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BU Podcast with Laurie Lewis

This week we feature west coast band leader, multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter Laurie Lewis. We talk with Laurie about women in bluegrass, west coast bluegrass, her many career highlights in bluegrass music and her new album titled “and Laurie Lewis.”

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

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LISTEN

Old Time Pickin' on the Banjo

In this video lesson Dan Miller teaches the tune Old Time Pickin’ on the banjo. This is a tune that is good for beginning banjo players because it is a straight forward tune that has some nice techniques to help develop your basic banjo skills.

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LESSONS

Jam Track - John Hardy

Instead of our regular Jam Track format (which are recorded each week by Brad Davis), we are going to give Brad a break and reach back to offer a segment from a four volume video jam series that Brad produced years ago for Flatpicking Guitar Magazine. Here you will find the tune “John Hardy” played at 4 different tempos. Each time Brad plays a lead, so you can practice rhythm, and then he plays rhythm so you can practice your lead solo. Enjoy jamming to “John Hardy” in the key of A!

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JAM TRACKS

Spotify Playlists

This week's podcast features Laurie Lewis, so in this week's playlist we are linking to the "This is Laurie Lewis" playlist on Spotify. Enjoy listening to 50 tunes taken from Laurie's various CDs.

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SPOTIFY PLAYLISTS

Archive Articles - The Bailey Brothers

The Bailey Brothers were a popular brother duet who started performing in the late 1930s. Their band helped launch the career of many famous bluegrass musicians including George Shuffler, Josh Graves, and Jake Tullock. This two-part article series was printed in the July 1970 and the February 1971 issues of Bluegrass Unlimited.

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Special Series Article - Bill Emerson, Part 4, Between the Country Gentlemen and Jimmy Martin

This week we continue with our special article series on Bill Emerson. In this week's article we cover Bill's career between the time he left the Country Gentlemen and the time he joined Jimmy Martin (1958-1962).

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Special Feature

Our November 2021 Issue

Our November 2021 issue features Bela Fleck on our cover and includes articles about Steve Dilling, Jeremy Stephens, Mike Barnett, Megan Lynch Chowning, 98-year-old luthier Jeff Littell, and Milton Harkey. Additionally, we include remembrances of Robert Hutchison, and Don Maddox along with an article about fiddler Joe Meadows, a story about breathing new life into a Stelling banjo and the story behind the song “The Richest Man.” Also included in this issue are our regular features The General Store, Notes & Queries, and The National Bluegrass Survey.

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