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Rickey Wasson

  • Crowe Fest launches in Kentucky at the end of August

    June 16, 2022 | by John Lawless

    We all knew it was bound to happen, and so it has come to pass. A new bluegras festival is launching this summer to honor the music and the memory of the great J.D. Crowe. Dubbed Crowe Fest, its first iteration

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  • Crowe & Wasson – J.D. Crowe & Rickey Wasson

    March 14, 2022 | by John Curtis Goad

    Like so many other great moments in bluegrass, the new Crowe & Wasson project began with a banjo. J.D. Crowe had recently acquired a new Gibson Granada, in the same sequence as those played by Sonny Osborne and Earl Scruggs,

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  • Rickey Wasson & Friends at Meadowgreen Appalachian Music Park

    May 10, 2021 | by John Curtis Goad

    Like many other music venues across the country, the COVID-19 pandemic left Meadowgreen Appalachian Music Park in limbo. The park, which generally runs a concert series throughout the winter in its barn-like music hall near Clay City, KY, had to

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  • Hats off to Haggard – JD Crowe & Rickey Wasson

    July 2, 2019 | by John Curtis Goad

    There are many country artists whose songs and style have impacted bluegrass music throughout the years, but perhaps none more than Merle Haggard. These days, it’s rare to find a bluegrass band – especially those in the more neo-traditional, hard-driving

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  • J.D. Crowe forced to cancel this summer’s shows

    April 4, 2019 | by John Lawless

    Here's some disappointing news about J.D. Crowe, one of the greatest banjo players and band leaders bluegrass music has ever known. The same health issues that led him to retire from performing in 2015 have now forced him to cancel his

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  • Rickey Wasson takes over Meadowgreen Music Park

    October 5, 2018 | by John Curtis Goad

    Longtime Kentucky bluegrass venue Meadowgreen Music Park has announced a new name, new owner, and new board of directors, just in time to kick off its 2018-19 concert season. The popular music barn, located in Clay City east of Lexington,

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  • Kentucky Gambler drops for J.D. Crowe & Rickey Wasson

    August 27, 2018 | by John Lawless

    Rickey Wasson has chosen today, August 27 - the birthday of bluegrass banjo hero J.D. Crowe - to release the first single from their upcoming collaboration project. The album is a bluegrass tribute to the late Merle Haggard, with Rickey

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  • Rickey Wasson Band plays for the home folks

    April 11, 2017 | by John Curtis Goad

    There’s something special about that favorite local bluegrass venue that we all love. From seeing the regulars – the extended bluegrass family that we all have – to eating the hot dog chili that the smiling lady from just down

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  • Croweology – Rickey Wasson

    September 2, 2016 | by John Lawless

    Has bluegrass music gotten better over its somewhat brief 70 year history? I'm not talking about how the music that is categorized as bluegrass has expanded over this time, and how people may feel about that, but about the core

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  • Rickey Wasson Band launches

    July 12, 2016 | by John Lawless

    Rickey Wasson, long time guitarist and lead singer with J.D. Crowe and The New South, has announced the formation of his own group. The Rickey Wasson Band will tour in support of his new album, Croweology, released at the end

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