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Special Consensus is one of the most well-traveled bands in bluegrass. And so, by extension, is their trusty Turtle Top van, Snowball. It has taken them all across the US and Canada since it went into service in December 2002. Greg Cahill and the band are touring in California the rest of this week, and their [...]
Greg Cahill got in touch over Christmas with some news about the next Special Consensus album, due from Compass Records early next year. It will be the first recording with the current edition of the band: Cahill on banjo, David Thomas on bass, Rick Faris on mandolin and Dustin Benson on guitar. Here's Greg's overview [...]
Here's another update from Greg Cahill on the 2011 Special Consensus European tour. We only had 2 hours sleep when we were shuttled to the airport in Oslo to catch the plane to Copenhagen on Wednesday. We were on time (after the taxi was late), the plane took off and then a bird flew into [...]
Here's an update from world traveler Greg Cahill and Special Consensus. Just a brief note to let everyone know we are having a great tour here in Europe. We played the Buhl Bluegrass Festival on May 14, then several dates in Germany (including a visit with our friends Guntmar and Anja), several dates in Denmark [...]
Special Consensus has announced that Dustin Benson is the new guitarist with the band. He is replacing Ryan Roberts, who had been with Special C since the Fall of 2009. Dustin is a native of South Alabama, and comes from a family of talented bluegrass pickers and singers. He had been working of late on [...]
Special Consensus is back in Ireland, and founder/fearless leader Greg Cahill shares how their first day went. Ah... the carefree life of a touring musician! We left Chicago at 7:15pm and arrived in Dublin at 8:30am. The guys took a taxi to the hotel and I took the bus to Belfast, where our agent booked [...]
Back on October 23rd, Special Consensus celebrated their 35th year of performing bluegrass music from their home base of Chicago, IL. Through all these years, the only constant has been banjo picker Greg Cahill, who has managed the band since its inception - when he was a youngster, like most of the musicians he has [...]
The Dean of Bluegrass University The Chicago Reader has a nice write up about Greg Cahill and his band Special Consensus, as they prepare to celebrate their 35th anniversary. Greg and his band were a big influence on me as a teenager in Kansas City. I caught their show anytime they came close to town. It's hard to believe that [...]
Compass Records has also announced that the next CD from Special Consensus, simply titled 35, will be released on May 25. The title comes from the astounding fact that Greg Cahill is celebrating the 35th Anniversary of the band. Has any other bluegrass group maintained this long - other than The Blue Grass Boys or [...]
We just heard from Greg Cahill, Special Consensus founder and fearless leader, about how they are spending their Christmas vacation... "Just a note to let you know that we are in Brent Truitt's Nashville studio this week recording 6 new songs for an 18 song Special C 2010 release on Pinecastle Records simply called 35th [...]
