by Maggie Sokolik | Feb 25, 2022 | Bluegrass History, Bluegrass Musicians, Old Archived News, Welcome Column
his month, I started to peruse the archives and immediately stopped when I ran across this piece about The Seldom Scene. One of my favorite bluegrass bands of all time, The Seldom Scene get a nice introduction in this 1976 article by Bob Lawrence. I’ve added some...
by Patrick Campbell | Feb 19, 2022 | Announcements, Bluegrass Musicians
CBA member Arjan Khalsa and his banjo would normally be in middle of any jam, but he recently injured his hand, so he had to settle for second best: filming the first-Monday-of-every-month Garage Jam in Petaluma. Check out his fun video
by Maggie Sokolik | Jan 27, 2022 | Bluegrass History, Bluegrass Musicians, Welcome Column
Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, publicity photo, University of Missouri, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons I took another dip into the archives this month, and I chose an issue of the Breakdown that had a bit of sentimental meaning for me. I chose one that...
by Patrick Campbell | Dec 2, 2021 | Bluegrass Musicians
Bill Keith and Earl Scruggs and their collaboration to create Earl Scruggs and the 5-String Banjo (Peer International Corporation, New York. 1968). This book, a collaboration between Earl Scruggs, Bill Keith and Burt Brent, is the first serious and certainly...
by Patrick Campbell | Nov 20, 2021 | Bluegrass Musicians
The Single-string Playing of Eddie Adcock and Don Reno. I met Eddie Adcock about 1990 when he was one of the great acts there at the World of Bluegrass when it was based in Owensboro, Kentucky, His band at that time included the award-winning rhythm guitarist Martha...
