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Bill Emerson’s Bluegrass Life After the Navy
When Bill Emerson retired from the Navy in 1993, at the age of 55, he was far from retiring from his life in bluegrass music. He continued to record and perform with various artists and then he later started his band, Bill Emerson and Sweet Dixie. In an interview conducted by John Lawless and…
Speedy Krise: The First Bluegrass Dobro Player?
Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine May 1975, Volume 9, Number 11 When bluegrass music was in the developmental stage some thirty years ago only five instruments were associated with the music. Those were the ones that appeared in the famous Bill Monroe band of that period—guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle and bass. Somewhere along the line…
Katy Hill
Instead of our regular Jam Track format (which are recorded each week by Brad Davis), we are going to give Brad a break and reach back to offer a segment from a four volume video jam series that Brad produced years ago for Flatpicking Guitar Magazine. Here you will find the tune “Katy Hill” played…
Dobro Back Up – Part 1
In this video Dan Miller discusses an overall approach to accompaniment in a bluegrass band and the Dobro’s part in that mix. He then demonstrates various techniques and patterns that a Dobro player can use to provide a “chunk” rhythm (muted back beat). In Part 2 he will discuss using rolls in Dobro back up….
