Archive for October 20th, 2008

Producers seek contributions to finish Hartford documentary

Category: Bluegrass News

By Dan Tackett
October 20, 2008

An all-out effort — including fundraising — is under way to put the finishing touches on a video documentary entitled “The Life and Music of John Hartford.”

It’s being undertaken by two media professionals who are also musicians and self-professed admirers of the late Hartford, best known to the generic music world as writer of the Glen Campbell classic, “Gentle on My Mind,” a song that barely scratched the surface of Hartford’s unique view of the world and life.

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Florida park offers bluegrass camp for kids

Category: Bluegrass News

By Dan Tackett
October 20, 2008

Live Oak, FL. — The season’s final Suwannee Spirit Kids’ Music Camp is slated for Nov 21-23 at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Fla.

The camps, held four times a year, are designed to instill in youngsters an interest in fiddle, banjo, guitar, mandolin music and singing so they may inherit from others a love of music and pass on the old time music and instrument playing.

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