Dailey & Vincent on stage at the 2008 Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival. Photo by Dan Tackett.
The crowd at the just-ended Bill Monroe Memorial Bluegrass Festival in Bean Blossom, Ind., roared in gleeful disbelief when surprise guest Earl Scruggs stepped up to the mic to perform with Lizzy Long & Friends.
The throng was on [...]

The Lonesome River Band. Photo By Dan Tackett.
Ronnie Bowman & the Committee with Robbie McCoury Sitting in on banjo. Photo by Dan Tackett.
Eddie Adcock on stage during a performance with wife Martha. Photo by Dan Tackett.
Earl Scruggs and Lizzie Long onstage at the 2008 Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival. Photo by Thomas Stout.

Nashville, Tenn. — His incomparable resume includes 12 Grammy Awards, appearances on more than 2000 albums and a decade as the featured soloist with Alison Krauss & Union Station. Later this summer, three-time (and reigning) CMA Musician of the Year Jerry Douglas will add a new accolade to the list: The Country Music Hall of [...]