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Southwest Virginia’s Big Country Bluegrass continues to remind us what hard-core traditional bluegrass sounds like with their new CD Memories of the Past, scheduled for release next week. It is axiomatic that Memories of the Past (Rebel REB-CD 1848) should have some great old songs among the generous 14 tracks. Among these are Bill Monroe’s [...]
Rebel Records has released a first single from their upcoming album from Big Country Bluegrass, Memories Of The Past. The track is I'm Putting On My Leaving Shoes, a new song from Tom T. & Dixie Hall and Troy Engle. It demonstrates that the band still has a handle on the hard driving, old school bluegrass [...]
Big Country Bluegrass has announced veteran multi-instrumentalist Tim Laughlin as their newest member. Tim will play both fiddle and mandolin, and share in harmony vocals. The band had been using fill-ins since fiddler Jeff Michael departed in February of 2012 - but not just any fill ins. Don Rigsby was working most of the Big [...]
Eddie Gill has been announced as the newest member of Big Country Bluegrass, playing guitar and singing lead. Until making this switch, Gill had been performing with Travers Chandler & Avery County. Here's a look at the newest version of the group, with Eddie out front shot this past weekend. Lynwood Lunsford is on banjo, [...]
As they note the departure of long-time fiddler Jeff Michael, Big Country Bluegrass is pleased to announce that Don Rigsby will be working selected shows with the band in his stead. Bluegrass fans primarily know Don as a mandolinist and lead/tenor vocalist, but he is a fine fiddler as well. In fact, the first time [...]
In today’s world of bluegrass, many musicians find it difficult to keep a band together for even a short period of time. However, there are a few who seem to have endured changes in personnel and within the genre, and only continued to increase in talent. With the title of a Jimmy Martin song as [...]
The first thing you need to know about Lil John’s Mountain Music Festival, in Snow Camp, NC is... direction is key. If you are not familiar with the many turns required to get there you will need to allow some extra time. The second thing you need to know is be prepared to use your [...]
Rebel Records has two new CDs set for an October 12 release. One is a new project from Big Country Bluegrass, and the other a most-welcome reissue of music from Lost and Found. Bass man Allen Mills is the sole founding member of Virginia's Lost and Found still touring with the band as they celebrate [...]
While central Tennessee saw record rainfall this weekend, many a bluegrass and country music fan worried about their favorite entertainers traveling to and fro on flooded highways. Southwest Virginia escaped the deluge, yet saw the loss of two bluegrass performers in separate auto accidents. Alan Mastin, long-time bass player with Big Country Bluegrass, was killed [...]
In February we brought you news of the forthcoming CD, titled Back In Time, from Big Country Bluegrass. We indicated at the time that it would be their second album to be released by Mountain Roads Recordings. Now comes the announcement that Big Country Bluegrass is no longer on the label’s roster of artists. In [...]
