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1. Instrumental 2. Old Joe Clark 3. Hard Time Blues 4. Rollin’ In My Sweet Baby’s Arms 5. I Ain’t No Stranger Now 6. Foggy Mtn. Breakdown 7. Will the Circle be Unbroken? 8. Pony Boy 9. Salty Dog 10. Blue Sky 11. Jambalaye 12. I Saw The Light 13. Carolina 14. Come On In My Kitchen 15. Long Time Gone Download And an extra bonus, Vassar Clements, Dickey Betts, John [...]
Long-time students of bluegrass instruments will recall with fondness the name Oak Publications, a division of Music Sales that released some fine instructional manuals for banjo, guitar, mandolin, fiddle and bass starting in the 1970s. While the brand has remained active since, some of those early titles have been unavailable for years - though AcuTab [...]
Well maybe you have heard of Johnny Hiland… If not, you may have heard him and not realized it. He has performed with and/or recorded with artists as diverse as George Clinton, Trick Pony, Sammy Hagar, Ricky Skaggs, Joe Satriani, Toby Keith, Neal Schon, Randy Travis, Steve Vai, Vassar Clements, Yngwie Malmsteen, Les Paul and my buddy Hank [...]
To explain the depth and often-literal closeness of the working relationship Peter Rowan enjoys with guitarist Tony Rice, he goes straight to the source. He recalls the kind of instincts that bluegrass boss (and onetime Rowan employer) Bill Monroe shared with one of his most celebrated disciples, Del McCoury.
And I think that's Vassar Clements on the fiddle during "Uncle Pen," a song he also played with Old and In the Way. In John Hartford trivia : In 1967, Hartford's second album Earthwords & Music spawned his first major hit, "Gentle On My Mind." His recording of the song was only a modest success, but it caught the notice of Glen Campbell, who recorded his own version, which gave the song much wider...
In keeping with Music Friday, I decided to dedicate this to the modern virtuosos of my heart. Unfortunately, YouTube doesn't always carry what I deem it should and this is truly your loss my friends. If you have never heard the late great Vassar Clements (who had bluegrass roots as a fiddler, and in his 80's was still playing with Jerry Garcia's Old and in the Way project) play with Stephane Grappelli...
