The organizers of ResoGat, an annual meeting of resonator guitar enthusiasts, is delighted to announce that the event will be held in 2022 after missing the past two years owing to COVID-19 restrictions. Initially known as A Gathering of Resonateurs, this
resophonic guitar
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Memorial Service for Phil Leadbetter
The Memorial Service for Phil Leadbetter will take place on Wednesday, October 20, 2021, with visitation at New Beverly Baptist Church in Knoxville, TN between 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., and the service will follow. Face coverings are optional. NB. This is a change
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Phil Leadbetter passes – everyone’s Uncle Phil
Phil Leadbetter, reso-guitarist and bluegrass businessman, died today after surviving five bouts with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, taken down finally by COVID-19. He was 59 years of age. He began playing the Dobro-style guitar as a teenager in his native Knoxville, TN. A
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Family and friends launch another medical fund for Phil Leadbetter
Phil Leadbetter has given almost his entire life to the furtherance of bluegrass music. Working as a sideman on reso-guitar for J.D. Crowe, Dale Ann Bradley, and The Whites, and as a partner or leader of groups like Grasstowne and
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Dennis Caplinger passes
Dennis Caplinger - photo by Dennis Andersen Dennis Caplinger, described by close friend since high school days and former band mate John Moore as "a MONSTER banjo player," passed away on Saturday morning, August 14, 2021. He was 57 years of age. He
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Caught Steelin’ featuring Andy Hall from Masters of Slide: Spider Sessions
Reso-guitar legend Phil Leadbetter has been somewhat sidelined this past few years with a variety of health issues, ranging from cancer treatments to kidney dialysis. But he is maintaining his high spirits and sense of humor, and staying involved as
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Classic Solos of Josh Graves video from Rob Ickes
Attention reso slidesters! Here's a great opportunity to go deep inside and study some of the foundational solos that established the bluegrass dobro style through the music of Josh Graves. In his newest video course for Rob's Reso Room, master reso-guitarist
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Phil Leadbetter to Mountain Home Music Company
Mountain Home Music Company has announced the signing of three-time IBMA Resophonic Guitar Player of the Year, Phil Leadbetter, to the label. New recordings with Leadbetter at the helm are expected soon. A long time veteran of the bluegrass industry, Phil
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Randy Pasley to HillBilly Fever
Dallas-based traditional grassers HillBilly Fever have announced the addition of Randy Pasley to the band, playing reso-guitar. He is taking the spot previously held by fiddler Bob Frankot, who is taking the 2021 season off. Randy is a native of Ashe
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The New Reso Gathering – Various Artists
In 1994, Jerry Douglas and Tut Taylor conceived and coordinated a project dubbed The Great Dobro Sessions, an event that gathered some of the top dobro/resonator guitar players of the era to show off their skills and shine the spotlight