The Archives
Notes & Queries
The “Notes & Queries” column in Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine is one of the subscriber favorites. This column started in the October 1967 issue. For the first several years, it did not run in every issue. Readers would write in with questions, answers, or “notes” and they would appear occasionally. When a Question came in and…
Alison Kruass and Union Station
Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine June 1991, Volume 25, Number 12 “If only all those country (or pop or rock) fans who say they don’t like bluegrass would just give it a listen, they’d love it.” “If only the mass media would give bluegrass some positive exposure…” Those of us who care about bluegrass are…
Cliff Waldron and the New Shades of Grass
Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine April 1971, Volume 5, Number 10 Providing a strong lead voice and a rhythm guitar, Cliff Waldron maintains the position of front man. Handling bookings, M. C. work and any other business of the group. Cliff, a barber by trade, has achieved at 29 a driving manner of singing. His…
Lynn Morris: She Will Be The Light
Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine August 1999, Volume 34, Number 2 Lynn Morris didn’t grow up in a “Blue Ridge Mountain Home” nor under the “Blue Moon Of Kentucky.” She grew up far from bluegrass country on the flat, dusty plains of West Texas. She was surrounded by cowboys instead of coal miners, by pedal…
The Rebirth of a Bluegrass Band: California
Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine August 1992, Volume 27, Number 2 California is Byron Berline, champion fiddler; Dan Crary, flatpicking guitar master; John Hickman, banjo legend; Steve Spurgin, hit songwriter, vocalist and bassist and newcomer John Moore adding expert mandolin, guitar and vocals. Individually these artists are masters at their respective instruments, collectively they are…
The Country Gazette
Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine November 1972, Volume 7, Number 5 With few established roots in the hierarchy of bluegrass music, The Country Gazette have entered the scene with the commercial clout to make a difference. Byron Berline never had much time to absorb the fiddle styles of any one person whether it be Chubby…