Roland White Herschel Sizemore

Nashville, Tenn. — Count Big Joe’s Guitarworks among the Nashville business community sector that’s hopping on the bandwagon for the International Bluegrass Music Association’s World of Bluegrass convention in October.

The store, at 854 Madison Square, will host a mandolin workshop with Roland White from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 2 when the IBMA convention is in full swing.

A day later, the store will hold two mandolin workshops with Herschel Sizemore. An early Oct. 3 session will be held from 10 a.m. to noon and a second session will run from 2 to 4 p.m.

Each session will be $65 per student and is limited to 20 students per session. Advance reservations are strongly recommended as early sell-outs are anticipated.

White has played in some of the genre’s most influential and popular groups, including a stint with his late brother, flat-picking legend Clarence White, in the Kentucky Colonels. He also performed with Bill Monroe and with Lester Flatt’s Nashville Bluegrass Band.

Sizemore has also performed and recorded with some of bluegrass music’s finest during his career, including Jimmy Martin, Del McCoury, Vassar Clements, Bill Monroe, Allen Bibey, Curly Seckler, The Dixie Gentlemen, and The Bluegrass Cardinals.

Owned and operated by Big Joe Vest, Big Joe’s Guitarworks is a Music City repair and retail music store specializing in mandolins and guitars.

In addition to being an instrument repair facility, the store specializes in the sale and trade of quality new and used musical products including mandolins, vintage guitars and amplifiers and other items of interest to the amateur or professional musician.

For further information or to register for the workshops, people can contact: Big Joe Vest at (615) 865-8797 or by email at bigjoev@bellsouth.net. At the time of this posting, the store’s Web site was down for construction.

The instructors’ Web sites are http://www.herschelsizemore.com and http://www.rolandwhite.com/