Bluegrass At Large

  • Vandalism… or charity?

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    The Country California site has a hilarious piece up about country music fan Reginald Spears, who was arrested after being observed in his local Wal-Mart shuffling CDs around in the store. Third-shift electronics cashier Lena Johnston first noticed Spears rifling through

  • Blaine Sprouse remembers Kenny Baker

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    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

  • Blaine Sprouse remembers Kenny Baker

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    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

  • Dave Evans recuperating from heart surgery

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    Bluegrass balladeer and banjo picker Dave Evans is home recovering from a very serious health scare that required heart surgery at the end of July. Evans spoke earlier today with Dave Freeman of Rebel Records, and relayed that he had a

  • I’m Going Back To Old Kentucky #314

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    From October 1, 2010 through to the end of September 2011, we will, each day, celebrate the life of Bill Monroe by sharing information about him and those people who are associated with his life and music career. This information

  • Blackjack wins at La Roche

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    Lilly Pavlak has a piece up on the European Bluegrass Music Association blog about the prestigious band competition at this past weekend's La Roche Bluegrass Festival in France. She reports that the winners for 2011 are: Blackjack (Czech Republic) Blueland (Slovakia) Lazy Tater (Netherlands) Blackjack