Author: Brance

  • Episode #26 – Jamie Dailey

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    Episode #26 of The GrassCast features an interview with Jamie Dailey. This interview was recorded last fall at IBMA. Jamie is a member of Doyle Lawson's band, Quicksilver. In the interview we talk about the band, of course, being nominated

  • More Myspace Bluegrass

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    Here's a few more bluegrass band that have joined Myspace.com Tim Graves now has a myspace account located here. The Morgantown Rounders inform us they too have a myspace page here. The band Flying Blind Bluegrass now has a myspace page that you

  • Ricky Skaggs – The Clarion-Ledger

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    The Clarion-Ledger is carrying a story about Ricky Skaggs that I thought some of you might find interesting. The story concerns Skaggs' performance tonight with the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra. The benefit concert is being held Thalia Mara Hall in Jackson,

  • Lou Reid on Myspace

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    Here's a couple more bluegrass pages on Myspace.com Lou Reid has put up a page for his band Carolina. It can be found here. He also tells us the The Seldom Scene now have a myspace page available here.

  • Ernie Thacker benefit – date change

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    We just heard from David Russell concerning the benefit show he's planning for Ernie Thacker. We had to move the date of the Michigan Benefit show for Ernie Thacker to Sunday August 6th. The times have not been nailed

  • Strummin’ With The Devil

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    On June 6, 2006 CMH Records will release a bluegrass record of Van Halen songs. This CD is titled Strummin' With The Devil and features David Lee Roth on a couple numbers. We've posted about this project previously. I'm told

  • Prism closes doors

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    The HooK, a weekly paper in Charlottesville, VA, is reporting that The Prism Coffeehouse has closed it's doors. The April 22, 2006 show featuring Jay Unger and Molly Mason was the last to be held in the historic music hall. The

  • Ernie Thacker health update

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    Ernie Thacker was recently hospitalized after a car accident Tuesday evening. He is in very serious condition and is still hospitalized. His family is asking for prayer. Don Rigsby reports that: Ernie was thrown from the car and broke every rib,

  • Episode #25 – Don Rigsby

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    Episode #25 of The GrassCast features an interview with Don Rigsby. This interview was recorded last fall at IBMA. John visits with Don about the Kentucky Center for Traditional Music, his band Midnight Call, and Longview. This GrassCast is 17 minutes

  • Acoustic Planet Tour reprises in June

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    Billboard.com is reporting that Bela Fleck & The Flecktones will launch an Acoustic Planet Vol. II tour this summer, with support from Yonder Mountain String Band, The Del McCoury Band, Natalie McMaster and Chris Thile. The tour will run for several