to the International House of Pancakes for breakfast and coffee. Kyle

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  • The Life I’ve Picked, John McEuen – a preview 

    April 9, 2018 | by Richard Thompson

    Since co-founding the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1966, John McEuen has played many times in all the states of the USA and in about 12 countries including USSR, Japan and across Europe – the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band was

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  • John McEuen leaves Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

    November 13, 2017 | by Richard Thompson

    At the end of last month John McEuen, one of the founding members of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (NGDB), announced his immediate departure from the iconic group. Stating “enough is enough,” McEuen left at the conclusion of the NGDB 2017

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  • Deering introduces John McEuen signature banjo

    January 6, 2017 | by John Lawless

    Deering Banjos is introducing a lavish new banjo at the 2017 NAMM Show to honor banjo legend John McEuen and his 50 years touring with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. The John McEuen Signature model banjo is made from highly figured

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  • John McEuen – Made In Brooklyn

    August 25, 2016 | by John Lawless

    At 70 years of age, most of us are thinking about slowing down and enjoying a well-deserved rest. But not John McEuen. The banjo maven has 50 years of professional music behind him and says that he is as excited about his

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  • Pickin’ Party on Music City Roots tonight

    December 16, 2015 | by John Lawless

    Nashville's Music City Roots is given over tonight to a 70th birthday celebration and pickin' party for John McEuen. It appears to be a big time planned to help celebrate the banjo picker and multi-instrumentalist who has spent 50 years

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  • John McEuen honored by Charlie Poole Festival

    May 16, 2013 | by Richard Thompson

    John McEuen, a founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, is to receive the 2013 Charlie Poole Lifetime Achievement Award. Banjo player McEuen, who is scheduled to top the bill at the 18th Annual Charlie Poole Music Festival, is to

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