Category Archives: Ramblings
CONVERSATION: Rodney Dillard
I was contacted recently by a publicist for Rodney Dillard, who has released a new digital album on Pinecastle titled Old Road New Again. Rodney’s band for the project includes the current Dillards, plus Don Henley, Bernie Leadon, Herb Pederson, … Continue reading
Musical Meetings: Rocky Adamson
Rocky Adamson, town constable of Dayton NV, recorded at Sutro Saloon in 1967. Continue reading
The Lilly Brothers and Don Stover: Little Annie
What got me excited was Don’s “tag” or ending of his banjo break. It’s four beats of pure delight, sort of going off sideways like a plot twist in an Alfred Hitchcock film! Continue reading
Wade Mainer, Laxatives, and the Grandfather of Bluegrass?
Wade told me once, that Bill Monroe asked him to play banjo for the Blue Grass Boys . . . this was before Stringbean. Wade turned him down. He explained to me that he didn’t want to become a sideman. Continue reading
So. California bluegrass history: . . . continued
We’ve had some nice comments re. the previous page on Southern California bluegrass groups, and received further information on other groups active in the region in the 1960s. (Keep those memories and photos coming!) John Egenes sends a photo of … Continue reading