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The New Coon Creek Girls
Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine November 1988, Volume 23, Number 5 “It’s sad but true that there are so few entertainers among some really superb musicians and singers in bluegrass music today. When people like Lester Flatt, Don Reno, Scotty Stoneman, Charlie Moore, ‘Cousin Jake’ Tullock and ‘Stringbean’ Akeman left us it was almost like…
Bill Emerson — The Final Years
Although Bill Emerson decided to stop performing on stage in 2016—after a career that lasted over sixty years—he was not done recording in the studio. In 2015, Bill had contributed to Epilogue: A Tribute to John Duffey (produced by Akira Otsuka and Ronnie Freeland) by performing on the cut of “If I Were A Carpenter.” …
Chalk up Another One
Here is a jam track for the tune “Chalk Up Another One”. The track is in the key of F 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.
Hazel Dickens—Only A Woman
Hazel Dickens—Only A Woman Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine February 1982, Volume 16, Number 8 Author’s Note: I had been a fan of Hazel Dickens, her singing, her songs, and her seeming politics for a decade before I actually met her in late 1978 when she came to a concert by my band (true-to-form supporting…
Bill Emerson and Sweet Dixie
In the early part of the new century, Bill Emerson was not as active in musical pursuits as he had been since he first picked up a banjo in the mid-1950s. When he did decide to get back to recording and performing music, he called on Wayne Taylor, Pat White, and Joe Wheatley—all from the…