MARCH 24, 2024 TRIVIA QUESTION What is Billy Strings’ real name? A. William Apostol B. Hank Williams IV C. Will Forte D. William Stringer E. William Gibson Martin POST YOUR ANSWER BELOW IN THE COMMENT SECTION Answers due by noon … Read More
This Contest is Closed The winner is Andy Bing In the old days, pre-20th century, nearly all stringed instruments used strings made of natural “gut”. Some say it was “cat gut”, but commercial quality instrument strings were actually made of … Read More
This Contest is Closed The winner is Andy Bing FEBRUARY 24, 2023 TRIVIA QUESTION Who Was NOT Bluegrass First? A number of very famous musicians started out in bluegrass! Yes! It’s often said that bluegrass is the best training ground … Read More
This Contest is Closed No Winners this Week FEBRUARY 10, 2023 TRIVIA QUESTION Of the following, who was the longest serving sideman in the same band? A. Kenny Baker fiddling with Bill Monroe B. Uncle Josh Graves on Dobro with … Read More
This Contest is Closed The winners are Al Gassman & Hal Olson click photo to enlarge JANUARY 27 TRIVIA QUESTION Who are two famous native New York state banjoists? A. Tony Trischka and Pete Wernick B. Allison Brown and Gina … Read More
This Contest is Closed The EIGHT winners are: Tom Behan Thomas Doran Andy Elliot Mike Foley Mark Hudson Bob O’Connor Dick Stock Roy Streever click photo to enlarge JANUARY 13, 2023 TRIVIA QUESTION Molly Tuttle, a young guitar player and … Read More
by Dick Bowden This Contest is Closed The winner is Todd Evans DECEMBER 30, 2022 TRIVIA QUESTION Secondary Instrument Brands Trivia Most folks have heard of the leading bluegrass instrument brands. Now I’m talking about mid-20th century major brands, before … Read More
This Contest is Closed The winner is Andy Bing DECEMBER 16, 2022 TRIVIA QUESTION While there aren’t a lot of Christmas songs written and recorded by bluegrass artists, there are “some”. I don’t mean bluegrass artists singing standard Christmas carols. … Read More
This Contest is Closed The winners are: Todd Evans Andy Bing Gary Veeder click photo to enlarge DECEMBER 2, 2022 TRIVIA QUESTION You don’t encounter too many “Thanksgiving” songs in country music. But here’s a great old one! The Pilgrims … Read More
This Contest is Closed The winner is Cecelia Chilton NOVEMBER 11, 2022 TRIVIA QUESTION In one of their most famous recordings, Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs seem to spend ¾ of their time “rolling in my sweet baby’s arms”. Now … Read More