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Tony Rice leads an allstar band on “Freeborn Man”
Tony Rice guitar , Jerry Douglas dobro , Sam Bush mandolin , Mark o’Connor fiddle and Béla Fleck on banjo doin’ a smokin’ version of “Freeborn Man”
1965 Fincastle Bluegrass Festival video
Carlton Haney’s Roanoke Labor Day Bluegrass Festival is widely recognized as the first multiple day and band bluegrass festival. The event was held September 3–5, 1965, at Fincastle, Virginia, near Roanoke, VA.
In 1998, Haney was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Museum Hall of Honor.
The museum’s Web site’s description of Haney’s 1965 festival reads, “The event proved to be a prototype and precursor that initiated the festival movement in America and ultimately in other countries, bringing incalculable economic benefits to the industry and creating a larger and more diverse audience for the music.”Roanoke Times
Phil Zimmerman of Bluegrasstime.com was present at that first Bluegrass Festival. On his web site He shares some great memories of the weekend and also offers for sale some outstanding, classic Black and White photo’s he’s taken over the years of some of the biggest names in the business.
Below is an excerpt from his website. I highly encourage you take the time to read Mr. Zimmerman’s recollections of that weekend and sample his photos.
“We took the Fincastle exit and began looking for Carlton Haney’s First Annual Roanoke Bluegrass Festival. We found the turn-off and followed the dusty tire tracks across a pasture toward the tree line in the distance. Even before we reached the makeshift parking lot, we heard the thump of a stand-up bass wafting across the field on the hot late-summer breeze. Moments later we were navigating between small groups of musicians picking away. Back at school there were barely enough players to scrape together one band, but there we were, surrounded by bluegrass!”Phil Zimmerman
These historic videos from that festival, include footage of Bill Monroe, Mac Wisemen, Don Reno, Jimmy Martin along with a cameo of John Hartford.
Uncle Earl video released
Uncle Earl has released the video for “Streak o’ Lean, Streak o’ Fat” from their latest album “Waterloo, Tennessee.”
The concept for the video was a collaborative effort between director Tom Krueger , producer Brad Paul, and band member Kristin Andreassen. Other band members are KC Groves on bass, Rayna Gellert on fiddle and Abigail Washburn on banjo and vocal.
Uncle Earl producer, Led Zeppelin’s legendary multi-instrumentalist John Paul Jones, plays piano.
Rhonda Vincent talks about “Good Thing Going”
In this video Rhonda discusses how the title for the new album came about, where some of the songs came from, and the freedoms gained during the recording process by owning her own studio. There’s also some behind the scenes footage from the studio and Rhonda talks about her Brother Darin and what a crucial role he plays in the studio.
