When I was asked to review this book, “High Lonesome Below Sea Level,” by Marieke Odenkerken & Loes van Schaijk, I quickly agreed. Having been a bluegrass musician (fiddler for Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys 1965-66), an author (“I Hear … Read More
When I was first playing bluegrass music, I listened for hours at a time to the few available recordings of the name bluegrass bands at that time. Each band was distinct in its style and sound. Bill Monroe, Flatt and … Read More
In June 2008, the Wind Gap Bluegrass Festival in Pennsylvania hosted a segment called ‘Mandolin Masters’ in which Jesse McReynolds, Frank Wakefield, and Bobby Osborne sat on stage facing each other and extemporaneously traded tunes and licks for about an … Read More