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The Bluegrass Cardinals—Fast Closing In On the Ranks Of Bluegrass Superstardom
Reprinted fromBluegrass Unlimited Magazine June 1981, Volume 15, Number 12 In a musical field where “an overnight success” simply does not exist and many years of “paying your dues” is the normal course for the fortunate few who attain top drawer status, as well as for the many others who don’t, The Bluegrass Cardinals have…
Bowman Remains True to Bluegrass
Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine August 2003, Volume 38, Number 2 Ronnie Bowman wants to make one thing perfectly clear. He is not bailing from bluegrass music. The former front man for the popular and influential 1990s Lonesome River Band has made several changes in his life since the turn of the millennium clock, but…
Bluegrass Alliance—River Front Bluegrass
Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine March 1976, Volume The Great Midwestern Bluegrass Music Hall, 118 West Washington Street, in Louisville, Kentucky, is the new home base of the Bluegrass Alliance—when they are at home. The former warehouse is only a few blocks from where the famous sternwheeler “The Belle Of Louisville” docks on the Ohio…
Norman Blake
Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine October 1973, Volume 8, Number 4 “Who is Norman Blake?” “One of the best pickers in the whole country. He’s got a lot of notes here and there, and puts them together in a very unpretentious way.” Such runs the opinion of those who know him. But a recent sampling…
Lyman Enloe—A Stylist of the Old-Time Fiddle
Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine January 1989, Volume 23, Number 7 Lyman Enloe, a small, slimly built man in his 82nd year, is a nationally respected old-time fiddler and that’s what he’d rather be doing, as a rule. I notice that writers seem to bring out the nervous energy in him, as he clears his…
The Lonesome River Band—The Water Rolls High
Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine January 1988, Volume 22, Number 7 The parking lot of a shopping center in Carney, Maryland, is neither the choice site to spend a damp Saturday afternoon nor the best place to interview an emerging force in bluegrass music. It doesn’t appear to be a great venue for the sparsely…