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Bluegrass Music Festivals

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Bluegrass Music Festivals
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Bluegrass Country Soul


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Live performances, interviews, jam sessions, and crowd footage from the 1971 Bluegrass Festival in North Carolina….

Telluride Bluegrass Festival: 30 Years


Telluride Bluegrass Festival: 30 Years


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1968 Memphis Country Blues Festival


1968 Memphis Country Blues Festival


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17th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival [VHS]


17th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival [VHS]


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1992 Merle Watson Memorial Festival


1992 Merle Watson Memorial Festival


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STAGING TRADITION: JOHN LAIR AND SARAH GERTRUDE KNOTT (Music in American Life)


STAGING TRADITION: JOHN LAIR AND SARAH GERTRUDE KNOTT (Music in American Life)


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Blue-grass and Broadway


Blue-grass and Broadway


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Pine Mountain Bluegrass Music Festival

When a band becomes massive, it is always pleasing to the petulant person who can claim to see them play when you know nobody knew who they were. Everyone is obliged think you're the coolest person they know and treat you as a kind of god. Well, not really, but if they want to see some groups led by the great moment here are my tips for hot bands in small venues this summer.

Les Choristes gross. I've seen the work Brute Chorus in London a couple of times and in Glastonbury of this year's BBC 'enter' phase. They are linked to records Bumpman (The label Hawley Arms). They have a folk blues sound, but dirty and rude. Fans Nick Cave and The White Stripes appreciate this band. His capture in Greenbelt Festival in Cheltenham, August 25 or on the basis of the Peterborough Festival on September 6.

The Wave Pictures have been together for quite a long time and last year has been giving concerts and more Instant Release 'Coffee Baby' on Moshi Moshi. You can Take the end of the Road Festival in September and hope that later this summer will be very large. The Wave Pictures have been one of my favorite bands this year and really I believe in its potential for world domination. They are truly brilliant.

Runaway Sons are another band to explode. The singer, Jim Gipson made only from about a year and Bert Jansch has supported and toured with Richard Hawley. Earlier this year he formed The Runaway Sons with close friends Andy Gaines, Benn, and Chords Claude Trejonis. Runaway Sons play rock blues and Jim's voice has been compared to both Buckley, Gram Parsons and Robert Plant. Her live performance is always impressive. They have recently supported MGMT, Feeder and had a residency at the Proud Galleries, Camden. Caught in the V Festival, 16 August in Chelmsford and Stafford 17.

Rosie Oddie and the Odd Squad are one of the most interesting new bands in the scene at the time. The sound is unique, well-designed pop that will fill the dancefloor indie throughout the country very soon. They stand apart from their peers in many respects, one of the most obvious is inimitable Rosie's dress, he caught sight Bazaar magazines, and as several newspapers, winning many admirers. They have had singles released by the label Bloody Awful Poetry and you will be able to catch them at Bestival this summer.

Mumford and Sons are part of the new west London folk scene, including Noah and the Whale who are already set for success on the rise, and Laura Marling, who was recently nominated for the Mercury Prize. Marcus Mumford fronts the band (and the drummer for Laura Marling), the songs are full and sublime and beautiful. Listen to the magnificent 'White Blank Page "and fall in love instantly Mumford and Sons. They also grace the festival's final road to give the crowd a bluegrass heavenly popular experience.

That's my advice for the big time this summer. I look forward to checking out.

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Graves Mountain Bluegrass

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Graves Mountain Bluegrass


Foggy Mountain Breakdown: 16 Bluegrass Instrumental Hits


Foggy Mountain Breakdown: 16 Bluegrass Instrumental Hits


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Memories of Foggy Mountain


Memories of Foggy Mountain


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Foggy Mountain Breakdown


Foggy Mountain Breakdown


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Graves Mountain Bluegrass … There is a limit to everything
There is a measure in all things
There is a scorpion under every stone
There is a time to speak, and a time to be silent
There is life in the old dog yet
There is no plece like home.
01 GRAVES MOUNTAIN BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL

Any bluegrass fan will tell you there's nothing like the sound of a dobro. It seems that a guitar, plays like a steel guitar and really adds a dimension only for a song. Here we will look at the start of design and history of use in recording and interpretation.

John Dopyera invented guitar resonance around the 1920s on the basis of an application for steel guitar great George Beauchamp. Together they formed the National String Instrument Corporation, and manufactured these under a national brand name.

Dopyera national left in 1928 and formed Dobro Manufacturing Company with his three brothers. The name "Dobro" is a contraction of "Dopyera Brothers". It also means "good" in the Slovak language. The word "Dobro" is now used in reference any resonator guitar, regardless of manufacturer.

The Dobro was introduced to country music in the 1930s by Bashful Brother Oswald while played with Roy Acuff and the Smoky Mountain Boys. In this genre, the Dobro steel guitar has largely replaced the dobro. However, still used today, only lesser degree.

Around this same time period, Dobros were used by blues musicians like Bukka White and the legendary Bo Carter. This was mainly in the southern United States around Louisiana and Mississippi Deltas. Most players were using acoustic guitar, but the electricity is scarce in larger venues and dobro was stronger, which makes the choice of blues musicians live.

This was significant because the dobro as an instrument is played back up. These blues players began playing guitar as a standard upright. Due to the high action of the chains, they all used either a slide or "bottleneck" in the fret board. The sound was nice and still heard today in Southern blues genre.

In mid-1950, a man named Josh Graves dobro introduced to bluegrass music. The effect of music was great and dobro became a staple bluegrass almost overnight. Graves had been playing with Flatt & Scruggs at the time. Took Earl Scruggs' three finger picking style for the banjo and applied it to dobro. This is the way they played today with a notable exception in Tut Taylor, who used a flat peak.

As you can see, the whole creation dobro is an American with roots in the southern United States. The inventor, John Dopyera, was an immigrant, but made his mark in the music world with this instrument. Manufacture Trial with George Beauchamp, then with his brothers and coined the name "dobro".

Beauchamp attempt to usurp the name, but after a lot of legal wrangling, Dopyera took control of the company Beauchamp. Gibson Guitar Company acquired the right to make the dobro in 1993, saying he held rights of the trademark "Dobro." Gibson now makes several models under the Dobro name, some of the cheaper models Hound Dog and a line as Epiphone.

Dobro is sweet music to the ear and the instruments are a delight for the eyes. Although they are played today, it is better to hear the great players of the 1920s, 30s and 40s.

To learn more about dobro music, visit: Dobro Music. com

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July 9th, 2007 at 8:14 am

Southern Ohio Bluegrass

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Southern Ohio Bluegrass
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Southern Ohio Bluegrass … There is a limit to everything
There is a measure in all things
There is a scorpion under every stone
There is a time to speak, and a time to be silent
There is life in the old dog yet
There is no plece like home.
Kelly McCoy sings with Rhonda Vincent & the Rage

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May 9th, 2007 at 3:06 pm