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This was a happy week for banjo pickers! We posted on Tuesday that Aaron McDaris and his wife celebrated the birth of their daughter, Katie Leann, on Monday. It turns out that Monday was also a special day for Graham Sharp and his wife, Seph. They welcomed their daughter, Rosalie Cass Sharp, that same day. [...]
Cindy Baucom sent in a couple photos from the past weekend at the North Carolina Banjo Clinic in Burnsville, NC. The event was hosted by Rod Johnston of Village Productions. Instructors included Tom Adams, Graham Sharpe, Mike Scott and Terry Baucom. Banjo students from across the country participated in the two-day event. Instruction was given [...]
On Sunday, November 2, 2008, the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, Kentucky, unveiled a brand new Curly Seckler exhibit. The exhibit, which will remain up for one year, includes photos, posters and LPs from Seckler's 70 plus years in bluegrass music, as well as a guitar case, stage clothes and a hat. After the [...]
More big bluegrass doin's on online radio this Saturday (10/25). At 1:00 p.m. (EDT) former Foggy Mountain Boys Jody Rainwater and Curly Seckler will join Steep Canyon Rangers for a live set on WSVS AM 800 in Crewe, VA. They will be performing together that evening in nearby Kenbridge, and will offer a taste of [...]
Steep Canyon Rangers will be doing two shows this month with legendary bluegrass pioneer Curly Seckler. Seckler was the mandolinist and tenor singer with Flatt & Scruggs during their hey day in the 1950s and early '60s, and later became a member of Lester Flatt & The Nashville Grass when Lester and Earl went their [...]
WAMU's Bluegrass Country will again be broadcasting live from IBMA this afternoon, bringing a taste of the 2008 World Of Bluegrass event to listeners worldwide who are unable to attend. Wednesday's (10/1) lineup include will include performances from Lonesome River Band and Steep Canyon Rangers, plus a discussion about IBMA's Leadership Bluegrass program. Katy Daley [...]
Songs From The Road is a loosely-knit side project band that features members of such noted touring acts as Steep Canyon Rangers, The Emmit Nershi Band, Shannon Whitworth and the Refugees, Larry Keel and Natural Bridge, Town Mountain, Super Grit Cowboy Band and The Grit Pixies. Their debut CD, Songs From The Road, was released [...]
Brance made mention last week of the Mountain Song Festival in NC, put on by Steep Canyon Rangers to benefit the local Boys & Girls Club. Graham Sharp from SCR tells us that the festival on 9/13 was a big success, with appearances from Sam Bush, Tim O'Brien, Cherryholmes - and SCR, of course. The [...]
The Steep Canyon Rangers have decided that those who haven't seen them live, shouldn't be excluded from the experience. To that end, they've began posting live tracks from recent shows on their myspace page. Currently there are two tracks from a performance in Gettysburg last month. Both tracks were previously recorded on SCR CDs. The [...]
This morning (7/18), XM satellite Radio's Bluegrass Junction will offer the debut airing of The Steep Canyon Rangers' visit to Studio Special. The guys will be on at 8:00 a.m. (EDT) performing live in the studio and chatting with host Kyle Cantrell about the band's comings and goings, and their plans for the remainder of [...]
