Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine
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Bluegrass Unlimited is a monthly print publication of the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Owensboro, Kentucky. Published since 1966, the magazine has long been regarded as the industry's most important periodical, with circulation across all 50 states and seventeen countries.
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Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine February 1985, Volume 19, Number 8 Ben Eldridge is not your “typical” banjo picker. He is not from the hills of Tennessee, did not quit high school to go on the road with Jimmy Martin, has not written a banjo instruction book, did not join a family band at the ..read more
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Reprinted From Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine January 1986, Volume X, Number X “Wide open” best describes the picking and singing style of the Lost & Found —one of southwest Virginia’s latest contributions to bluegrass music. Twelve years in the business seem to have taught the group several things. One is that planted-in-the-sod bluegrass lovers like their ..read more
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Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine February 1995, Volume 29, Number 8 Its late; sometime after 2 a.m., and a charismatic guitarist with a gap-toothed grin and a full shock of reddish-brown hair and beard still performs for the cheering crowd clustered around the crude stage wedged among the campsites at the Walnut Valley Festival. Of ..read more
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Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine May 1989, Volume 23, Number 11 Everyone chooses favorites and of all the Gibson banjos termed ‘prewar,’ the wreath pattern RB-3 with flat tone ring stands out as my all-time choice. There is a quality combining the delicate mother-of-pearl inlays, serviceable mahogany wood and nickel-plating, that is significant considering the ..read more
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Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine August 2018, Volume 53, Number 2 The new $15 million Bluegrass Music Hall Of Fame & Museum is set to open October 18 this year. After a $100 million riverfront rebuild, Owensboro, Ky., is a new city and destination. To borrow an oft-used phrase, in the minds of bluegrass lovers ..read more
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Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine March 1994, Volume 28, Number 9 [Portions reprinted with permission from The SEBA BREAKDOWN, Sept., 1992, Volume 9, No. 9] “It’s time to write a song. The ice on the river. Is growing much thinner, and soon will give way. Way down below, the river still flows. The song never ..read more
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Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine August 2012, Volume 47, Number 2 It may sound like a setup for a really bad banjo joke, but five-strings can bring people together. And, in at least one case, help forge a bluegrass power couple. Terry Baucom has established himself among the great banjo pickers of the last four ..read more
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Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine November 1990, Volume 25, Number 5 When I first saw Jody he was sixteen, riveting everyone at a folk concert with his singing. I remember thinking at the time, “He sounds good enough to be a PROFESSIONAL.” In the years to come I got to know him and share his ..read more
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Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine January 1994, Volume 28, Number 7 What would you say if I told you that we both could go to one festival and on the same bill hear all these performers. Let’s see, there would be Alison Krauss, Michael Doucet, Beausoleil, the Seldom Scene, C.J. Chenier, California, the Basin Brothers ..read more
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Photos by Ed Huffman Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine February 1971, Volume 5, Number 8 Bluegrass came to South Carolina on Thanksgiving weekend November 27-29th. The festival was held at the modern and relatively new Myrtle Beach Convention Center. It offered fans a welcome-wealth of conveniences. People …. you may not believe this …. but ..read more