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BU Podcast with John Lawless

This week's podcast features John Lawless of Bluegrass Today. We talk with John about the column that Sonny Osborne wrote for the Bluegrass Today website and we will also talk about his years working as the owner of AcuTab Publications. John also explains how the Bluegrass Today website got started.

By the way, our podcasts are now listed in Apple iTunes and on Spotify.

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LISTEN

Basic Dobro Backup - Part 2

In this week's video, the second in a series of videos on Basic Dobro Back-up, Dan Miller provides tablature for a variety of roll patterns and discusses using rolls in Dobro back-up. He also demonstrates how to connect chord changes with connecting licks. In the next lesson in this series Dan will discuss Dobro fill-licks.

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LESSONS

Jam Track - Farewell Blues

This week's jam track is for the tune “Farewell Blues”. The track is in the key of C and played at full tempo. If the tempo is not right for you, you can slow it down or speed it up using the “Playback” selection in the “Settings” menu.

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JAM TRACKS

Spotify Playlists

This week's podcast is with John Lawless of Bluegrass Today, and formerly the owner of AcuTab Publications. When AcuTab Publications was in business they published transcription books from over a dozen banjo, guitar, and mandolin players. All of the songs from this playlist are taken from albums that were transcribed by AcuTab.

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SPOTIFY PLAYLISTS

Archive Articles - Bobby Thompson

Bobby Thompson was an innovative banjo player who played with Jim & Jesse and then went on to have a successful career as a studio musician. In this article, Douglas B. Green writes about Thompson's banjo innovations and session work on both guitar and banjo. This article appeared in our July 1974 issue.

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Special Series Article - Bill Emerson

This week, we are going to take another short break from our article series on Bill Emerson. The next article will be about Bill's work from 2006 through 2020 with his band Sweet Dixie and we are still in the midst of conducting interviews with members of that band.

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Special Feature

The next My Bluegrass Story TV show will air Friday, January 28th at 8pm/7pm central on RFD-TV. Check your local listings to catch the show! Produced by the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum, My Bluegrass Story features your favorite bluegrass artists sharing the stories that shaped their careers. Click Here to learn more about this exciting new show!

Our January 2022 Issue

The January 2022 issue is our tribute to the great Sonny Osborne and the Osborne Brothers. Also included in this issue are articles about Clyde Mattocks, Maddie Denton, Paolo Ercoli, Jacob Jollif, Bil Vorndick, Dave Howard and the Louisville Folk School, the induction of Tony Rice and the Briarhoppers into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame, Festival Lessons Learned During the Pandemic, and our annual Festival Guide. Also included in this issue are our regular features The General Store, Notes & Queries, and The National Bluegrass Survey.

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