Geography Div (You tax dollars at work subsection)

Guess which ones vote for Republicans ??

A Litle Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div (Distaff subsection)

I always love to hear all female bluegrass ensembles. Here's the new single Swept Away from Bassist Missy Raines' new album.



The All-star cast of musicians besides Missy on Bass are Alison Brown - Banjo, Sierra Hull Mandolin, Molly Tuttle - Guitar and Becky Buller - Fiddle

Geography Div ( Is anyone learning? subsection)

A couple of weeks I showed the growth in the US Prison population. Would it surprise anyone to know that the number of students living on campus only marginally exceeds the number of adults in prison ??

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div (International subsection)

From the other side of the International Dateline come the Bluegrass Police -- yes, they're Japanese.
Here they are doing Tatsuya's Breakdown. 




Tatsuya Kuwahara - Banjo, Satoshi Hoshikawa - Mandolin, Yuuko Wakabayashi - Fiddle, Tomonari Hiazumi - Bass 
and Mitsutaka Sometaya - Guitar..

Geography Div (Disaster subsection)

On this day in 1947, The French ship Grandcamp, carrying ammonia nitrate fertilizer caught fire and exploded in Texas City, Tx. 576 people were killed.

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div (Reunion subsection)

News has it that Sawmill Road is getting back together for real.
Here they are at the Grass Valley Bluegrass Festival in 2017 doing the Bill Monroe classic Uncle Pen.



Bruce Johnson - fiddle, Dick Brown - banjo, Mark Miracle - mandolin, Charlie Edsall - guitar, and Steve Spurgin - bass.

Geography Div (Incarceration subsection)

We're #1

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div (Diplomacy subsection)

The Henhouse Prowlers from Chicago doing Jackie Wilson's (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher.
The band does diplomatic tours for the State Department and serves as "Bluegrass Ambassadors.
Sure presents a better image of our country than some folks I've read about lately.



Ben Wright - Banjo, John Goldfine - Bass, Kyle O'Brien - Fiddle and Chris Dollar - Guitar

Geography Div (sorta historical subsection)

Today in 1513, Ponce de Leon reached Florida and claimed it for Spain. Well, you know the rest.