Wouldn't it be fun to sit down with a few first or second generation bluegrass artists, and listen to their stories of the old days? I've been fortunate to have a few opportunities to do so, and I never miss a
Kenny Baker
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Blaine Sprouse remembers Kenny Baker
This tender recollection of fiddle great Kenny Baker is a contribution from Blaine Sprouse, himself a noted fiddler with wide experience in the bluegrass world. When I was about eight years old, I had been playing guitar for a couple of
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Blaine Sprouse remembers Kenny Baker
This tender recollection of fiddle great Kenny Baker is a contribution from Blaine Sprouse, himself a noted fiddler with wide experience in the bluegrass world. When I was about eight years old, I had been playing guitar for a couple of
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Interesting reactions to Kenny Baker remembrances
Richard Thompson's piece yesterday, with its poignant remembrances of Kenny Baker from his musical peers, elicited a pair of interesting responses from bluegrass professionals among our readers. Both wanted to share their personal reaction upon reading that piece, one looking
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Kenneth Clayton ‘Kenny’ Baker remembrances
Kenny Baker: June 26, 1926 – July 8, 2011 As previously reported, Kenny Baker passed away recently at the Sumner Regional Medical Center in Gallatin, Tennessee, due to complications from a stroke. Subsequently, colleague David Morris looked at Baker’s long tenure with
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More Kenny Baker tribute from Grey Fox
Here is another video from Grey Fox, again with a Kenny Baker tribute theme. This time, we have Tim O'Brien and Chris Thile offering up a twin mandolin version of Bill Monroe's Jerusalem Ridge, long associated with Baker for his definitive
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Kenny Baker Memorial Orchestra at Grey Fox
To honor the life and music of the great Kenny Baker, Matt Glaser organized a special tribute at the Grey Fox Festival earlier this month. Billed as the Kenny Baker Grey Fox Memorial Orchestra, it featured what appears to be nine
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Kenny Baker – A Retrospective
Bill Monroe played with some fine fiddlers over the decades – Chubby Wise, Vassar Clements and Bobby Hicks, for starters. But for his 1972 tribute to Pendleton Vandiver, there was only one real choice to play the fiddle tunes that
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Services for Kenny Baker
We now have details regarding the services for fiddler Kenny Baker, who passed away on Friday (7/8). Viewing will be at Burdine Freewill Baptist Church, 11549 HWY 805, Burdine, Kentucky 41517, on Monday (7/11) from 5:00 ‘til 8:00 p.m. The funeral will
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Kenny Baker passes
Kenny Baker, perhaps the most celebrated fiddler in the history of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, died today at 1:30 p.m. (EDT) in Nashville, after suffering a stroke earlier this week. He was 85 years of age. For at least two