WHAT YOU MAY FIND HERE

RANTS, RAVINGS and RUMINATIONS along with
RAUCOUS RIBALDRY and RAMBLING REFLECTIONS

Saturday, October 30, 2021

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div (Spooky subsection)

Tomorrow is Halloween so I thought I start you out in the right direction. The Country Gentlemen, from a reunion concert, Woodstock 1992, doing Bringing Mary Home.

Trick or treat !!


John Duffy - Mandolin, Eddie Adcock - Banjo, Charlie Waller - Guitar and Tom Gray - Bass.

Saturday, October 23, 2021

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div

New video from Unspoken Tradition, Irons in the Fire. Filmed in an actual working blacksmith shop !


Audie McGinnis - Guitar and ead vocal, Ty Gilpin - mandolin, Tim Gardner - fiddle, Sav Sankaran - bass, and Zane McGinnis - banjo.


Monday, October 18, 2021

Geography Div (Pay up subsection)

Toll Roads, Bridges and Tunnels  - -  

Long before EZ Pass was adopted in the DC area, I subscribed to it through New Jersey. We often made trips to New England and it made the trip much easier. It eventually came to the Mid-Atlantic region (as did the charges in Virginia).

Now the hassle is going to the Denver area. It's almost impossible to figure out what's free and what's not -  especially when in motion. 



Saturday, October 16, 2021

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div (Student subsection)

Pike County Breakdown by Haley Stiltner on banjo with ETSU Bluegrass Pride Band.
The ETSU Bluegrass Pride Band is composed of leading students and faculty of the school's Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country Music Program in the Department of Appalachian Studies


Performing are Raymond McLain (fiddle), Dan Boner (guitar), Tara Sansom (fiddle), Leah Needham (dobro), Haley Stiltner (banjo), Danny Stewart (bass), and Colby Laney (mandolin).

Monday, October 11, 2021

Saturday, October 9, 2021

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div

Backline doing a cover of Tennessee Ernie Ford's Sixteen Tons, written by Merle Travis. It's unusual to hear it led with a female voice.


Katelyn Ingardia - Guitar and lead vocal, Travis Tucker - Dobro, Zachary Carter - Banjo,
Milom Williams II - Mandolin, Clint White - Fiddle and Chris Williamson - Bass

Monday, October 4, 2021

Geography Div (Have a drink Subsection)

 Easier to buy a drink or a 6-pack when I was young. Most of the traffic deaths involve that and the freedumb to avoid wearing a seat belt. 



Saturday, October 2, 2021

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div (Tribute subsection)

Lonesome River Band doing Cumberland River Shore, a tribute to John Hartford written by Billy Smith and Matt Combs.


Lonesome River Band:  Jesse Smathers on lead vocal and mandolin, Sammy Shelor on banjo, Brandon Rickman on guitar, Mike Hartgrove on fiddle, and Barry Reed on bass.