Posts Tagged ‘Earl Scruggs’

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 9 lineup too legit to quit

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 9 lineup too legit to quit
There are far too few places in this world where Stetsons and Hammer pants can successfully coexist. On October 2-4, San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park will become one of them with this year’s Strictly Bluegrass Festival. The festival, now in its ninth year, has a more extensive, eclectic...
July 9th, 2009 | Concert & Tour Dates, Features | Read More

STAGECOACH 2009

STAGECOACH 2009
April 25th, April 26th Indio, Ca. Kenney Chesney Kid Rock Little Big Town Miranda Lambert Earl Scruggs Lady Antebellum Jerry Jeff Walker Ralph Stanley Kevin Costner & Modern West Zac Brown Band + 26 others Deep in California’s armpit lies the hot and uninviting town of Indio, host city of  Stagecoach,...
June 28th, 2009 | Concert & Tour Reviews | Read More

Charlie Daniels

Charlie Daniels
interview by Mike Hennessey Charlie Daniels, “Preachin’, Prayin’, Singin’” – Blue Hat Records, 2008 Charlie Daniels arrived in Nashville in 1967 with a wife, child, and a literal twenty dollar bill in his pocket. In a few short years, he was lending his fiddle to...
November 18th, 2008 | Favorites, Interviews | Read More

Stagecoach 2009 returns April 25 & 26 with headliners Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, Reba, Kid Rock

Having seen its audience double in size from 2007 to 2008, STAGECOACH: California’s Country Music Festival-Powered by Toyota Tundra returns to the California desert Saturday, April 25 and Sunday, April 26. The beautiful Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA, once again plays host to an impressive lineup...
November 7th, 2008 | Concert & Tour Dates | Read More

In the Footsteps of the Snowman: A Jerry Reed Retrospective

by Jon Black “Atlanta to Texarkana and back in twenty eight hours? That ain’t never been done before.” – Cledus Snow (The Snowman), Smokey and the Bandit In 1977, Smokey and the Bandit exploded on to movie screens across the country. While the focus of the film was unquestionably Burt Reynold’s...
September 18th, 2008 | CMP Artists | Read More

Earl Scruggs

Just a few quick facts about the mighty Earl Scruggs; 1) Earl Scruggs was born in Shelby, North Carolina in Cleveland County. 2) Earl began pickin’ on the banjo at age four and by the age of ten he had developed the infamous “Scruggs style” (amongst other names) banjo picking style. 3) Ol’ Earl...
September 14th, 2008 | Favorites, Interviews | Read More