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This one was a request from my buddy Wilder. I was going to post it anyway, but after I smoked him 6 – 0 in Tennis the other day I figured I should do it for him. Alison is playing with a different configuration of Union Station than the one she shot to super stardom [...]
Pictured here playing their Texas – Mexican Bluegrass music at a different festival in 1979. I was pumped to find this picture! While listening to the show I was curious about the guitar that Peter was playing. Looks like a pre-1979 Martin D-28. With some inspired fiddling from Tex and first rate picking from the [...]
My buddy Joey has a great music blog, right here, you can check out some interesting music. He requested Peter Rowan be posted over here and I am doing it because I’m hoping he adds Its Great To Be Alive to his blogroll! Peter Rowans career, spanning over 40 years is pretty diverse. He [...]
It was at a New Grass Revival show that Fred Shellman decided to start the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. Now in its 36th year members Sam Bush, John Cowan and Bela Fleck have returned to Telluride Bluegrass Festival nearly every year. With Sam, the “King of Telluride”, playing everyone of them. While alienated from the traditional bluegrass [...]
While from a different festival this photo shows the amazing scenery from the main street of Telluride. The incredible box canyon towards Bridal Veil Falls. On the left is the Sheridan Opera House where this NightGrass show was recorded. Seeing a show at the Opera House is like having a band in your living room. [...]
Great photo of Hot Rize on the Telluride Stage in the early 80′s. During this show Tim O’Brien talks of Telluride as the most beautiful bluegrass festival in the world. I couldn’t agree more. You may also enjoy some of the more scenic shots of the festival over on Bobby Falc’s Blog. Somewhere during [...]
The Wednesday night kick off show to the Telluride Bluegrass Festival last year, at the conference center in Mountian Village, CO. Its a great show to kick of the series of posts here and at Bobby Falcs blog celebrating this fabulous festival. Drew Emmitt joins the band for the second set. Listen to Drew [...]
Now that I have successfully overcome some technical difficulties with the blog I am back on the Tim O’Brien theme. If you have any troubles with downloading the show or with the email / rss feed send me an email. Address is over on the top right somewhere. Hot Rize, the hottest Bluegrass group in [...]
What’s the best All Star Jam that you have seen? An All Star Jam is a musical phenomenon that is only common to Bluegrass Music. Typically a headlining set at a Bluegrass Festival where all the players are All Stars and they came together to Jam on a few tunes. Sometimes they are billed as [...]
In continuation of the Tim O’Brien Band series here is another show from the World Famous Station Inn in Nashville, TN. Listening to this show it’s clear why Bryan Sutton is the sickest guitarist in bluegrass these days, well for that matter the best acoustic guitarist in any recorded music. Danny Barnes who in his [...]