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Equinox Publishing While Rounder Records has released more than bluegrass music over its 50-plus years in the business, the amount of essential bluegrass music found on the label is undeniable. Created a half century and change ago by Bill Nowlin, Ken Irwin and Marian Leighton Levy, the record label has gone from a small imprint…

Rbr Productions A Louisiana native, Billy Droze now resides in Nashville where at the age of 35 he has become not only an award-winning songwriter but also an accomplished performer having toured extensively both here in the US and in Europe. His songs have been recorded by such artists as Shenandoah, Junior Sisk, Marty Raybon,…

Rebel Records REB-CD-1549 Amidst the torrent of grief and emotion felt by the bluegrass community after the sudden passing of Tony Rice last December, one would expect Tony’s surviving record labels, including Rebel and Rounder, to furiously dig through his masters and studio outtakes to release previously unheard material. This re-release from Rebel of Tony’s…

For a Slide Show of photos from this week’s BG45 travels, check this web address:  http://frobbi.org/akira/1971_BG45_WK_07/ 1971/7/29 Thursday—Day off Sab made us breakfast for the first time—he made almost all the lunches & dinners so he was excused from breakfast duty—however, it was a very simple Ochazuke-Nori with rice and seaweed.  Liao, Toshio & Akira…

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…

During week six of their first US tour, we find Bluegrass 45 going back into the studio to record, traveling to Carlton Haney’s Bluegrass Park in Camp Springs, North Carolina, and watching Bill Monroe on television.   At Camp Springs the band met Jimmy Haley and Louis Reid Pyrtle (Lou Reid) who were with the band…