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Bluegrass Album Band - "Blueridge Mountain Home & Big Spike Hammer" (Original Post) BluesRunTheGame Jun 2020 OP
Rice, Lawson, plus Hicks and Clements on fiddle plus JD Crowe The Polack MSgt Jun 2020 #1
They did 5 albums together. BluesRunTheGame Jun 2020 #3
Color me embarrassed - I didn't know it was more than an occasional pick up band The Polack MSgt Jun 2020 #5
I really like this project as well, but truth is if Tony is picking I'd probably like anything The Polack MSgt Jun 2020 #2
Baby Bela! BluesRunTheGame Jun 2020 #4

BluesRunTheGame

(1,586 posts)
3. They did 5 albums together.
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 09:08 PM
Jun 2020

Though I don’t remember Vassar on the early albums. I think Jerry Douglas was on all of them. It was an amazing project.

The Polack MSgt

(13,159 posts)
5. Color me embarrassed - I didn't know it was more than an occasional pick up band
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 09:32 PM
Jun 2020

I still have a lot of gaps in my memory bank - Thanks for helping me fill 'em

The Polack MSgt

(13,159 posts)
2. I really like this project as well, but truth is if Tony is picking I'd probably like anything
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 09:00 PM
Jun 2020




Shout out to baby Bela Fleck

BluesRunTheGame

(1,586 posts)
4. Baby Bela!
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 09:24 PM
Jun 2020

I was at a bluegrass festival in Louisville, KY in the early 80’s where David Grisman invited Sam Bush onstage along with a then, unknown young banjo player. The following year the festival was headlined by a newly reformed Newgrass Revival including Bela Fleck. That first year may have been the first time those two played together in front of an large audience!

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