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Recently released by Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa, It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Day! is a generous helping of original music spanning the spectrum of bluegrass styles from traditional to contemporary. Upon listening to Wayne's vocal style, it is apparent that he is not a typical bluegrass singer (don't ask for a definition of what a typical bluegrass singer is), which is no doubt [...]
Bluegrass singer, songwriter, guitarist and band leader Wayne Taylor is now at home and recovering nicely after being hospitalized last week with an acute intestinal condition. Taylor heads his own group, Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa, and is well-remembered for his many years fronting the US Navy's bluegrass band, Country Current. Appaloosa banjo man Mark Delaney [...]
Here's a bluegrass twist on the 12 days of Christmas... Frank Solivan has announced that he is giving away his entire new CD, Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen as a Christmas gift for bluegrass lovers. Starting today (12/13) and running right through Christmas Eve, one track each day will be available for free download from [...]
The debut, self-titled CD from Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa is now available. Taylor is familiar to bluegrass lovers from his 24 years with Country Current, the US Navy Bluegrass Band, headquartered in Washington, DC. Many of those years of service were pulled alongside banjo legend Bill Emerson, who led the band while he was in [...]
We've posted a number of times about US Navy Band, Country Current, which regularly includes professional bluegrass musicians. The band has maintained a bluegrass unit since 1973 when Bill Emerson joined on banjo. Bill led the band until his retirement in 1993, at which point that leadership fell to Wayne Taylor who held the spot [...]
The US Navy Band Country Current, is holding immediate auditions to fill the Mandolin/Guitar vacancy left by the imminent departure of Frank Solivan. The gig involves playing mandolin with the bluegrass unit and electric guitar with the country band. Frank tells me that playing fiddle and contributing harmony vocals would be a big plus as [...]
Band names are always fun. We've talked about them before and told you stories of where they come from. We recently brought you news of Frank Solivan's new band, Dirty Kitchen. We thought it would be fun to explore why Frank named his band this way. First, it is the title of a track from [...]
Our friend Frank Solivan has announced he will be leaving the Navy Band, Country Current, in the spring and turning his attention to his own band. For 5 years Frank has been playing electric guitar, mandolin and fiddle with the Navy Band. It's a stable, paying gig and it wasn't an easy decision to make. [...]
As a young man just gaining an interest in bluegrass music, the bluegrass festival was almost heaven for me. One of the first festivals I can remember attending was at Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO. I grew up there in Missouri so it seems natural I would have fond memories of this festival. This [...]
Having spent 24 years in the U.S. Navy, 20 years and 7 months with Country Current, Wayne Taylor retired to civilian life on March 21, 2008. What does that mean for a bluegrass musicians? Wayne is in Nashville this week at the IBMA leadership class, and says his plans are to get more involved with [...]
