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Bob & Sarah Amos
Father Daughter Duo Written by Dale and Darcy Cahill Bob Amos made his name in Bluegrass beginning in the late 80s as vocalist, guitarist, frontman, and songwriter for the band Front Range. For over 15 (1988-2004) years Front Range, based in Colorado, played all over the country and Europe and recorded seven albums. These days, Bob lives…
Elijah Doty
Sound Guy And So Much More Elijah Doty is a 23-year-old Illinois boy who is “living the dream” according to his Facebook intro. He loves God, country and bluegrass music, horses, and emergency management. In the bluegrass community, he is primarily known as a sound technician and multi-instrumentalist. However, Doty also serves his community as a…
The Making of Rounder 0044
Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine September 2015, Volume 50, Number 3 Four decades ago, J.D. Crowe & the New South went into the studio to record one of bluegrass music’s most influential albums. The band consisted of J.D. Crowe, Ricky Skaggs, Jerry Douglas, Tony Rice, and Bobby Slone, and their 1975 eponymous album is commonly…
The Travelin’ McCourys Blaze Their Own Trail
Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine June 2010, Volume 44, Number 12 The Travelin’ McCourys have a couple things they’d like you to know. First, despite rumors, Del is alive and well and not planning to retire for a long, long time. Second, they’re getting tired of those “Del-less” McCoury Band jokes. It all started a…
The Virginia Squires — Show Band Extraordinary
Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine January 1985, Volume 19, Number 7 In terms of superior musicianship, highly skilled vocal arrangements and broad audience appeal, the Virginia Squires are absolutely unsurpassed as a contemporary bluegrass show band and a tough act to follow in any musical environment. Members of the Virginia Squires describe their music as…
The Seldom Scene — All This And Fun, Too
Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine December 1994, Volume 29, Number 6 The Seldom Scene got together with the avowed purpose of “playing for fun,” the band’s bio reads. “Yet, with this band’s tremendous aggregation of talent, it’s hardly surprising that what started as their ‘weekly card game’ soon became a sustaining career.” Twenty-three years later,…