Saturday (Dec. 19) will be bluegrass veterans night, when Bluegrass Underground launches its final 2009 show in The Volcano Room at Cumberland Caverns near McMinnville, Tenn.

Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-Press and Jesse McReynolds & The Virginia Boys…

Here’s a reminder of something special and definitely worthwhile — and something BluegrassJournal.com wholeheartedly endorses. The Friends of Eddie and Martha Adcock are hosting a benefit show at the Station Inn in Nashville, Tenn., Sunday (Oct. 25).

The event, carrying a suggested $20 donation at the door, starts at 7 p.m.

Deering Banjo has joined the effort by donating a Goodtime banjo that will be…

You may have heard about banjo great and bluegrass patriarch Eddie Adcock’s history-making brain surgery in 2008, while playing his banjo in order to guide the doctors to the area which would correct his incapacitating right hand tremors, but the story of the Eddie and Martha Adcocks’ loss of normal workload–and therefore income– didn’t stop there, even with the success of the ground-breaking surgery….

Jesse McReynolds, at 80, remains a special fixture on the bluegrass scene. He’s still doing the Grand Ole Opry gig, traveling the festival circuit and now he’s running a new business, his Pick Inn in Gallatin, Tenn.

The Pick Inn, that’s where this bluegrass war horse celebrated his 80th — surrounded, of course, by family, friends and music….

Jesse and Joy McReynolds are gearing up for a big weekend of bluegrass music at the Pick Inn in Gallatin, Tennessee on Friday, July 10th and Saturday, July 11th for the Summer Pick Inn Party & Jesse McReynolds 80th Birthday Bash. This two day, music-filled party will celebrate Jesse’s lifetime of musical achievements and offer up the finest in bluegrass music and southern hospitality. Fans, friends and fellow musicians are all invited to share in the fun.