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Original Five-String Flathead Prewar Gibson Banjos
Three Articles by Jim Mills that appeared in Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine in March 2002, August 2003, and November 2004 Article #1—Something Special Written by Jim Mills Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine March 2002, Volume 36, Number 9 The history on this banjo is pretty well recorded. As far back as I can trace, Mr. Mack…
The Fiddle Music of Art Galbraith: An Ozark Family Legacy Passed Down Four Generations
Photos by Virginia Curtiss Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine January 1984, Volume 18, Number 7 Seventy-four-year-old Arthur Galbraith, of Springfield, Missouri, accurately represents the essence of old-time fiddle music popular in the Ozarks over 100 years ago. Art plays many of the same tunes that his Uncle Tobe Galbraith did, in the same lilting, traditional…
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….