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Two more IBMA nominees for 2019 Scott Vestal and Kenny Smith, in this from 2013; The Ramblin' Rooks doing Earl Scruggs' Groundspeed. 



The Rambling Rooks consist of, from left, Scott Vestal (banjo), Don Rigsby (mandolin), Ronnie Bowman (bass) and Kenny Smith (guitar).

Geography Div (How's yer swimmin' skills subsection)

What will the Earth look like after all the ice melts ?? Probably optimistic.

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Was glad to see Stuart Duncan nominated for Fiddle Player of the year for the 2019 IBMA awards,
he's always been one of my favorites. Here he is joined by two other 2019 nominees, Sam Bush (Mandolin) and Bryan Sutton (Guitar) doing the old standard Paddy on the Turnpike.

Geography Div (Still Happenin' subsection)

Afghanistan has loon been called the Graveyard of Empires. Today in 1919, it gained its independence from Great Britain ...... and so the story continues.

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Another song nominated for the 2019 IBMA Song of the year. The Po' Ramblin' Boys doing
Last Train South.



CJ Lewandowski - Mandolin, JerememBrown - Banjo, Josh Rinkel - Guitar and
Jasper Lorentzen - Bass.

Geography Div (In fourteen hundred and ninety-two, etc subsection)

Today in 1492 Christopher Columbus landed in the Canary Islands to rest and refit before sailing off the edge of the world ...... er 

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One of the songs nominated for Song of the year for the 2019 IBMA Awards,
Appalachian Road Show doing Dance, Dance, Dance



Barry Abernathy - Banjo, Darrell Webb - Mandolin, Jim VanCleve - Fiddle, Todd Phillips - Bass
and Zeb Snyder - Guitar.

Geography Div (Holiday approaching subsection)

I don't think they need to worry about Labor Day or Halloween .....

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Dale Ann Bradley was just nominated for Female Vocalist of the year by the IBMA. From her new album The Hard Way, she superbly covers the late Jim Croce's Hard Way Every Time.



Bradley on guitar and band members Matt Leadbetter on mandolin, Ethan Burkhardt on bass, Steve Wilson on banjo and Chance Watt on guitar.