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Bill and Earl Bolick Remember the Blue Sky Boys
Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine September 1981, Volume 16, Number 3 Of the many mandolin-guitar groups of the thirties, none was of greater importance, in terms of tradition, than Bill and Earl Bolick, popularly known as ‘The Blue Sky Boys.’” So writes Bill C. Malone in his book, “Country Music U.S.A., A Fifty Year History.”…
Expanding Your Chord Vocabulary – Part 2
In this video Dan Miller continues with the topic of improving your chord vocabulary on the guitar using Kenny Baker’s “Festival Waltz” as an example.
Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass
Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine November 1983, Volume 18, Number 5 I got off the escalator at the third floor of the downtown Philadelphia department store, Strawbridge and Clothier, and turned the corner. As promised in the store’s ads, Bob Paisley was there along with most of the Southern Grass. The band was picking and…
Expanding Your Chord Vocabulary – Part 1
Dan Miller uses the tune “Sweet Georgia Brown” to demonstrate how you can start to expand your chord vocabulary on the guitar and use a swing style of rhythm on tunes that follow a Circle of Fifths chord progression.
Down the Road
Here is a jam track for the tune “Down the Road”. The track is in the key of B and played at full tempo. If the tempo is not right for you, you can slow it down or speed it up using the “Playback” selection in the “Settings” menu.