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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…

1971-8-5 Thursday—Day off I got up late, had a breakfast and back to bed.  Liao, Toshio and Mr. Yamamoto went to Queens Town for grocery shopping.  In the evening we rehearsed “Take Me Home, Country Road” and “Long Black Veil.”  After that we had a discussion on a difference between our first album (Run Mountain…

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…

This veteran New Mexico-based trio brings a captivating Southwestern perspective to its bluegrass and fleshes it out with some sophisticated songwriting and spirited picking and singing. The southwestern flavor shines through vividly on cuts like the nostalgic story-song “Weary Cowboy,” a rollicking cover of Guy Clark’s and Verlon Thompson’s “Hurricane Time In Texas” and “Adobe…

Howdy Skies Records One of the many thoughts that came into my head as I isolated myself in the western North Carolina Mountains during the pandemic was a hope that musicians would step up and document these crazy times of half a million Covid-19 deaths, social unrest and the higher priority put on technology during…

Very Jerry Records — VJR-005 Since 1982, Jerry Salley has become one of the most accomplished and sought-after songwriters in country, bluegrass, and gospel circles. His songs have been recorded by many, many artists from such as Travis Tritt, Reba McIntire, and Brad Paisley to Chris Stapleton, Rhonda Vincent, Doyle Lawson, Patty Loveless, The Talleys,…