Archive for April 7th, 2008

Uncle Pete’s Old Guitar – A Martin restoration in progress Part 1

Category: Spotlight

By Rickey Lamb
April 7, 2008

Uncle Pete Hatton with his 1929 0-18 Martin Guitar. Ruler layed across the top to show damage to guitar.
“The damage to this 1929 Martin 0-18 guitar was caused by the increased tension of metal strings. These guitars are very lightly braced and made to resist the pull of gut strings or very light gauge metal [...]

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Concert to Benefit Middle Tenn. Tornado Victims

Category: Bluegrass News

By Travis Tackett
April 7, 2008

Pat Flynn
The public is invited to attend an evening of country, bluegrass, and rhythm and blues in an all-star musical concert hosted by Pat Flynn to benefit those in Williamson County affected by the tornados. The event is Saturday, April 12 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Fairview Recreation Center at 2714 [...]

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Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum elects new chairman, board officers and trustees

Category: Bluegrass News

By Travis Tackett
April 7, 2008

Nashville, Tenn. — Business leader and cultural arts activist Steve Turner, the founder of the Nashville-based investment firm Marketstreet Equities Company, was recently elected as the new chairman of the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum’s Board of Officers and Trustees. Singer-songwriter-guitar-chieftain Vince Gill was voted president for a seventh consecutive one-year [...]

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