Vol. 6 No. 2 - August 1971FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF BEAN BLOSSOM
BILL MONROE’S FIFTH ANNUAL BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL (First International Bluegrass Festival) DON RENO, RED SMILEY & BILL HARRELL IS YOUR INSTRUMENT INSURED BLUEGRASS GETS TELEVISION EXPOSURE BLUEGRASS UNLIMITED MERIT AWARD WINNER C.E. WARD A VISIT TO THE FIRST ANNUAL COUNTRY GENTLEMEN BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL STONYPOINT STRING BAND THE DIXIE TRAVELERS Cover: Bill Monroe and Lester Flatt |
Vol. 6 No. 12 - June 1972Bluegrass Unlimited Merit Award-Walter Butler
AMENDED 1972 FESTIVAL LISTING HIGH COUNTRY WHAT’S INVOLVED IN MAKING ARHOOLIE LP’S WHAT’S THIS ABOUT TRADITION MUSIC COMPANY A NEW DIMENSION TO THE TRADITIONAL BLUEGRASS.. AND NORMAN BLAKE PICKIN’ POLICE CHIEF’S POLICE CAR PLAYS BLUEGRASS FOR PICKED UP CROOKS THE II GENERATION & THE R.F.D BOYS Cover: High Country, L to R: Butch Waller, Ed Neff, Bruce Nemerov, Elon Feiner, Chris Boutwell |
Vol. 9 No. 1 - July 1974PROS LONG BEFORE BOSTON: THE ENTIRE CAREER OF THE LILLY BROTHERS
TECHNICAL ARTICLE ON THE BANJO OR HOW TO BE “NOT TOO SHARP” OLD-TIME MUSIC FESTIVALS LOVE AFFAIR WITH A TATERBUG (A CHRONOLOGY) BOBBY THOMPSON: THE CALM AT THE EYE OF THE STORM Cover: The Lilly Brothers, Everett & Bea Lilly |
Vol. 9 No. 11 - May 1976THE R.F.D BOYS
SPEEDY KRISE:THE FIRST BLUEGRASS DOBRO PLAYER? THE BLUEGRASS ALLIANCE--ALLIED AGAIN PHILADELPHIA BLUEGRASS-KEEPING IT GOING: THE SKOOKIL EXPRESS JOHN HICKMAN AB COLE-COMEDIAN Cover: The R.F.D. Boys (photo by Phil Straw), L to R: Willard Spencer, Jeff Harris, Stockton [Charlie] Roehrig, Paul Shapiro |
Vol. 10 No. 10 - April 1976STRING INSTRUMENTS ONLY-UNION GROVE
RULES FOR A SUCCESSFUL BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL or THE PROMOTERS GUIDE TO TRADITION (Fiction) REX AND ELEANOR PARKER: THE WEST VIRGINIA SWEETHEARTS BLUEGRASS ‘76 - BLUEGRASS UNLIMITED’S 1976 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE MARK O’CONNOR: WINNING IT ALL BY 14 Cover photo by Charles Mathis |
Vol. 10 No. 11 - May 1976WHO IN THE WORLD ARE THE BLUEGRASS CARDINALS?
BLUEGRASS SONGBOOKS-A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WHAT’S AVAILABLE AND WHERE LEONARD SMITH, ONE-ARMED FIDDLER, STILL FIDDLES AROUND BLUEGRASS ‘76 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE REVISION Cover: The Bluegrass Cardinals (photo by Phil Straw), L to R: Don Parmley, Bill Bryson, Dennis Fetchet, David Parmley, Randy Graham |
Vol. 11 No. 2 - July 1976CARL SAUCEMAN: THE ODESSEY OF A BLUEGRASS PIONEER
THE KENTUCKY GENTLEMEN LILLIMAE: IN THE MEN’S WORLD OF BLUEGRASS Cover: The Sauceman Brothers and the Green Valley Boys, front row L to R: Ben Drinnon, Jim Brock, Don McHan. Back row L to R: Carl Sauceman, Jack “Sparkplug” Sauceman and Tiny Day |
Vol. 11 No. 4 - October 1976THE PINNACLE BOYS
HOMEMADE COUNTRY MUSIC MAGIC FROM OHIO ALAN MUNDE ARLIN HUGHES: HIS MESSAGE IS MUSIC MAC ODELL: THE OLE COUNTRY BOY Cover: The Pinnacle Boys (photo by Randall Smith), L to R: Jim Smith, Rob Mashburn, Bud Brewster, Kneeling L to R: Randall Collins, Larry Mathis, and Jerry Moore |
Vol. 11 No. 6 - December 1976THE SHENANDOAH CUTUPS: CLASSIC BLUEGRASS FROM A NEWER GROUP
LESLIE KEITH: Black Mountain Odyssey EXPANDING THE HORIZONS-----Susie Monick and Tony Trischka ROBERT DICKEY: DULCIMER CRAFTSMAN THE ROAD TRIP J.B. PRINCE--IMPOSSIBLE TO DUPLICATE Cover: The Shenandoah Cutups, L to R: Udell McPeak, John Palmer, Billy Palmer, Tater Tate and Gene Burrows |
Vol. 11 No. 8 - February 1977HOW TO FIND OUT ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BLUEGRASS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING
CHUBBY WISE: ONE OF THE ORIGINAL BLUEGRASS FIDDLERS BLUEGRASS LAND A VISIT TO THE FLEADH CHEOIL NA H-EIREANN (The National Irish Traditional Music Festival) BLUEGRASS TALENT DIRECTORY TOM GRAY: BLUEGRASS BASSIST Cover: Chubby Wise (photo by Marty Godbey) |
Vol. 11 No. 9 - March 1977THE CARTER FAMILY REUNION
UNICORN MANDOLINS Strings N’ Things-FIDDLING: A BASIC APPROACH THE COMPLEAT BLUEGRASS BAND OR HOW WE WON THE U.N. THE SHADY GROVE RAMBLERS “A NEW EXPERIENCE IN BLUEGRASS” JIMMIE SKINNER-COUNTRY SINGER, BLUEGRASS COMPOSER, RECORD RETAILER Cover: Carter Family (photo by David K. Hazzard) |
Vol. 11 No. 10 - April 1977CURLY FOX--A LIVING LEGEND
BLUEGRASS 77--BLUEGRASS UNLIMITED’S 1977 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE INTRODUCING THE HUTCHISON BROTHERS A PREMIER ON BLUEGRASS INSTRUMENTS & EARLY ARTISTS (fiction) THE HOTMUD FAMILY--”IT’S CURRENT TO US” Cover: Unknown bluegrass festival (photo by Ginger Kuykendall) |
Vol. 11 No. 12 - June 1977THE MARSHALL FAMILY
Strings N’ Things: THE BASS FIDDLE BASICS (Part 1) THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME: REMODELED & EXPANDED SING YOUR SONG JIMMY: THE JIMMY WILLIAMS STORY THE DEVIL’S BOX--RILEY CLAYTON AND THE RATTLER SMOKY MOUNTAIN SPECIAL--A PICKER’S DREAM COME TRUE Cover: The Marshall Family, L to R: Dave, Judy, Dan and Ben |
Vol. 12 No. 1 - July 1977JOE VAL & THE NEW ENGLAND BLUEGRASS BOYS
Strings N’ Things: THE BASS FIDDLE BASICS (Part II) ARTHUR SMITH- A wide & Varied Musical Career THE RED CLAY RAMBLERS NON-BLUEGRASS BLUE GRASS BOYS NEW GRASS: BLOOMIN’ GRASS Cover: Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys, L to R: Joe Val, Dave Dillon, Paul Silvius and Eric Levenson |
Vol. 12 No. 5 - November 1977BLUEGRASS, BLUEGRASS…..A TELEVISION SERIES
STUART DUNCAN: BLUEGRASS IN MINIATURE BLUEGRASS LAND REVISITED BILL DUNCAN & DON SOWARDS: LAUREL MOUNTAIN BOYS BLACKS AND BLUEGRASS: A STUDY OF MUSICAL INTEGRATION THE SHUFFLER FAMILY, FOOTHILLS GOSPEL A LOOK AHEAD: WHAT THE MEDIA MIGHT DO TO BLUEGRASS Cover: The New Grass Revival performing at the Diners Playhouse for the Kentucky Educational Television’s series “Bluegrass, Bluegrass” (photo by Marty Godbey) |
Vol. 12 No. 6 - September 1977THE OSBORNE BROTHERS--FROM ROCKY TOP TO MUDDY BOTTOM
Strings N’ Things--5 String Banjo Tablature-- SOLDIER’S JOY THE OLDTIMERS WEEKEND AT WALNUT VALLEY ARIZONA BLUEGRASS, ALABAMA SLAP BASS STYLE LOPRINZI GUITARS CHARLIE NIXON Cover: The Osborne Brothers, L to R: Sonny Osborne, Robbie Osborne, Dale Sledd, Bobby Osborne |
Vol. 12 No. 9 - March 1978THE LOST & FOUND
JAY ROUND & THE HAMMERED DULCIMER PETE PYLE-BLUEGRASS PIONEER THE BRIARHOPPERS-CAROLINA MUSICIANS HENRY FULCHER-SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA’S GOODWILL AMBASSADOR OF BLUEGRASS AL JONES & FRANK NECESSARY Cover: the Lost & Found, L to R: Gene Parker, Alan Mills, Dempsey Young and Roger Handy |
Vol. 12 No. 10 - April 1978BAWLAMER BALOUGREYUS (BALTIMORE BLUEGRASS)
PHILIPPINE BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL CHOOSE YOUR INSTRUMENT WELL BLUEGRASS ‘78 - BLUEGRASS UNLIMITED’S 1978 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE REPAIRMAN EXTRAORDINAIRE THE HIGH NOTE (Fiction) BEREA BLUEGRASS-PHUZZ STREET KNUCKLEBUSTERS Cover: Unknown Festival (photo by Ginger Kuykendall) |
Vol. 13 No. 1 - July 1978TED LUNDY, BOB PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN BOYS
BLUEGRASS MUSIC, HAWAIIAN STYLE EIU BLUEGRASS JAM SESSION THE HAMMER DULCIMER RETURNS SOMETHING NEW FOR BLUEGRASS WHETSTONE RUN: PAST AND PRESENT “BLUEGRASS PIZZA” or “PIZZA BLUEGRASS” KENTUCKY TROUBADOR: JILSON SETTERS MUSIC YOU CAN’T HEAR ON THE RADIO Cover: Ted Lundy, Bob Paisley (photo by Phil Straw) |
Vol. 13 No. 2 - August 1978Strings N’ Things--PREWAR GUTBUCKET BASS-ICS
A BLUEGRASS EXPERIMENT-THE FIRST GENERATION (BILL CLIFTON-RED RECTOR-DON STOVER) BLUEGRASS GETS A ROLL GOING THE ODYSSEY OF ARTHUR SMITH Cover: The First Generation (photo by Bill Gangloff), L to R: Red Rector, Don Stover, Bill Clifton |
Vol. 13 No. 3 - September 1978MARTY STUART and LESTER FLATT
THE BIRTH OF THE BLUE(S) GRASS ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY ANDREW F. BOARMAN: THE GURU OF THE 5-STRING BANJO “WE’RE NOT GETTING RICH, BUT WE’RE HAVING LOTS OF FUN!”-BUDDY SPICHER & THE PINEWOOD VALLEY RANCH THE SUN ALSO RISES ON CALIFORNIA BLUEGRASS--DICK TYNER AND THE GOLDEN WEST BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL PLINY’S BLUES Cover: Lester Flatt and Marty Stuart (photo by Jim McGuire/Grease Brothers) |
Vol. 13 No. 5 - November 1978THE NEW GRASS REVIVAL
JIMMY DRIFTWOOD and THE RACKENSACK PLAYERS: PROOF THAT OZARK CULTURE STILL LIVES DOC LEW: THE LIFE & TIMES OF LEW CHILDRE THE SOUTH’S FAVORITE TRIO: THE STORY OF THE ANGLIN BROTHERS MAIL POUCH EXPRESS Cover: New Grass Revival (photo by Jim McGuire), L to R: Sam Bush, Courtney Johnson, Curtis Burch and John Cowan |
Vol. 13 No. 9 - March 1979HOT RIZE-PETE WERNICK’S SECRET INGREDIENT
FLATBED THE PROFESSIONAL AUTHENTIC (Fiction) SKILLET LICKIN’ IN GEORGIA-GORDON TANNER MY FAVORITE TEN BLUEGRASS RECORDINGS BUDDY STARCHER-MOUNTAIN STATE FAVORITE Cover: Hot Rize (photo by Dick Kimmel), L to R: Pete Wernick, charles Sawtelle, Nick Forster, Tim O’Brien |
Vol. 13 No. 10 - April 1979JIM SHUMATE-BLUEGRASS FIDDLER SUPREME
BLUEGRASS ‘79 - BLUEGRASS UNLIMITED’S 1979 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE HOW I SPENT (THE BEST PART OF) MY SUMMER VACATION or A FEW WORDS OF PRAISE FOR THE FAMILY-STYLE FESTIVAL BOBBY SLOAN FOR PRESIDENT ALBERT HASH: FIDDLE MASTER, FIDDLE MAKER Cover: 1978 Berkshire Mountains Bluegrass Festival (photo by Ginger Kuykendall) |