The Archives
Radio Flyer—Flying To The Top
Reprinted From Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine December 1986, Volume 21, Number 6 If there were four people in Louisville’s Riverfront Plaza/Belvedere in September, 1985 expecting Radio Flyer to be named “Best New Bluegrass Band of 1985” at Kentucky Fried Chicken Bluegrass Festival, it sure wasn’t Radio Flyer. After all, the year-old Springfield, Missouri band was following…
Carl Story and the Rambling Mountaineers Golden Anniversary
Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine February 1985, Volume 19, Number 8 October 1984 was another of many milestones in the music career of Carl Story, but this one was very special, as it marked 50 years since he initially formed The Rambling Mountaineers. During these 50 years in hillbilly and bluegrass music, Carl Story has…
The Fiddling of Sam Bush
Photos by Ron Evers Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine February 1985, Volume 19, Number 8 If I could re-live one musical experience it would be listening to Sam Bush’s fiddle jam on that newgrass tour de force, “Don’t Look Back,” performed August, 1982 outdoors at Green Acres Music Hall, near Rutherford, North Carolina. Despite the…
The Bluegrass Alliance
Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine October, 1969 — Volume 4, Number 4 Mr. Webster, in his oft-quoted book, defines alliance as being “a union of interests”, “any union by relationship in qualities” and “a connection for mutual advantage between any groups or bodies”. They named themselves well, this band about which I am writing….
Bill Monroe And The Fiddle
Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine February 1969, Volume 3, Number 8 The fiddle has always had an important part in bluegrass music but no one has given this instrument a more prominent place in his band than Bill Monroe. This featuring of the fiddle goes right back to Bill’s first band. When the Monroe Brothers…
An Interview With Bill Clifton
Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine March 1968, Volume 2, Number 9 April 1968, Volume 2, Number 10 May 1968, Volume 2, Number 11 R.K.S.: This is August 9, 1967 – This is Dick Spottswood, I’m sitting here in my Takoma Park apartment. With me is Andrew Townend from England, Gail Swinburne my neighbor from Takoma…