Category: Bluegrass
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You Just Can’t Have Too Much Banjo
Three banjos! Steve Martin, Tony Trishka and Bela Fleck. Enjoy!
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Steve Martin’s Backup Band
I am so envious of these guys. The Rangers On Playing With Steve Martin from SteepCanyonRangers on Vimeo.
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Singing with Johnny Cash
Here’s a fun sing-a-long that my old band Brush Arbor did with Johnny Cash and his family (Mother Maybelle Carter, June Carter Cash, Anita Carter and his daughters Rosie and Rosanne) on an NBC-TV special in December, 1973. We’re on the back row wearing our “Nudie Suits.” The clip opens with a quick shot of…
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Alison Brown at Anthology
Marci and I went to see Alison Brown last night at a local San Diego supper club called Anthology. Yesterday’s San Diego Reader carried an interview with Alison which included a nice mention for my radio show: “And I tuned in every Sunday night to Wayne Rice’s Bluegrass Special on KSON. He’s still on the…
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The Rice Kryspies: 40 Years Ago
I began my youth ministry career as a club director for Ventura County (California) Youth for Christ in 1963. Folk music was getting real popular about that time (Joan Baez, the Kingston Trio, Bob Dylan, the New Christy Ministrels) so we formed our own folk groups as a way to be “relevant” with teenagers. The…
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Demon Banjos
An interesting post from the Dallas Morning News religion blog: “My grandfather had this conversion experience and went to West Virginia Wesleyan. He was kicked out of a church in 1919 for playing the banjo with the youth group. Obviously everybody knew the banjo was an instrument of Satan! … Beware the demon banjo.” Funny,…
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Teens on Bluegrass
OK, I know bluegrass isn’t going to replace hip hop anytime soon as the music of choice for teenagers, but I’m no longer surprised by groups like the The Doerfels who suddenly appear out of nowhere. I don’t know too much about this family band except they are from Florida and just released a new…
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Got bad news? Just add banjo.
A funny commercial from Alaska airlines, probably based on the old Steve Martin routine. Not a bad idea, actually. Alaska Airlines – Banjo
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Jack Black Bluegrass
Last Saturday night on the Grand Ole Opry: Actor Jack Black with Sam Bush (mandolin), Jim Mills (banjo), Bryan Sutton (guitar), Stuart Duncan (fiddle), Charlie Haden (bass) and other all-star pickers … must have been a fun night at the Opry house. Ricky Skaggs, Del McCoury and Michael Martin Murphey were also on the show.
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Bluegrass Jack
Our two-year old grandson Jack seems to have the talent! Here he is performing with his uncles and grandpa!