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BU Podcast with Blaine Sprouse

This week’s podcast features bluegrass fiddler Blaine Sprouse. We talk with Blaine about his astounding early career playing in bluegrass and we also discuss the time he spent playing with the Osborne Brothers and he shares some stories about being on the road with Sonny Osborne.

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

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LISTEN

Basic Banjo Backup - Part 3

In this 3rd part to the Basic Banjo Backup series, Dan Miller provides information about adding interest to your back up rolls, plus demonstrates a few fill licks and talks about tone, dynamics, and note articulation as it applies to back up and accompaniment.

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LESSONS

Jam Track - Hold Watcha Got

Here is a jam track for the tune “Hold Watcha Got”. The track is in the key of E 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

Each month we publish our Bluegrass Survey, a bluegrass music chart based on DJ airplay. This is the survey chart for December 2021.

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SPOTIFY PLAYLISTS

Archive Articles - Blaine Sprouse

This week's podcast features Blaine Sprouse, to provide some more information about Blaine and his career, we are adding an article about Blaine from our Archives that was printed in the November 1988 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 eight articles to date. In this, the ninth article in the series, we focus on Bill's work outside of the US Navy band while he was still in the Navy.

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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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