Apr 4
Bluegrass Bits and Pieces
1929 Martin 0-18 guitar in for restoration work.Coming this Monday on BluegrassJournal.com
On Monday, April 7, Rickey Lamb brings us Part 1 of a multi-part feature story on the restoration of a 1929 Martin 0-18 guitar that belongs to his family. The history of the guitar crosses the path of Bill Monroe who once borrowed the guitar from Rickey’s Uncle Pete Hatton.
Marty Lanham of the Nashville Guitar Company is doing the restoration on the guitar and has been kind enough to help us document the restoration of this treasured instrument over the course of the next 2 to 3 months.
Charlie Sizemore Band coming to the Station Inn
Charlie Sizemore and company is scheduled to perform at the Station Inn in Nashville, Tenn. on Saturday April 12. The show will start at 9:00 PM and admission is $10.00.
A native of eastern Kentucky, Sizemore was hired at age 17 to take over for the departing Keith Whitley in Ralph Stanley’s Clinch Mountain Boys, with whom he stayed for nine years before leaving to start his own band and attend college. He graduated with honors from the University of Kentucky, and now maintains a successful law practice in addition to his musical endeavors. Over the past 20 years since leaving the employment of Ralph Stanley, Sizemore has garnered a devoted following among fans and performers alike. He’s appeared on two Grammy® nominated albums (Ralph Stanley’s Saturday Night & Sunday Morning and The Stanley Tradition: Tribute to a Bluegrass Legacy) and received a Dove award nomination (for a track from 2002’s The Story Is…The Songs of Tom T. Hall).
The Charlie Sizemore Band is Charlie Sizemore (lead vocals, guitar), Danny Barnes (mandolin, vocals), Matt DeSpain (Dobro), and John Pennell (bass).
Hot off the menu: This month on the WDVX Blue Plate Special
East Tennessee’s Own WDVX will host several great Bluegrass bands on the Blue Plate Special, an hour long program featuring bands playing live on air, during the month of Arpil. Locals are encouraged to be part of the WDVX studio audience weekdays at noon (Eastern Time) for free performances in downtown Knoxville, Tenn. at the WDVX studios and for those who can’t make it down for a show, listen live on-line.
The WDVX studios are located in the Knoxville Visitor’s Center at the corner of Gay Street and Summit Hill Avenue in downtown Knoxville, Tenn.
- Wed., April 9: Todd Steed and the Suns of Phere / The Gibson Brothers / Ben Soll
- Sat., April 12: at 3PM The Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile
- Thu., April 17: Yu’uns / Carolina Chocolate Drop
- Fri., April 18: Biscuit Burners / Howling Brothers / Jason Rigenberg
- Fri., April 25: Dale Ann Bradley / Charlie Sizemore / Jennings and Keller/ Early Grace Band
Mountain Heart video available on YallWire.com
Yallwire.com has recently added the video for Mountain Hearts’ “Road That Never Ends” to it’s library of music video’s online. You’ll have to watch a short advertisement before the video starts but it gets to the good stuff pretty quick. “The Road That Never Ends” is the title cut from Mountain Heart’s latest release on Rural Rhythm Records.
Mountain Hearts current lineup features Josh Shilling, Jim Van Cleve, Clay Hess, Barry Abernathy, Aaron Ramsey and Jason Moore.
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