Bluegrass At Large

I was fortunate enough to have attended a few of Butch's performances and had 2 or 3 chance meetings with him at the very first Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival, in Guthrie, Oklahoma.  I had two long, friendly conversations with him

I do remember Butch Baldassari from July 1992 @ the Mineral Bluegrass Festival, when he was playing along with Glen Duncan & Larry Cordell for Lonesome Standard Time, I do have some pix of him at that time ( long

Ronnie McCoury has sent along a note remembering his friend, Butch Baldassari. He was on vacation with his family when he first learned of Butch's passing, and just now had a chance to share his thoughts. Butch was someone I admired

Special Consensus is leaving today for a three week tour of Britain and Ireland, with shows scheduled in Ireland, England and Scotland. Special C mandolinist Ashby Frank has agreed to send us updates and photos from the tour as best he

Not many American bands have invested in a DVD recording of their show. For a British band to do so it is positively ground-breaking. That's what the west of England quartet the Thunderbridge Bluegrass Boys have done and with good

thats right we are playing every thursday night @ pucketts in franklin every thursday night 7p til 8.30p rickyreece/ronrigsby/fredduggin/johnnybellar/bennybolin/FASTFORWARD bluegrass/comedy/gospel/fast paced show with guest and you dont know who will show up last week ron block came by stayed the

Here are some more reflections on Butch Baldassari from members of his musical family. It has been nearly 20 years ago that Butch and I moved to Nashville with Chris Jones and Ward Stout to pursue our musical endeavor in Weary

The Tennessean, Nashville's hometown newspaper, remembered Butch Baldassari with a pair of articles over the weekend. Both were written by Peter Cooper, who noted Butch's passing on Saturday (1/10) and celebrated his work with The Nashville Mandolin Ensemble on Sunday (1/11). Mr.

I'm am very sorry to report that mandolin legend, Butch Baldassari passed away yesterday, January 10. Here is his obituary from the Tennesean News: "Acclaimed musician Butch Baldassari, a mandolin virtuoso whose work bridged genres, communities and centuries, died today at

Butch Baldassari's passing yesterday, far too early at the age of 56, has brought out just the mix of sadness and praise that you might expect from his mandolin peers. He touched the lives of countless mandolinists, from his fellow professional