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  • On This Day #66 – First Bill Monroe recording with Flatt & Scruggs

    September 16, 2021 | by Richard Thompson

    On September 16, 1946, Bill Monroe recorded for the first time with Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs.   These two evening sessions, 75 years ago today, were the first involving the aggregation acclaimed as the 'original bluegrass band,' comprising Bill Monroe

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  • On This Day #64 – The Bluegrass Cardinals On Stage In Nashville

    April 2, 2021 | by Richard Thompson

    On this day … On April 2, 1987, The Bluegrass Cardinals recorded On Stage In Nashville (BGC Records, BGC 1001) at the Station Inn, Nashville, Tennessee.  The Bluegrass Cardinals were from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1974 with original members: Don Parmley (banjo),

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  • On This Day #60 – Steve Earle and Del McCoury

    May 21, 2020 | by Richard Thompson

    On this day …   On May 21, 1999, Steve Earle accompanied by The Del McCoury Band performed at the Butterworth Hall, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, England, in a UK tour to promote their recently released collaboration, The Mountain (E-Squared /

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  • On This Day #57 – Ricky Skaggs’ Country Boy

    January 9, 2019 | by Richard Thompson

    On this day  .. On January 9, 1994, Ricky Skaggs’ Epic single Country Boy (Epic 34-04831) was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).  The recording was done in June 1994 and features such bluegrass music luminaries as Bobby

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  • On This Day #56 – Sawtooth Mountain Boys

    September 5, 2018 | by Richard Thompson

    On this day .. On September 4 and 5, 1993, the Sawtooth Mountain Boys played at Wolf Mountain Bluegrass Festival, Grass Valley, California.  A traditional bluegrass band established in 1964, the Sawtooth Mountain Boys consisted of Mike Eisler (fiddle), Steve Waller (mandolin,

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  • On This Day #55 – Eddie Adcock turns 80

    June 21, 2018 | by Richard Thompson

    On this day  ..  On June 21, 1938, banjo-playing stylist Eddie Adcock was born in Scottsville, Virginia.  Edward Windsor ‘Eddie’ Adcock’s introduction to music came in the shape of an older brother, Frank, whose own interest led to him acquiring instruments, including

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  • On This Day #54 – New Lost City Ramblers

    May 25, 2018 | by Richard Thompson

    On this day …..  On the Sunday evening of May 25, 1958, the New Lost City Ramblers (NLCR) played a half hour set on John Dildine's weekly folk music radio show on Washington, DC’s WASH-FM radio station, thus making their first

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  • On This Day #53 – Bill Emerson turns 80

    January 22, 2018 | by Richard Thompson

    On this day ….. On January 22, 1938, Bill Emerson was born in Washington D.C., from where he went on to be one of the most important banjo players in bluegrass music history.  William Hundley "Bill" Emerson, Jr. was influenced towards becoming

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  • On This Day #52 – Skaggs & Whitley

    January 8, 2018 | by Richard Thompson

    On this day … On January 8, 1971, Keith Whitley and Ricky Skaggs recorded tracks for what would be the LP Tribute to The Stanley Brothers (Jalyn JLP-129) at the Jalyn Recording Studio, 1806 Brown Street, Dayton, Ohio.   The young duo

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  • On This Day #51 – Reno & Harrell 1967

    November 2, 2017 | by Richard Thompson

    On this day … On November 2, 1967, Don Reno and Bill Harrell and The Tennessee Cut-Ups recorded two bluegrass Gospel tracks, Stepping Stone to Glory and I’m Just a Little Old Fashioned that were released as a single, King 45-6150. The

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