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Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine April 1982, Volume 16, Number 10 It seems the bluegrass music world just doesn’t know how to take Eddie and Martha Adcock. They cross the lines between bluegrass, folk, country, rock and jazz like few other performing units on the bluegrass festival circuit. Eddie Adcock deserves a place in a…

Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine June 1993, Volume 27, Number 12 During the summer and fall of 1991 while conducting fieldwork in the Rosine and Horton area of Ohio County, Ky., I found pictures and stories of Pen Vandiver scarce. One day an informant (anonymous) told me Vandiver boarded with the Clarence Wilson family for…

Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine December 1994, Volume 29, Number 6 Andrea Zonn is one of the most gifted singers and one of the most accomplished fiddle players working today. She made her mark in bluegrass as a member of the Tony Trischka/ David Grier band, which evolved into the Big Dogs, and then shot…

Putting The Right Pieces Together Individual photos by Jeromie Stephens Take bluegrass A-listers: Don Rigsby, Josh Williams, Mike Anglin, Ron Block, and Steve Thomas. Individually, each is talented, versatile, and well-known throughout the bluegrass community. Collectively, they form a powerhouse group that is destined to have a huge impact upon the bluegrass industry. Meet Southern…

Q: I have been playing bluegrass music for at least five decades. The Stanley Brothers are one of my favorites to listen to and get inspiration from. It was recently brought to my attention by a friend, who was acquainted with Henry Dockery, that the wordage, “Get down boys, go back home…” is incorrect in…

A Year-Round Folk Festival If Hollywood was the place to be, the place to be in Hollywood was the Ash Grove coffeehouse. Between 1958 and 1973, the Ash Grove was, arguably, the premier music venue in the country when it came to presenting folk, bluegrass, old-time country, blues and other forms of traditional American music. John…