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Our latest bluegrass bunkum
"Appaloosa, who, according to their website, are a ‘a group of seasoned musicians who play predominately original, contemporary and traditional Bluegrass music’, were formed in 2008 by Wayne Taylor after retiring from 21 years of service with Country Current, the US Navy’s renowned country-bluegrass ensemble. Wayne has shared a stage, and a song (‘Uncle Pen’ no less), with Bill Monroe (in 1995) and his two-decade-plus stretch with the Navy band, the last 9 of which were as band leader, saw him play for many a bigwig - heads of state, royalty and even 4 US presidents. But on this particular night, World Bluegrass Day 2019, he played for us, us and about 70 others in the Village Arts Centre in sleepy Kilworth, County Cork." >>> MORE
- Bill Monroe
OUR TOURS
Upcoming tours, 2021 and beyond (click on the graphic for more details)
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- David Pendley, mandolinist with The Kristy Cox Band
BLUEGRASS HISTORY / GIGS & FESTIVALS / TRAILS
Musings from the bluegrass past (History), the bluegrass crowd (Gigs/Festivals) and the bluegrass trail (#bluegrasstrails)
- Bluegrass History
- Bluegrass Gigs/Festival
- Bluegrass Trails
Kenny Baker | Jenkins, KY | Bluegrass Trails
"We did our pre-departure homework, so we were confident at the time that we’d find some reference in Jenkins or neighbouring Burdine/East Jenkins to master fiddler and former local boy Kenny Baker, best known for his 25-year tenure with Bill Monroe, the longest tenure of any of Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys. But no, nothing. Not on the streets of the town, nor among the foliage of the town’s Sam Bentley Cemetery. We came up short.”
Seth Mulder & Midnight Run | Ireland 2020
"Seth Mulder & Midnight Run is high-energy, traditional bluegrass with a ‘fresh approach to the ‘High Lonesome sound’. One of the most entertaining bluegrass acts on the scene today, we are huge fans of these guys, and if you had but a single bluegrass-lovin’ bone in your whole body then you’d understand why. We hadn’t planned on seeing three shows of their exhaustive early 2020 Ireland & UK tour, but we did. We kept going back for more."
Kenny Baker | Jenkins, KY | Bluegrass Trails
"We did our pre-departure homework, so we were confident at the time that we’d find some reference in Jenkins or neighbouring Burdine/East Jenkins to master fiddler and former local boy Kenny Baker, best known for his 25-year tenure with Bill Monroe, the longest tenure of any of Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys. But no, nothing. Not on the streets of the town, nor among the foliage of the town’s Sam Bentley Cemetery. We came up short.”
- Steve Martin
POSTS | RECENT & FEATURED
A selection of the most recent and featured posts
- Bill Monroe
THE MYGRASSISBLUE.COM GALLERY
Featured Image - July 2020 | Larry Stephenson and Kenny Ingram, Sparta, TN. (click on image to enter the mygrassisblue.com Gallery)
- Ricky Skaggs
