The Bluegrass Unlimited

Workshop Weekend Over the weekend of February 7-8-9, the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Owensboro, Kentucky held its first Bluegrass Unlimited Workshop Weekend.  Eight instructors traveled to Owensboro to teach a group of 50 eager students how to improve their picking and singing skills.  The instructors included Alan Munde (banjo), Maddie Denton (fiddle), Scott Napier (mandolin), Vickie Vaughn (bass), Tim May and Dan Miller (guitar), and Jen Larson and Rick Faris (vocals).   The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s Education Director, Randy Lanham, was also on hand all weekend to help students and lead the slow jam every evening.  Additionally, the person who was there to direct and coordinate all of the various activities was none other than Lauren Price Napier of The Price Sisters. This recent February 2025 weekend event was not the first event that Bluegrass Unlimited has hosted during its nearly 60-year history.  Some readers may remember that Blu