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Tuesday, December 29, 2020

A Little Sad Bluegrass Div (Tony Rice subsection)

IBMA Hall of Fame guitarist Tony Rice Passed away on Christmas Day.  No cause of death has been announced, but he had been diagnosed with muscle tension dysphonia in 1994 which led to the end of his singing live. Further muscular issues forced him to stop playing - his last performance was in 2013.

This is one of my all-time favorites, Norman Blake's Church Street Blues.


RIP Tony ...... I'll bet Clarance White was there to greet you.

Monday, December 28, 2020

Geography Div (Division subsection)

Well, 2020 will soon be behind us and, hopefully, we'll soon start turning our country around. For anyone who objects to the coverage and name of the red area my only consolation is that you have to live in it to really appreciate how bad it is.




Saturday, December 26, 2020

NO Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div (Boxing Day subsection)

I've posted this piece every year for quite a while. One of my favorites, so why change now ?? 

Friday, December 25, 2020

Christmas Story Div

I've posted this every year ...... and I tear up every time I hear it.  

Monday, December 21, 2020

Geography Div (Interactive fun subsection)

 Have you ever wondered what the area around your hometown was like during the Cretaceous period, when the Tyrannosaurus rex roamed? How about before then, when Earth had just one supercontinent?

Now you can find out.  

https://dinosaurpictures.org/ancient-earth#240




Saturday, December 19, 2020

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div (Happy Holidays subsection)

It isn't Elvis. Alan Bibey and Grasstowne with a "grassified" version of the 1957 Elvis classic. 


Alan Bibey - mandolin,  Justin Jenkins - banjo, Tony Watt - guitar, Zak McLamb - bass and
Ron Stewart - fiddle.

Monday, December 14, 2020

Monday, December 7, 2020

Geography Div (History subsection)

This was what East Asia looked like today in 1941 ....... we know what happened on that day, don't we?



Saturday, December 5, 2020

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div (Yuletide subsection)

Well, here it is that time of year again. I haven't decided (yet) whether or not to put up Ray Davis' Little Orphan Joe, but let's start off the month with that Chuck Berry favorite Run, Run Rudolph, here performed by Colebrook Road with some updated Bluegrassy lyrics.

Jesse Eisenbise- Guitar, Mark Rast- Banjo, Jeff Campbell - Bass, Wade Yankey- Mandolin and Joe McAnulty- Fiddle,