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Buzz Busby: A Lonesome Road

Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine November 1986, Volume 21, Number 5 In bluegrass, those who have given their lives to the music often become casualties of the music, forgotten and buried when they fall from the top, while the crowds turn to some sharp, hot new group. Often the casualties of the music are those…

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A teenage Bill Emerson plays at a venue with Link Wray and the Palomino Ranch Hands

Bill Emerson — The Early Years

William Hundley “Bill” Emerson, Jr. was born in Washington, D.C. on January 22nd, 1938.  He was raised in Bethesda, Maryland.  His father, William Hundley Emerson, Sr. (1898-1963) was married to the former Texas native Netty Louise Price (1911-1997) and owned a Buick dealership on 17th and M Street in Washington, D.C. called Emerson & Orme. …

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54: Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Vickie Vaughn

Vickie Vaughn Podcast

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Six String Banjo Part I by Brad Davis

In this video Brad Davis shows how a guitar player can easily become a banjo player by using the Deering six-string banjo. Here Brad will show some rhythm technique using the flatpick and then the flatpick combined with fingers. This is part 1 of a two part video lesson.

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Bluegrass Banjo Players honor Bill Emerson

As most bluegrass music fans will know by now, legendary bluegrass banjo player—and Bluegrass Hall of Fame member—Bill Emerson passed away in August of 2021.  In order to honor Bill’s tremendous contribution to bluegrass music—starting in the mid-1950s and continuing through the date of his passing—we will be featuring a series of special web-based articles…

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The Osborne Brothers

Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine September 1971, Volume 6, Number 3 This history of the musical careers of the Osborne Brothers is based primarily upon interviews with Bob Osborne (Bean Blossom, Indiana, September 26, 1965) and with Bob and Sonny Osborne and Benny Birchfield (Columbus, Ohio, March 18, 1967). Most of the discographical data was…

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