Archive for April 10th, 2009

Fred Robbins historic bluegrass festival pictures

Category: Bluegrass News

By Travis Tackett
April 10, 2009

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Fred Robbins name may be familiar to some of you. Especially if you’re a die hard Bluegrass Unlimited fanatic. Fred has penned a couple of articles for Bluegrass Unlimited over the years, most notably a story about Fincastle 1966 Bluegrass Festival that appeared in the May 2003 edition.

Fred has also assembled a great collection of historic photo’s that he shot through the years. Recently he began scanning them into the computer and has painstakingly cleaned them up. Images in Fred’s collection include the 1972 Country Gentleman Indian Ranch Bluegrass Festival,…

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CD is tribute to late fiddler Paul Warren

Category: CD Release

By Dan Tackett
April 10, 2009

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The late, great fiddle player Paul Warren, perhaps best known for his long association with Flatt and Scruggs, is the subject of a new tribute album that features Warren’s son, Johnny Warren, and Charlie Cushman.

Many of the tunes on A Tribute to Fiddlin’ Paul” are songs that feature only Johnny Warren’s fiddle and Cushman’s banjo, done in the same style that Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs often showcased on their shows and albums….

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Nashville Cats interview series with Wayne Moss at Hall of Fame May 2

Category: Bluegrass News

By Travis Tackett
April 10, 2009

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Nashville, Tenn., — Innovative guitarist Wayne Moss will take a seat at the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum on Saturday, May 2, as part of the successful quarterly series Nashville Cats: A Celebration of Music City Musicians. The 1:30 p.m. program in the Museum’s Ford Theater is included with Museum admission and is free to Museum members.

The interactive program, hosted by Bill Lloyd, will include a brief performance and an in-depth, one-on-one interview highlighted by vintage recordings, photos and film clips from the Museum’s Frist Library and Archive…

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