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For thoroughbred racing, it’s the Kentucky Derby. Golf has the Masters. The greatest spectacle in racing? The Indianapolis 500. Traditional bluegrass? That’s Bean Blossom. Only a handful of bluegrass festivals have accomplished as much and lasted so long to have achieved first-name status among the bluegrass and old-time country faithful. Names like Galax, Winfield, Telluride….

Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine March 1985, Volume 19, Number 9 If it weren’t for a small road sign announcing the eye-blink of a town named Bean Blossom, we might have driven the length of Indiana’s Route 135 and never noticed Bill Monroe’s place. The memories come from 1978 but Bean Blossom seems timeless to…

Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine  April 1989, Volume 23, Number 10 Wesley Golding is already well known to most bluegrass fans as a key member of the 1970s supergroup Boone Creek. Highly regarded as a powerful, innovative singer and guitarist in his own right, Golding is also well remembered for his productive stints with the…

Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine August 1986, Volume 21, Number 2 The fine bluegrass Jim and Jesse McReynolds recorded for Epic in the early 1960s and released on albums and 45s has long been out of print in the United States. In the early 1970s Jim and Jesse rereleased in a twin-pak consisting of replicas…

Reprinted From Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine January 1973, Volume 7, Number 7 Among the people who have given bluegrass music some of its important milestones, Charlie Moore ranks among the pioneers. Though North Carolina has produced a number of the giants among bluegrass, South Carolina also had its share including Don Reno and Charlie Moore. Statistics:…

Acoustic Disc Downloads Being a long-time lover of great guitar playing, I’ve often tried to seek out the best of the best. I thought I’d heard all there was until I discovered the world of the flatpicking virtuosos. Two of the legends, Tony and Wyatt Rice have come together in this incomparable work of Americana,…