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Larry Efaw brought his Bluegrass Mountaineers and his “Stanley” brand of mountain music to Buena Vista to open the 2nd day of the Nothin’ Fancy Festival. The crowd enjoyed Bill Yates taking us back in time with the Country Gentlemen Tribute Band. Volume Five, IBMA Emerging Artist nominee, took the stage next. Virginia favorites, The [...]
Earlier this month, Steven Dowdy, guitarist and vocalist with The Bluegrass Brothers, was married to Christi Bryant. He shared this brief description of their big day. "Christi and I joined hands in marriage on August 11. We had been childhood sweethearts, and have known each other since I was 2 years old. We were married in [...]
Our August 8 Weekly Airplay chart is out, and Larry Sparks has returned to the #1 position with Bitterweeds from his 50th Anniversray album, Lonesome and Then Some. The Bluegrass Brothers also return to the Top 5 with Memories Of My Childhood, tied with Rhonda Vincent's Only Me at #3. Filling out the Top 5 are Balsam Range (Moon Over [...]
Hard core traditionalists, The Bluegrass Brothers, have released a new single from Generations, their upcoming Mountain Fever album. The song is Memories Of My Childhood, written by Danny Lamm, and sung by Donald Dowdy, who plays mandolin with the group. The original brothers are Victor Dowdy on bass, and brother Robert on banjo, who have been performing [...]
Kody Norris and the Watauga Mountain Boys kicked off the 10th edition of the February Palatka Bluegrass show held at the Rodeheaver Boys Ranch. They were followed by the James King Band and Larry Sparks and the Lonesome Ramblers. Dailey and Vincent along with Jimmy Fortune closed out the evening. The power went out in the [...]
Nashville songwriters Larry Cordle, Carl Jackson and Jerry Salley, who have occasionally performed together as The Trio, have been announced as a featured act at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, FL next week. They will sing at a lunch for the Mississippi delegation on August 28. Though not exclusively bluegrass writers, all three have [...]
Among the many wonderful music festivals in West Virginia, one of the longest-running and most successful is Music In The Mountains, the Summersville bluegrass festival. Started in 1980, the 33rd annual festival recently took place and Valerie and I had the pleasure of performing there again. After our first appearance at Summersville in 1983 (the [...]
This report on the 33rd Annual Central Canada Bluegrass Awards is a contribution from Martin Chapman. Over the past weekend, the luxurious Deerhurst Resort near Huntsville, Ontario in the heart of Muskoka cottage country, underwent a major transformation. The Province's most well-known indoor and outdoor sports, business and entertainment complex was turned into a down-home, indoor bluegrass festival. The Resort [...]
This festival report comes from our friend Katy Daley, morning host on WAMU's Bluegrass Country. She also sent along these photos from David Staples. Hurricane warnings were up all over New England but Saturday was beautiful for the 37th Blistered Fingers Bluegrass Festival in Litchfield, Maine. James King was caught by bad weather in the [...]
Kevin Prater has joined up with The Bluegrass Brothers on banjo. He had worked for some time with James King, playing mandolin and singing tenor, but had gotten his start as a banjo picker. Kevin had been working of late on mandolin and guitar with Melvin Goins. He joins fiddler Billy Hurt as the only [...]
