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BU Podcast with Glen Duncan

In this week's bodcast, will be talking with bluegrass fiddle master Glen Duncan about the time he spent on the road with the Osborne Brothers and his long friendship with Sonny and Bobby Osborne. He also slips in a few stories about his time spent with Bill Monroe and with Earl Scruggs.

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

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LISTEN

Basic Banjo Backup - Part 2

In this video, Dan Miller shows how to use some simple banjo rolls over chords to use as backup, then explains how to add notes to the rolls to make the back up more interesting. He also demonstrates how to add phrases that will connect chord changes together and presents some up-the-neck backup patterns. Tablature for the examples is included on the Lessons back of the Bluegrass Unlimited website.

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LESSONS

Jam Track - Don't Let Your Deal Go Down

Here is a jam track for the tune “Don't Let Your Deal Go Down”. The track is in the key of G 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

Here is a playlist of some of the new bluegrass music that was released in December of 2021. Enjoy!

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SPOTIFY PLAYLISTS

Archive Articles - Glen Duncan

This week's podcast features Glen Duncan, to provide some more information about Glen and his career, we are adding an article about Glen from our Archives that was printed in the July 1993 issue of Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine.

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Special Series Article - Bill Emerson

This week, we continue with our special article series on Bill Emerson. We have posted seven articles to date. In this, the eighth article in the series, we focus on Bill's joining the Navy in 1973 and becoming the directory of the Navy's bluegrass/country band Country Current.

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Special Feature

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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