Live in Toronto, April
Hello Toni and TO Lurkers... It's a cuban house party... I go all shy when she brings the mike around too, but I appreciate the spirit. Last night the place had been for some...

Paul Henning known for 'Hillbillies', TV Tune
Burbank (AP) - Paul Henning, who created the iconic 1960s TV show "The Beverly Hillbillies" and wrote its theme song, died Friday March 25, 2005 at the...

Mandolin Opinions
Well, after a couple of hours at my local dealer, plunking incompetenly haphazadly on about ten mandolins, I walked out with a custom Weber Gallatin.Yippeee!!!!!! (I played guitar a bit, too...

Marion Walsh's New RootsAmericana CD Release
Marion Walsh's New Roots-Americana CD Release Singer Songwriter Marion Walsh's got a very unique style and approach to roots music and Americana. Part hillbilly twang, part smooth...

Checking up on Sok66
Thanks for the Q! It's going well, I've been tryingto get an hour or so a day in on it and starting to feel more comfortable with...

Sound wars in sringbandbluegrbutt history
This is sort of bluegrbutt 101 for some of you, but I thought I'd throw it out to the group... One facet of the history of American folk...

Sound wars in sringbandbluegrbutt history 283
This is the first time I've posted to two newsgroups, and although the old-timers and bluegrbutters have a lot in common...

Sound wars in sringbandbluegrbutt history 284
Drums with brushes, in the right hands, maybe." Well, not if you want to sound like traditional folk...

Jugs Sound wars in sringbandbluegrbutt history
Maybe a bit earlier. According to Cox, breaste played banjo in a band popular local group, the breaste Brothers String Band, until a depression struck the country...

Where the 2.5 million new jobs went
Without pandering to rhetorical hyperbole, one should see the PBS type series on the global...

what's wrong with this picture
Winfield's compebreastions predate the Dumplin Valley fester by a significant number of years. If anyone's "simultaneously scheduling their event: during...

Instructions
This Follow-up is cross-posted (to groups apparently interested in the Carters) as it seems appropriate to all the groups listed. If you need to curse me...

Bluegrbutt Singer Jimmy Martin Dies at 77
Pioneering Bluegrbutt Singer, Guitarist Jimmy Martin Dies in Nashville Hospice at 77 May. 14, 2005 (AP) - Jimmy Martin, a pioneering bluegrbutt singer and guitarist who...

American Banjo Camp Preliminary Schedule Available
Folks The preliminary schedule for the third annual AMERICAN BANJO CAMP is now available for viewing...

Bill Monroe's Song "The Hills Of Glory
I recently downloaded a live recording of Bill Monroe and the Blue Grbutt Boys performing a song breastled "The Hills Of Glory." It was reportedly recorded on July 14, 1957 at New River Ranch in...

AM I A CROOK
Collins & Aikman Products Corp. Former CEO of the company David A. Stockman has quit his postion and given a tidy 20 Million Dollar...

Kids & Bluegrbutt.....was Is everybody in this group over 70
T Harper" wrote ... Ditto!!! :) Wow, you folks are awesomly supportive of your kid's music! That is soooooooo cool! I was just curious if the instruments were hand-me-downs from...

Is everybody in this group over 70
Hi Ron. So you're the guy in that little booth in the back! You do a...

NJ's Albert Hall Is everybody in this group over 70
Doug Cunningly Thanks. Yes, that's me, the guy in the back. It took a lot of time and effort to get the hall's sound to it's current level...

ODE Banjo
Yesterday my neighbor gave me an ODE 5-string banjo that he has had for...

ODE Banjo 297
hi Id suggest you repost this over on alt.banjo newsgroup. A long neck ODE is not a...

ODE Banjo 298
Michael Hofer" wrote in message: Thanks,. good idea. Yes, it seems well constructed, but designed for ease of production as well. That's what I understand. It sure is awkward...

Longneck Banjo
hi Joe Kingston Trio came in the late 50s Pete was playing with the Weavers in the 40s. No Pete was the one who developed the idea, actually...

Bath UK International Banjo Festival, Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd July
From the United Kingdom cut by Ulf Bath International Banjo Festival, Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd July. To a large proportion of banjo players in Europe, the words "Reading Festival" are nothing to do with...

From Southern to American Manifesto
simply a region, in some but a select few? those both far and mind, blood and accord, homogeneous body, then is incompatible elements and, even, extinction of the day? If...

RIP "Winnie"Winston
Julian "Winnie" Winston pbutted away yesterday. Winnie, an American, moved to Wellington NZ a decade ago. He was a master banjo-player and steel-guitarist, wrote the...

Free Downloads Of Live Recordings
Awhile back I was told about a website breastled bluegrbuttbox (www.bluegrbuttbox.com), which offers free downloads of live bluegrbutt performances, mostly taped by fans...

Billy Graham's New Friends Are Hillary & Bill Clinton 304
On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 19:19:34 GMT, "Lane Gray, Czar Castic" Oh ok - I read an interview...

Billy Graham's New Friends Are Hillary & Bill Clinton 305
Hmm, the Opry had DeFord Bailey as part of its regular lineup years before black artists regularly showed up on mainstream charts; doesn't sound that narrow to me...

Resist the Push Toward Racial Mixing
Well, Captain bonehead, may I direct your attention to the headers up top? Given that this discussion takes place in rcmw, nashville.general and amb, it only seems logical to direct attention to those aspects of...

Central Coast California Music
On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 04:31:40 GMT, TAsher ================================================= BlueGrbutt West! Music Newsletter Vol. 5 Number 6 *** July, 2005 With Bluegrbutt and Traditional Music news for the Southern Central California...

Saturday's "Evening with the Grand Ole Opry" Review of the Cary, NC Show
By JACK BERNHARDT, Raleigh News & Observer Correspondent CARY -- All of the performers from Saturday's "Evening with the Grand Ole Opry...

Somewhere over the Rainbow
From www.allmusic.com: The Geezinslaws have done it, although I'd suspect they'd turn it into a...

Outer Banks Guitar Workshop wSteve Baughman & Robin Bullock
The Outer Banks Guitar Workshop with Steve Baughman & Robin Bullock For Intermediate and Advanced Players October 9th-14th, 2005 Northern Outer Banks, North Carolina...

New #1 on the Soundclick Bluegrbutt Chart
Cindy's Breakdown" by The Rosinators Voted 'UK Track of the Year' by top European DJ's at the UK Country Radio Awards 2005 Download The Rosinators (Apple iTunes, realRhapsody, Yahoo Music, MP3tunes and many...

buying CDs
OK... Starting out, looking for a cheap resource before you invest a lot of $ is OK. Bluegrbutt is a diverse genre of music... maybe not as diverse as some, but diverse, nonetheless. First...

THIS WORKS FOR SOMEBODY WHY NOT YOU oI5jj6SGk
Totally and completely legitimate $$$ Read this and you will make tons of money guaranteed NETWORK...

Fast Food Nation
Long article but an eye opener. Hank invisible into interferes the hamburgers new just Greeley, in of acres. During concrete stay a...

David Norris, writer of "Timberline", "He Walked All The way Home", "Dusty
To all, Back on St. Patty's day, I sat in at a local So MD bar that had some guy named Dave Norris playing live. While he was kind...

podcast banjo & guitar lesson update
As I posted a few weeks ago, we have been experimenting with teaching banjo & guitar by podcast. So far the podcast lesson project has generated a lot of excitement. Thousands...

Kid Songs 317
Songs I liked as a kid (many of them I still like today): Osbornes (look for them a lot...

Kid Songs 318
Here's the history: History of The Grandfather Clock How The Grandfather Clock Got Its Name Over 100 years ago in Piercebridge, North Yorkshire, England, there...

Kid Songs 319
Artist-Band: Watson Doc Lyrics for Song: Grandfather's Clock Lyrics for Album: The Best Of Doc Watson My grandfather's clock was too...

The Grbutty Knoll Boys play MacHenrys in Fort Worth Texas Friday 26th August
Friday 26th August The Grbutty Knoll Boys Show starts at 9pm Tickets are $10 MacHenry's 7618 Camp...

The Old Blind Dogs play MacHenrys in Fort Worth Texas Thursday 8th September 321
Friday 26th August The Old Blind Dogs Show starts at 8pm Tickets are $20 MacHenry's 7618 Camp Bowie...

The Old Blind Dogs play MacHenrys in Fort Worth Texas Thursday 8th September 322
Only 1 more day to get tickets online (see below)*** Thursday 8th September The Old Blind Dogs Show starts at 8pm Tickets...

Smart Folk Discover Bluegrbutt ... LOL
Clipped this off of Yahoo. Apparently our lovely university system has run short on multi-cultural topics. After studying every possible musical angle they have finally discovered that us...

Album Review Nickel Creek Why Should the Fire Die
Personal Review: I enjoyed this release. Nickel Creek fans will not be surprised by its musical content or directions. Between the Bands' southern California roots and their relative youthfulness it simply...

Patty Loveless Dreamin' My Dreams Chicago SunTimes Review 4 Stars
PATTY LOVELESS, "DREAMIN' MY DREAMS" (EPIC) **** Patty Loveless is a Grammy winner, a member of the Grand Ole Opry and one of the most...

Bringing Mary HomeTwilight Zone 326
The storyline in "Bringing Mary home" is - in different versions - much older than "The Twilight Zone". Stories with...

Bringing Mary HomeTwilight Zone 327
On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 11:15:05 -0500, Fokke de Jong Poem by Chaw Mank and Joe Kingston. I'd never heard of them before, but Mr. Google knows...

A typical flatpicker remark and two questions
I was looking at this month's Flatpicker Magazine and then looked at the cover and realized that it was Acoustic Guitar Magazine, but it has a flatpicker...

Cities Full of Vicious Animals Waiting to Get Off the Leash
Another excusemaking whigger. Black-White Street Crime Ratios: liquidate-neg. msltr.: 5.39-1 Forcible Rape: 2.89-1 Robbery: 6.55-1 Aggravated buttault: 2.88-1 Burglary: 2.45-1 The white crime data include Hispanic crime. If Hispanic...

Jam in Manchester, NH 104
Forwarding the Invite from one of the monthly jams I attend: e-mails removed to spare frank the...

Yogi Berra explains jazz
Had to pbutt this along... ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Interviewer: "Can you explain jazz?" Yogi: "I can't, but I will. 90% of all jazz is half improvisation. The other half is the part...