Podcasts about Lester Flatt

Welcome to the 500th episode of Bluegrass Jam Along!My guest this week is Trey Hensley, who joins me to celebrate the very first record he bought - Flatt and Scruggs at Carnegie Hall.This historic album was a pivotal moment for bluegrass and also served as a personal intro to the music for many fans.We chat about why Flatt & Scruggs' performance at Carnegie Hall, on December, 1962 was groundbreaking, the initial skepticism from the press, the audience's enthusiastic reception and some of the famous (and soon to be famous) face in the crowd on the night.We also talk about the pivotal role Lousie Scruggs had, not just in getting this performance recorded, but in putting Flatt and Scruggs (and bluegrass music) in front of a new, younger audience.This one was a real treat!For more info on Trey check out www.treyhensley.com===If you're a Flatt and Scruggs fan and missed the Earl Scruggs 100th birthday episodes I put together last year (including Trey as a guest!) you'll find them here:Earl Scruggs 100th Birthday Tribute:Part 1 - Tony Trischka, Kristin Scott Benson and Alan MundePart 2 - Jerry Douglas, Alison Brown and Tim O'BrienPart 3 - Trey Hensley, Kyle Tuttle (Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway) & Willow OsborneJim Mills on Earl Scruggs and pre-War Gibson banjosJerry Douglas celebrates Earl Scruggs' 100th Birthday Support the show===Thanks to Bryan Sutton for his wonderful theme tune to Bluegrass Jam Along (and to Justin Moses for playing the fiddle!) Bluegrass Jam Along is proud to be sponsored by Collings Guitars and Mandolins- Sign up to get updates on new episodes - Free fiddle tune chord sheets- Here's a list of all the Bluegrass Jam Along interviews- Follow Bluegrass Jam Along for regular updates: Instagram Facebook - Review us on Apple Podcasts

Listen to a conversation with the virtuoso multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and bandleader, Ricky Skaggs. Born in Kentucky in 1954, Skaggs has played a central role in shaping modern bluegrass and country music. A child prodigy, he first performed on stage with Bill Monroe at age six, and at age seven he appeared on national television with Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs.  Before turning 18, Skaggs had already performed with many of the greatest legends in bluegrass. At age 15, he and his childhood friend Keith Whitley joined Ralph Stanley's Clinch Mountain Boys. In the 1970s, Skaggs' musicianship helped redefine progressive bluegrass through his work with the Country Gentlemen, J.D. Crowe & the New South, and Emmylou Harris' Hot Band. He launched his solo career in the early 1980s and became a leading figure in the neotraditional country movement. His string of #1 hits — including “Crying My Heart Out Over You,” “Highway 40 Blues,” and “Heartbroke” — made him one of the decade's most influential artists. During this period he earned multiple CMA Awards, including Entertainer of the Year in 1985, as well as several Grammy Awards. In the 1990s, Skaggs returned his focus to bluegrass, forming his acclaimed band Kentucky Thunder. In 2018, Skaggs was inducted into both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame—one of the few artists to receive both honors. He is also a member of the Grand Ole Opry. Skaggs has performed and recorded with a wide range of legendary artists across many genres, including Jack White, Ray Charles, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Charlie Haden, Bruce Hornsby, Béla Fleck, John Fogerty, and Dionne Warwick, among many others. Across his decades-long career, Ricky Skaggs' contributions as a singer, mandolinist, fiddler, bandleader, and tradition-bearer have secured his legacy as one of the most important figures in American roots music. Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder will present a special Christmas concert at the Brown County Music Center on December 11.

We mark the 100th anniversary of The Grand Ole Opry, country music's biggest stage, and feature interviews with two of its members. First up, bluegrass banjo player Earl Scruggs. He and guitarist Lester Flatt had a hit with “Foggy Mountain Breakdown.” Scruggs told Terry Gross how he developed his famous three-finger picking style while absent-mindedly playing the banjo one day. Also, we listen back to Terry's interview with country music star, “Honky Tonk Girl” Loretta Lynn. Film critic Justin Chang reviews a new documentary about Russia's crackdown on independent journalists. It's called ‘My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow.'Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

We mark the 100th anniversary of The Grand Ole Opry, country music's biggest stage, and feature interviews with two of its members. First up, bluegrass banjo player Earl Scruggs. He and guitarist Lester Flatt had a hit with “Foggy Mountain Breakdown.” Scruggs told Terry Gross how he developed his famous three-finger picking style while absent-mindedly playing the banjo one day. Also, we listen back to Terry's interview with country music star, “Honky Tonk Girl” Loretta Lynn. Film critic Justin Chang reviews a new documentary about Russia's crackdown on independent journalists. It's called ‘My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow.'Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Bluegrass State of Mind – Backline Blue Moon of Kentucky – Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys The Ballad of Jed Clampett (with The Foggy Mountain Boys) – Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs Angel Band – The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys You Could Be Me – The Del McCoury Band All American Bluegrass Girl – Rhonda Vincent Steel Rails – Alison Krauss Swept Away (feat. Alison Brown, Beck Buller, Molly Tuttle & Sierra Hull) – Missy Raines Reach (feat. Alison Brown, Sierra Hull, Missy Raines & Molly Tuttle) – Becky Buller Bluegrass Radio (feat. Sam Bush, Stuart...........

Jeremy Garrett has been playing music since he first picked up the fiddle at the age of three, encouraged by his father, a guitarist steeped in Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys and its guitar/banjo duo of Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs. The two formed a band together, the Grasshoppers, and that helped launch Jeremy's 45-year – and counting — career as a musician.Born in California, Garrett grew up in Idaho, before moving to Nashville in 1998, co-founding the Infamous Stringdusters when a musician friend, dobro player Andy Hall, approached his bandmate in a group named the Ronnie Bowman Committee (along with ex-mandolin player Jesse Cobb) to join forces with his Berklee College of Music classmates, banjo player Chris Pandolfi and former guitarist Chris Eldridge, in the group's first iteration in 2005. The band's current lineup includes double-bassist Travis Book, who came aboard in 2005, and guitarist Andy Falco, who replaced Eldridge in 2007. Since that time, the Stringdusters have garnered a Grammy Award in 2018 for Best Bluegrass Album (Laws of Gravity) and two nominations, the most recent in 2022 in the same category (A Tribute to Bill Monroe).Since that time, Garrett has released seven solo albums, with his latest, Storm Mountain, his first since 2022's well-received River Wild. Now living “off the grid” in a cabin on 12 acres with his wife and eight-year-old daughter in a remote section of Theodore Roosevelt National Forest outside of Drake, Colorado, Garrett recorded the album in a one-room studio outside of Fort Collins, CO, at the foothills of the mountains, before he added his parts at his own Storm Mountain home studio.Storm Mountain deals with such serious topics as a fall from grace (“Son of Perdition”), the bitterness of fate (“The Cold Hard Truth”), lost love (“Fly Away”), the meaning of life (“Anchor in the Deep”) and hopes for his daughter (“You're Gonna Fly”). In addition, there are playful stabs at modern phenomena from social conventions (“Don't Ask') to UFOs (“Rosewell”).“I'm interested in World Music and how the fiddle has been played around the globe,” said Garrett, whose previous albums have explored a wide range of fiddle effects, including loops and pedals, showing the instrument can be as eclectic as the guitar. “It's been integrated in all forms of music as one of the most versatile instruments on the planet. There's something about fiddle players that's unique.”“I wanted to draw on something a little different than what I do with the ‘Dusters, by touching on my more traditional lineage in gospel, country and blues. These are songs that don't quite fit in with the crowds we usually play for. When I go back to the band, I'm way better and more fulfilled for having done these solo records.”At 48 years old, Garrett is relatively young for a bluegrass veteran and looks forward to performing his music live for audiences. “When I write songs now, it's from the standpoint of someone who's been through some life experiences over the past 20 years. My goal is for this record to be uplifting at the same time as it's more reflective in terms of healing."With the Dusters about to celebrate their 20th anniversary next year with a new album, Garrett looks forward to finding time for the occasional solo performance along with his “day job.”His ultimate inspiration are guys like Larry Sparks (“Slow Train” on the new album is a tribute to him), Del McCoury and the late Ralph Stanley, who have performed into their 70s, 80s and 90s.“I want to play this music forever,” said Jeremy. With Storm Mountain, he continues on that path.

Jim Shumate was a fiddler who gained his notoriety in the 1940s when he played with some of the great musicians of bluegrass, including Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys, Lester Flatt, and Earl Scruggs. He added his flair to the songs of the time, emphasizing 'long-bow' fiddling, a style which he discovered listening to Arthur Smith from the Grand Ole Opry. John Miller (Shumate's grandson) and Natalyla Weinstein sit down with Laura Boosinger to share some of Jim Shumate's life and musical background. Songs Included in the Episode:"Mean Old Ramblin' Blues", Jim Shumate"Rocky Road Blues", Bill Monroe"We'll Meet Again, Sweetheart", Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys"Little Red Shoes", Jim & Don and Sons of the Carolinas"Old Country Baptizing", Zoe & Cloyd Learn more about Jim Shumate through the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area's Traditional Artist Directory. 

Jim Shumate was a fiddler who gained his notoriety in the 1940s when he played with some of the great musicians of bluegrass, including Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys, Lester Flatt, and Earl Scruggs. He added his flair to the songs of the time, emphasizing 'long-bow' fiddling, a style which he discovered listening to Arthur Smith from the Grand Ole Opry. John Miller (Shumate's grandson) and Natalyla Weinstein sit down with Laura Boosinger to share some of Jim Shumate's life and musical background. Songs Included in the Episode:"Mean Old Ramblin' Blues", Jim Shumate"Rocky Road Blues", Bill Monroe"We'll Meet Again, Sweetheart", Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys"Little Red Shoes", Jim & Don and Sons of the Carolinas"Old Country Baptizing", Zoe & Cloyd Learn more about Jim Shumate through the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area's Traditional Artist Directory. 

Hillbilly Rock – Andy Lee Lang Hillbilly Daydream – 49 Winchester Hey Hillbilly Singer! – Scott Southworth The Ballad of Jed Clampett – Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs Good Ol’ Boys (From “the Dukes of Hazzard”) – Waylon Jennings Mountain Dew – The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys Hillbilly Rollin’ Stone – The Desert City Ramblers Hillbilly Girl – Georgie Darr Hillbilly Highway – Steve Earle Hillbilly Boy – Old Crow Medicine Show

This week we feature fiddler with Johnny Warren.  As most listeners will know, Johnny is the son of bluegrass fiddle legend Paul Warren who spent years performing with Flatt & Scruggs and then toured with Lester Flatt and the Nashville Grass after Flatt and Scruggs parted ways.  Johnny is the fiddle player for the Earls of Leicester.  We talk with Johnny about his father and about playing his father's role as the fiddler in the Earls of Leicester.

This week we feature songwriter, singer, record producer, fiddler, and guitar player Shawn Camp.  Lester Flatt is on the cover of our December 2024 issue and Shawn plays Lester Flatt's role in the Earls of Leicester.  We'll talk with Shawn about working with the Earls of Leicester and his career as a songwriter and performer.

TV Stories – Chester Charles Carmer Small Town – John Cougar Mellencamp Good Ol’ Boys (From “the Dukes of Hazzard”) – Waylon Jennings Theme From Rawhide – The Blues Brothers Bonanza! – Johnny Cash Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow up to Be Cowboys – Lukas Nelson & Shooter Jennings The Eyes Of The Ranger – George McAnthony We Lost It – Brennen Leigh & Jesse Dayton The Ballad of Jed Clampett – Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs I Feel Alright – Steve Earle

We open another can from the Bluegrass 4-Pack today, as Patrick outlines the remarkable career of Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs. They left Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys in 1948 and went on to take the music to a whole new audience and level of popularity.  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts and share it with your friends. Visit our website at SuburbsPod.com Email Jim & Patrick at rock@suburbspod.com Follow us on the Threads, Facebook or Instagram @suburbspod If you're glad or sad or high, call the Suburban Party Line — 612-440-1984. Theme music: "Ascension," originally by Quartjar, covered by Frank Muffin. Visit quartjar.bandcamp.com and frankmuffin.bandcamp.com. 

It's time to crack into the Bluegrass 4-Pack! Patrick takes a trip back in musical history to the formation of the band that led to the genre of music known as Bluegrass. That trip begins with Bill Monroe and his brother Charlie in the mid-1930s and continues until Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs arrive in 1946.  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts and share it with your friends. Visit our website at SuburbsPod.com Email Jim & Patrick at rock@suburbspod.com Follow us on the Threads, Facebook or Instagram @suburbspod If you're glad or sad or high, call the Suburban Party Line — 612-440-1984. Theme music: "Ascension," originally by Quartjar, covered by Frank Muffin. Visit quartjar.bandcamp.com and frankmuffin.bandcamp.com.

On this episode Tim and Josh have a fun conversation with lead singer for Authentic Unlimited. This hot bluegrass band just won 2024 IBMA Vocal Group of The Year, Song of the Year, Video of the Year and Mandolin Player of the Year. John is one of the purest voices in all of bluegrass music and an amazing song writer.Josh also teaches how to play and sing the Lester Flatt classic song, Your Love is Like a Flower.

In this episode of The Hometown Bluegrass Show, hosts Tim Batts and Josh Williams bring you another hour of bluegrass goodness! Josh kicks things off with a classic tune from the legendary Lester Flatt, showcasing his signature picking style. Then, we sit down for a special interview with the "Banjo Preacher" himself, Steve Bruce from Tennessee. Steve shares his unique journey blending bluegrass music with his faith, and we dive into his passion for playing the banjo and spreading the gospel through music. You won't want to miss this inspiring and music-filled episode!

'The Ballad of Jed Clampett' is the theme song for the popular 1970's television series: The Beverly Hillbillies. The song was composed by Paul Henning and recorded first by Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs in 1962. This was the first song I ever heard Dave Hum play in 2018, and it was so beautiful the way he played it (starting at 48 seconds into the song) that I literally cried. I had never heard anybody play the banjo that way before. I used Dave's recording as a template to make my backing track to share with everyone. I've made backing tracks in both the keys of A and G (Dave plays the song in A). I love this popular Bluegrass song. Enjoy

I wanted to make a backing track for something different than from songs that Dave Hum did, simply to carry on Dave's tradition of learning new songs. I heard him say that there are so many songs and so little time. He sure was right about that. I used this YouTube video of ?Blue Ridge Cabin Home? as a template. This particular recording was done by Lester Flatt and Mac Wiseman. The song is in the Key of G. Enjoy!

Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys, WSM Radio, June 1953. With Benny Martin, fiddle and vocals; Curly Seckler, mandolin and vocals.

Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys, WSM Radio, June 1953. With Benny Martin, fiddle and vocals; Curly Seckler, mandolin and vocals.

Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, & The Foggy Mountain Boys, early 50s radio broadcast. Personnel unknown.

Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, & The Foggy Mountain Boys, early 50s radio broadcast. Personnel unknown.

Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, & The Foggy Mountain Boys, early 50s radio broadcast. Personnel unknown.

Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, & The Foggy Mountain Boys, early 50s radio broadcast. Personnel unknown.

Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys, WSM Radio, June 1953. With Benny Martin, fiddle and vocals; Curly Seckler, mandolin and vocals.

Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys, WSM Radio, June 1953. With Benny Martin, fiddle and vocals; Curly Seckler, mandolin and vocals.

Radio broadcasts from the Grand Ole Opry, 1946-48, featuring Earl Scruggs, banjo; Lester Flatt, guitar and vocals; Chubby Wise, fiddle; Cedric Rainwater, bass; and Bill Monroe, mandolin and vocals.

Radio broadcasts from the Grand Ole Opry, 1946-48, featuring Earl Scruggs, banjo; Lester Flatt, guitar and vocals; Chubby Wise, fiddle; Cedric Rainwater, bass; and Bill Monroe, mandolin and vocals.

Radio broadcasts from the Grand Ole Opry, 1946-48, featuring Earl Scruggs, banjo; Lester Flatt, guitar and vocals; Chubby Wise, fiddle; Cedric Rainwater, bass; and Bill Monroe, mandolin and vocals.

Radio broadcasts from the Grand Ole Opry, 1946-48, featuring Earl Scruggs, banjo; Lester Flatt, guitar and vocals; Chubby Wise, fiddle; Cedric Rainwater, bass; and Bill Monroe, mandolin and vocals.

Radio broadcasts from the Grand Ole Opry, 1946-48, featuring Earl Scruggs, banjo; Lester Flatt, guitar and vocals; Chubby Wise, fiddle; Cedric Rainwater, bass; and Bill Monroe, mandolin and vocals.

Radio broadcasts from the Grand Ole Opry, 1946-48, featuring Earl Scruggs, banjo; Lester Flatt, guitar and vocals; Chubby Wise, fiddle; Cedric Rainwater, bass; and Bill Monroe, mandolin and vocals.

Radio broadcasts from the Grand Ole Opry, 1946-48, featuring Earl Scruggs, banjo; Lester Flatt, guitar and vocals; Chubby Wise, fiddle; Cedric Rainwater, bass; and Bill Monroe, mandolin and vocals.

Radio broadcasts from the Grand Ole Opry, 1946-48, featuring Earl Scruggs, banjo; Lester Flatt, guitar and vocals; Chubby Wise, fiddle; Cedric Rainwater, bass; and Bill Monroe, mandolin and vocals.

Radio broadcasts from the Grand Ole Opry, 1946-48, featuring Earl Scruggs, banjo; Lester Flatt, guitar and vocals; Chubby Wise, fiddle; Cedric Rainwater, bass; and Bill Monroe, mandolin and vocals.

Radio broadcasts from the Grand Ole Opry, 1946-48, featuring Earl Scruggs, banjo; Lester Flatt, guitar and vocals; Chubby Wise, fiddle; Cedric Rainwater, bass; and Bill Monroe, mandolin and vocals.

Radio broadcasts from the Grand Ole Opry, 1946-48, featuring Earl Scruggs, banjo; Lester Flatt, guitar and vocals; Chubby Wise, fiddle; Cedric Rainwater, bass; and Bill Monroe, mandolin and vocals.

Radio broadcasts from the Grand Ole Opry, 1946-48, featuring Earl Scruggs, banjo; Lester Flatt, guitar and vocals; Chubby Wise, fiddle; Cedric Rainwater, bass; and Bill Monroe, mandolin and vocals.

HOSMER MOUNTAIN BOYS  are a bluegrass band from the eastern hills of Connecticut with major influences from Bill Monroe, Don Reno, Earl Scruggs, Lester Flatt and Karl Shiflett, which include a 2-finger thumb picking style like Merle Travis. They play 1950s-style traditional bluegrass music ERIC VINCENT HUEY is the son of four generations of coal miners (and frontman of The Surreal McCoys. He grew up along the banks of the Monongahela River in West Virginia. On his debut solo album, Appalachian Gothic, is a musical love letter to the Appalachia of his youth while wrestling with the hard contemporary realities of a region that's been left behind in so many ways yet remains richly interwoven into the cultural fabric of America. WoodSongs Kid: Redmond Day, the 13-year-old boy from Connecticut.

What connects you to the year 1946? Think of the time immediately following World War II, and perhaps black and white images of men in fedoras and women in long dresses come to mind. Maybe you have parents or grandparents who were born around that time, or maybe you know someone who lived then and has past on. It is an era that now seems quite distant for most of us, a kind of abstraction that can be read about but which remains present only in its dusty tomes and mono records. But like all eras of our past, the time when bluegrass music was born remains with us in tangible, even impactful ways. In 1946, Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys recorded their first songs with new members Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, and a new genre of music was born. Born that same year in New York City was Pete Wernick, who came to know all of the Blue Grass Boys as well as most if not all of the other first-generation stars, and played with many of them eventually as well. He remains one of the few people today who embodies a direct link to this era, making it leap from the pages of history across the decades and get us tapping our feet to bluegrass music that is still being born. Pete Wernick Songs heard in this episode:“Waiting For Daylight” by Pete Wernick & Flexigrass, from What The“Powwow the Indian Boy” by Hot Rize, from Hot Rize, excerpt“Untold Stories” by Hot Rize, from Untold Stories, excerpt“Spring Break” by Pete Wernick, from On A Roll Thank you for visiting us and giving this podcast a listen! This series is a part of the lineup of both public radio WNCW and Osiris Media, with all of the Osiris shows available here. You can also hear new episodes on Bluegrass Planet Radio here. Thanks to everyone at IBMA for their role in making this episode possible, and you can listen to more episodes on this series on artists interviewed at previous IBMA conferences, like Sierra Hull, Bela Fleck, Stephen Mougin and Ben Wright (Sam Bush Band and Henhouse Prowlers respectively), and C.J. Lewandowski (Po' Ramblin' Boys), to name a few. Thanks to Corrie Askew for producing the radio adaptations of this series on public radio WNCW, and to Joshua Meng, who wrote and performed our theme songs.Southern Songs and Stories is currently ranked #13 in Southern podcasts here on feedspot.com, and moved up to a top 2.5% globally ranked podcast by Listen Notes, which makes us smile. This is Southern Songs and Stories: the music of the South and the artists who make it. - Joe Kendrick

In December of 1968, I left home alone for the very first time to go to a Pop Festival in Miami. Technically it was in Hallandale at a horse track. It was an absolutely fabulous three days except for the part where I lost my wallet and I was kind of adopted by a 29-year-old woman in an MG convertible who fed me and took me out to Miami Beach at midnight to go to a club called The Image.. And just like me, I am taking way too long with this post. Getting back to the festival there was such a diverse group of artists who played including Iron Butterfly, Chuck Berry, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, and the Turtles. On the night I lost my wallet, I was in the parking lot looking for my friend's car which I could not find. From the vantage point of the parking lot, I could hear two different groups playing. On one stage which was called the Flower stage in front of the stands, I could hear Iron Butterfly. In my other ear I could hear the Turtles singing Eleanor. It was at this time that I gave up looking for my friend's car and I had decisions to make. One was to panic because I was 17 years old away from home for the first time and had no money because my wallet had disappeared and I had no ride to get back to my friend's house where I was staying. The other decision was which stage was I going to go to. I was actually in the stands when Iron Butterfly took the stage and heard most of their set before I headed out to the parking lot so I decided to go over to the Flying stage and listen to the Turtles. they were absolutely wonderful. great harmonies, very tight band and it was there that I met the wonderful lady who rescued me and took me to Miami Beach to the club and then back to her apartment to spend the night. ( that by the way is yet another story that I will never tell). The next morning after she fixed me breakfast she dropped me back off to the festival and gave me her ticket for the third day since mine was in my wallet that was gone. She also gave me $5 to buy something to drink or eat later. I wonder what happened to her, but I digress this post is about the Turtles.I did not see them in concert again until 1992 when they were part of a radio concert at Coachman Park in Clearwater that included a bunch of different bands. My teenage son TyTyler Crose was with me and anyone who knows him knows his vast knowledge of classic rock and roll. Because of my work and radio and knowing the right people I was able to gain access to the restricted area next to the stage and I took Tyler with me while the two remaining members of the Turtles Howard Kailyn, and Mark Volman We're hanging out and Tyler got to meet them both. What a bunch of people do not know is that Howard and Mark at one time in a break from Turtles fame became Fluorescent Leach and Eddie and were part of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention. Great evening, lots of great entertainment including the Turtles which brings me to my last paragraph.So, today because I genuinely have no life I was looking at YouTube and I see a video from the 2023 Happy Together tour. They actually were here I believe in May at Ruth Eckerd Hall but because I don't know anything that's happening I missed the show. I am kind of glad I did. As I was watching the video I got to see the Cowsills and then Gary Puckett formally of the Union Gap. As I understand it he is a local resident here in our area now. I then kind of skipped ahead a little bit because I really wanted to see Howard and Mark. They were introduced with great fanfare, except for one thing. No Howard Kailyn. Further research told me that he had retired because of some severe heart problems. I understand we are all getting old as crap. But, oh holy crap, His replacement was the guy that sang for the imaginary group called The Archies. Remember them? And to my shock and horror right in the middle of the set, he decided he was going to sing Sugar Sugar. I am so grateful for experiencing them in the beginning and midway thru. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thedailygrateful/message

If your jam is Bluegrass music, revolutionaries, political rants, and the Wild West of the Internet (otherwise known as the Deep Web), you're gonna love this episode. Daniel Torday is here to talk about his novel ‘Boomer1', a story that follows Bluegrass musician, underemployed millennial, and now PhD in English, Mark Brumfeld, who channels his desperation by posting a series of online video monologues that critique Baby Boomers and their powerful hold on the job market. When the videos go viral, Mark loses control of what he began—with consequences that ensnare him in a matter of national security. Later, mandolin player for the Bluegrass band Unspoken Tradition and music marketing director for Crossroads Studios near Asheville, North Carolina, Ty Gilpin joins me to give a crash course on Bluegrass.   MEDIA AND MUSIC IN THE EPISODE IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:  “Old Rotten Ribbons” by Ty Gilpin (from his solo album ‘Crooked Hollows') “Christine's Tune” by The Flying Burrito Brothers “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” by Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs “Internet” by Post Malone “John Brown's Body” by Pete Seeger  “Do I Wanna Know” by Arctic Monkeys “Mule Skinner Blues” by Bill Monroe “Mountain Dew” by The Stanley Brothers “I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow” by Soggy Bottom Boys “Pretty Polly” by Ralph Stanley “Uncle John's Band” by The Grateful Dead “Dust in a Baggie” by Billy Strings “Dooley” by The Dillards/The Darling Family on ‘The Andy Griffith Show' “The Old Swinging Bridge” by Unspoken Tradition (Ty Gilpin's band)   LINKS: Leave a rating and comment for Rock is Lit on Goodpods: https://goodpods.com/podcasts/rock-is-lit-212451 Leave a rating and comment for Rock is Lit on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rock-is-lit/id1642987350 Daniel Torday's website: http://www.danieltorday.com/ Daniel Torday on Twitter: @DanielTorday Daniel Torday on Instagram: @dtorday  Walls of Time Podcast website: https://wallsoftimepodcast.podbean.com/ Unspoken Tradition's website: https://unspokentradition.com/ Unspoken Tradition on Instagram: @unspokentraditionbluegrass Unspoken Tradition on Facebook: @unspokentradition Ty Gilpin on Instagram: @tygilpinavl Ty Gilpin on Facebook: @TyGilpin  Crossroads Studios: https://crossroadsrecordingstudios.com/ ‘Crooked Hollows' by Ty Gilpin on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/am/album/crooked-hollows/548623407 Christy Alexander Hallberg's website: https://www.christyalexanderhallberg.com/ Christy Alexander Hallberg on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube: @ChristyHallberg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If your jam is Bluegrass music, revolutionaries, political rants, and the Wild West of the Internet (otherwise known as the Deep Web), you're gonna love this episode. Daniel Torday is here to talk about his novel ‘Boomer1', a story that follows Bluegrass musician, underemployed millennial, and now PhD in English, Mark Brumfeld, who channels his desperation by posting a series of online video monologues that critique Baby Boomers and their powerful hold on the job market. When the videos go viral, Mark loses control of what he began—with consequences that ensnare him in a matter of national security. Later, mandolin player for the Bluegrass band Unspoken Tradition and music marketing director for Crossroads Studios near Asheville, North Carolina, Ty Gilpin joins me to give a crash course on Bluegrass.   MEDIA AND MUSIC IN THE EPISODE IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:  “Old Rotten Ribbons” by Ty Gilpin (from his solo album ‘Crooked Hollows') “Christine's Tune” by The Flying Burrito Brothers “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” by Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs “Internet” by Post Malone “John Brown's Body” by Pete Seeger  “Do I Wanna Know” by Arctic Monkeys “Mule Skinner Blues” by Bill Monroe “Mountain Dew” by The Stanley Brothers “I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow” by Soggy Bottom Boys “Pretty Polly” by Ralph Stanley “Uncle John's Band” by The Grateful Dead “Dust in a Baggie” by Billy Strings “Dooley” by The Dillards/The Darling Family on ‘The Andy Griffith Show' “The Old Swinging Bridge” by Unspoken Tradition (Ty Gilpin's band)   LINKS: Leave a rating and comment for Rock is Lit on Goodpods: https://goodpods.com/podcasts/rock-is-lit-212451 Leave a rating and comment for Rock is Lit on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rock-is-lit/id1642987350 Daniel Torday's website: http://www.danieltorday.com/ Daniel Torday on Twitter: @DanielTorday Daniel Torday on Instagram: @dtorday  Walls of Time Podcast website: https://wallsoftimepodcast.podbean.com/ Unspoken Tradition's website: https://unspokentradition.com/ Unspoken Tradition on Instagram: @unspokentraditionbluegrass Unspoken Tradition on Facebook: @unspokentradition Ty Gilpin on Instagram: @tygilpinavl Ty Gilpin on Facebook: @TyGilpin  Crossroads Studios: https://crossroadsrecordingstudios.com/ ‘Crooked Hollows' by Ty Gilpin on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/am/album/crooked-hollows/548623407 Christy Alexander Hallberg's website: https://www.christyalexanderhallberg.com/ Christy Alexander Hallberg on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube: @ChristyHallberg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

חברות ונאמנים.למען נחת הרוח לא נחשׁה. אשר על כן, הפכנו והפכנו בלוחות השנה והתאריכים הנשכחים העשויים להיות לנו לעזר. ובכן מסתבר כי היום - 4 ביוני 1965 - לפני 58 שנים תמימות הופיע לראשונה ניגון הנצח "Maggie's Farm" כתקליטון על אדמת אנגליה. צעד קטן לשיר - צעד ענק לעולם התאריכים ולצעירי האי הבריטי. השיר הוקלט בינואר אותה שנה וראה אור בתקליטו החמישי של בוב - Bringing It All Back Home - שיצא לחנויות כבר באפריל. אך לאנגליה הגיע ביוני. חשוב להדגיש כי למִן הקלטתו הראשונה של השיר ביצע זאת דילן באופן אֶלקטרי, חשמלי. היינו כּולם - הן בניופּורט שבאמריקה והן במנצ'סטר שבאנגליה, ידעו ידוע היטב כי דילן מנהל מגעים מתקדמים עם הקידמה ועם הגיטרה החשמלית. ולמרות כי לא היתה זו הפתעה כלל ועיקר הרי שביולי אותה שנה, קמה המהומה בפסטיבל הפולק בניופּורט על מעשיו של דילן. המשטמה היכתה שורש כזכור גם בלבבות צעירי אנגליה. ללא ספק מדובר בניגון מרכזי. היו שכינו אותו "קריאת הקרב של תרבות הנגד", אחרים ראו בו המנון שמתייחס לתנועה למען שוויון הזכויות בארה"ב: החווה, השיעבוד לאותה מגי מיסתורית, המשפחה המוזרה שלה, המשמר הלאומי הניצב מחוץ לדלת. כל אלה מופיעים בו ותרמו לפרשנויותיו השונות ולהילת המאבק שסביביו.ואכן מן הרגע בו נולד זכה השיר לביצועים באסכולות השונות, מים ועד ים.נצא אם כן הלילה בעקבי השיר ונחקור התפתחותו בימים. > הלילה ב22:00 בגל"צ.  (ואין באמת ספר כזה. הכריכה תודות לToddAlcottGraphics)   1. Bob Dylan - Maggie's Farm [Bringing It All Back Home]2. Bob Dylan - Maggie's Farm [Newport Folk Festival July 25 1965]3. Solomon Burke - Maggie's Farm [May 1965]4. Hank Squires - Maggie's Farm [1966] 5. Richie Havens - Maggie's Farm [1968]6. Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys - Maggie's Farm [1969]7. Booker T. & Priscilla - Maggie's Farm [1972]8. Bob Dylan - Maggie's Farm [Hard Rain]9. The Specials - Maggie's Farm [1980]10. The Grateful Dead - Maggie's Farm [Postcards of The Hanging 1987]  

Geography lecturer and Tennessean musician Jake Watkins brings some Appalachian pride to the podcast with an album from Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs. We detail the origins of bluegrass music, how this duo helped popularize the genre, and the "Scruggs style" of banjo playing.   If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content (episodes on 45s!), or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us. Thanks!

ביום זה לפני 77 שנים הגיע לביקור מעבר לים, הישר אל הקמפוס האוניברסיטאי שבעיר פוּלטוֹן מיזורי שבארה"ב, ראש ממשלה לשעבר, אורח של הנשיא טרוּמן. אמנם לפני פחות משנה הצליח אותו ראש ממשלה, יחד עם בני בריתו, להכריע סוף כל סוף את הגרמניה הנאצית, אולם דווקא בבחירות של 1945, מייד לאחר המלחמה, שלחו אותו הבּוחרים הבּיתה. ווינסטון צ'רצ'יל, נישא על גלי האהדה באמריקה, נאם באותו יום מול קהל מצומצם של כ3000 איש ואישה, אך העולם כולו היטה אוזניו ועקב רדיופונית. בדרכו לצידו של הנשיא האמריקני, במכונית הפּתוחה, כשהמון בני מיזורי מריע - צ'רצ'יל ידע שוב שהוא הולך לתת עוד נאום שייזכר לדורות. באותו יום הזהיר את השומעים מדבר מסךְ ארוך ובלתי ניתן למעבר הנמתח "משטטין שבחוף הים הבּלטי ועד טרייסט שלחוף היום האדריאטי". בין עולם אחד שכינה "הספֵירה הסובייטית" לבין "המערב". המסךְ הזה, קבע צ'רצ'יל הינו מסך של בּרזֶל. מבחינה רשמית גרידא, יש יאמרו, כי באותו נאום החלה המלחמה הקרה. אך זה צורך סמלי בלבד. אמנם הביטוי "מסך הבּרזל" הופיע כשימוש לציון הגבול או היחסים בין רוסיה ו"המערב" כבר ב1920, כמו כן הופיע בתכתובות ובטרלגרמות לקראת סוף המלחמה ואפילו בתעמולה הנאצית היה לו שימוש - ברם רק היום לפני 77 שנים ניתנה לו הבּמה העולמית והוא ניטע בלבבות ובחרדות.   נאזין הלילה לקולו המנחם והמאיים של צ'רצ'יל, לניגונים שנכתבו בעקבותיו ונדון במורשת המושג ותוכנו. 1. Jimmy Dickens - They Locked God Outside The Iron Curtain 2. John D. Loudermilk - This Cold War with You3. The Zanies - Russian Roulette 4. The Wilburn Brothers - The War Keeps Draggin' On 5. Lord Ivanhoe & His Caribbean Knights - Lift The Iron Curtain 6. Ray Anderson - Stalin Kicked The Bucket 7. Hank Williams - No, No Joe 8. Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - Iron Curtain 9. Bobby Marchan & The Clowns - Rockin' Behind The Iron Curtain10. Mingus Big Band - Oh Lord, Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me

The Doc invites an absolute legend on to the show Marty Stuart! The two talk about Marty's passion for performing live, the benefits of playing with Johnny Cash, Lester Flatt and Bill Monroe, working with Ken Burns on the Country Music documentary, starting the Congress of Country Music and his new music being released next month! Make sure to listen! Monologue (Helping Leonardo Dicaprio): 0:00:19 Birthday Suit 1: 16:40 Ripped From the Headlines: 21:37 Shoutouts: 34:38 Previously on the Doc G Show: 37:02 Leftover Headlines: 38:37 Marty Stuart Interview: 48:34 Doc G Top 3: 1:06:14 Birthday Suit 2: 1:19:52 Birthday Suit 3: 1:23:38

My good friend Barry (Baz) Paterson is in the studio with me. He's a great singer and guitarist, and has loved bluegrass music for as long as I have. I'm playing some of his selections, together with some of our regular performers, including Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, the Sonoran Dogs, Special Consensus, Ramona Church, the Country Gentlemen, and Lester Flatt & Mac Wiseman. We've also got a track from Baz's first band, Dunedin-based Bluegrass Expedition.

This week we welcome Stevie Lee Woods! Stevie Lee Woods was born and raised in Bluefield, Virginia in a family with an extensive musical background. His Father, Buddy Woods was a lead guitarist and previously had worked as a sideman for such artists as Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Eddie Arnold and a number of other distinguished musicians. His brothers David and Greg are also gifted musicians who played music in Virginia and Florida after Stevie decided to move to Nashville TN in the early '90s. The move to Nashville ended up being a good move for Stevie as he landed his first record deal in 1993. His first top-20's opened many doors for Stevie as it landed him major representation by such agencies as Buddy Lee Attractions and World Class Talent in Nashville. From such representation, Stevie began his career appearing and touring with such artists as Lorrie Morgan, John Michael Montgomery, Martina McBride, Diamond RIO, Brooks, and Dunn. He was also an annual guest on the annual Country across America Tour which was a Major Country Music Extravaganza. Stevie has appeared on the Grand Ole Opry as well as hosted his own Television show in the '90s along with the recording artist Sylvia for the USA Network entitled Today's Hot Country. In 1998, with his career moving in a fast past direction Stevie decided to stop touring or traveling due to ailing family members. He decided to move back home and help in any way he could and come back to music at a later date. Well now he's back, and this time in Branson! Voted best new show in Branson 2020 this Grand Ole Opry style show is everything people say it is. A new twist to Branson but still keeping true to Branson roots Nashville Roadhouse Live lives up to its motto, “Where Country Meets Rock N' Roll”. Stevie Lee Woods brings not only his Worldwide years of success and entertainment to the show but also some of your favorite artists from today and yesterday. Join the ever-talented Stevie Lee Woods and Kathie Baillie & The Boys for the Nashville Roadhouse Live Show! This show is ran in Grand Ole Opry-style fashion, with new guests each and every week! This show has received outstanding reviews and is rated as one of the best new shows in Branson! For more information, call the Branson Star Theatre Box Office: 417-320-3418 or visit BransonStarTheater.com.

Some of my old vinyl LP's get a bit of an airing this week, with the likes of Lester Flatt & the Nashville Grass, the Marshall Family, Collins & Blackwell & the Dixie Bluegrass Boys, and ‘Bashful' Brother Oswald. From the CD shelves comes Chris Henry & the Hardcore Grass, Kathy Kallick, the Waller Brothers, Australian band ‘Old South', and the Po' Ramblin' Boys. There's some fine banjo playing from Beth Stevens & Edge, and a 16-year-old Carl Jackson – just a broad spectrum of bluegrass music.