JAMES MONROE SOME NOTES ON THE MUSICAL SCALE FATE OF RYMAN STILL UNDECIDED PORTRAIT OF A HALF-GRASS FIDDLER RED, WHITE AND BLUE (Grass) THE BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL AS A PEACEABLE GATHERING
Cover: James Monroe (photo by Tom Henderson)
Vol. 8 No. 2 - August 1973
CLARENCE WHITE THE NEW TRADITION HISTORY WAS MADE HERE
Cover: The New Tradition, L to R: Jimmy Arnold, Keith Whitley, Bill Rawlings, Jimmy Gaudreau
Vol. 8 No. 3 - September 1973
MONROE DOCTRINE-BLUEGRASS ON CAMPUS UNCLE PEN BLUEGRASS STRIKES HORSE PENS 40 THE AMATEUR COUNTRY MUSIC SONGWRITER DADDY’S CREEK BREAKTHROUGH
Cover: Monroe Doctrine, (in unknown order) Charles Sawtelle, Dick Schroeder, Wayne Beezley, Steve Carnes, Kerry Craig
Vol. 8 No. 4 - October 1973
NORMAN BLAKE DOBRO RATTLES AND CURES BETTY FISHER AND THE DIXIE BLUEGRASS BAND SAM BUSH, NEW GRASS REVIVAL AND LEON RUSSELL
Cover: Norman Blake (Photo by Doug Green)
Vol. 8 No. 5 - November 1973
HOW TO CARE FOR YOUR GUITAR A QUARTER CENTURY OF BLUEGRASS FIDDLING-Clarence “Tater” Tate THE BLUEGRASS KATS ON CAMERA MONROE HOMECOMING
Cover: Tater Tate (photo by Ron Petronko)
Vol. 8 No. 6 - December 1973
DAVID ‘STRINGBEAN’ AKEMAN MERLE: THE SILENT WATSON OME BANJO COMPANY
Cover: Merle Watson (photo by Mary Jane Bolle)
Vol. 8 No. 7 - January 1974
BLUEGRASS BASICS-Capo/Chord Chart BILL IVEY-COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME STRINGBEAN BUCK RYAN
Cover: Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Vol. 8 No. 8 - February 1974
HAPPY MEDIUM-J.D. CROWE AND THE NEW SOUTH PERFORMERS’ UNIONS JIM SMOAK
Cover: J.D. Crowe & the New South, L to R: (Top) Larry Rice, Donnie Combs (Bottom) J.D. Crowe, Bobby Sloane, Tony Rice
Vol. 8 No. 9 - March 1974
RALPH STANLEY-THE TRADITION FROM THE MOUNTAINS HAND CRAFTED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS VERMONT: FAMOUS FOR SKIING AND BLUEGRASS WILMA LEE AND STONEY COOPER NEAL ALLEN
Cover: Ralph Stanley (photo by Carl Fleischhauer)
Vol. 8 No. 10 - April 1974
1974 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE …..1029….THE LEWIS FAMILY BLUEGRASS AT THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGES IS THE “SCENE” BLUEGRASS BLUEGRASS THRIVES IN OKLAHOMA THE BASICS FOR PEAL CUTTING CAN BLUEGRASS SURVIVE POPULARITY
Cover: The Lewis Family, L to R:
Vol. 8 No. 11 - May 1974
THE GOINS BROTHERS: MELVIN AND RAY MAINTAINING THE LONESOME PINE FIDDLER TRADITION DEACON DAN CRARY: A MAN OF HIS OWN CLOTH THE CHICKEN SHACK CLIFF WALDRON AND THE NEW SHADES OF GRASS
Cover: the Goins Brothers, Melvin & Ray
Vol. 8 No. 12 - June 1974
ROY LEE CENTERS THE SELDOM SCENE AS HEARD NOBORU MORISHIGE TWO PATHS
Cover: the Seldom Scene (photo by Carl Fleischhauer)