The Archives
Louisa Branscomb—Time To Write A Song
Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine March 1994, Volume 28, Number 9 [Portions reprinted with permission from The SEBA BREAKDOWN, Sept., 1992, Volume 9, No. 9] “It’s time to write a song. The ice on the river. Is growing much thinner, and soon will give way. Way down below, the river still flows. The song never…
Jody Stecher and Kate Brislin
Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine November 1990, Volume 25, Number 5 When I first saw Jody he was sixteen, riveting everyone at a folk concert with his singing. I remember thinking at the time, “He sounds good enough to be a PROFESSIONAL.” In the years to come I got to know him and share his…
Curly Seckler—Willis Spears and the Nashville: Grass A Legacy Lives On
Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine February 1990, Volume 24, Number 8 John Ray (Curly) Seckler, notable pioneer of bluegrass music was born on Christmas day, 1919, near China Grove, North Carolina. Since then he has been proclaimed by many including the late Lester Flatt as the greatest tenor singer in bluegrass music. All the Seckler…
The Future of Bluegrass Festivals—An Editorial Discussion According to Me and Sam
Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine January 1994, Volume 28, Number 7 What would you say if I told you that we both could go to one festival and on the same bill hear all these performers. Let’s see, there would be Alison Krauss, Michael Doucet, Beausoleil, the Seldom Scene, C.J. Chenier, California, the Basin Brothers,…
First Annual South Carolina State Bluegrass Festival
Photos by Ed Huffman Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine February 1971, Volume 5, Number 8 Bluegrass came to South Carolina on Thanksgiving weekend November 27-29th. The festival was held at the modern and relatively new Myrtle Beach Convention Center. It offered fans a welcome-wealth of conveniences. People …. you may not believe this …. but…
The Delmore Brothers—On The Opry
Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine October 1989, Volume 24, Number 4 Without a doubt, the most popular group on the Opry in the mid-1930s was the group that became perhaps the most famous singing duo in country music history, the Delmore Brothers. They joined the show in the spring of 1933. To the casual fan,…