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Special Guests Saturday, February 14, 2004 Sam Bush made his recording debut, Poor Richards Almanac, when he was 17, after holding title as the National Junior Fiddle Champion for three consecutive years. When he was 19 he founded New Grass Revival (NGR), a band that combined a variety of music styles like rock, pop, reggae, jazz, country and bluegrass for 18 years. NGR released ten albums and disbanded on New Year’s Eve in 1989 by opening for the Grateful Dead. After NGR, Bush lead Emmylou Harris’ Grammy-winning Nash Ramblers for five years. Bush, who plays mandolin, fiddle and guitar, has recorded on albums by Lyle Lovett, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Left Over Salmon and many others, and he has released four solo records. Bush’s latest release is Ice Caps: Peaks of Telluride (Sugar Hill). More on Sam Bush: • "Back in the Saddle" Doc Watson was born Arthel L. Watson in Deep Gap, North Carolina, on March 23, 1923. His first instrument was the banjo, but he picked up the guitar at age 13. His first recording was Old-Time Music at Clarence Ashley's in 1960. The following year he appeared at a concert in New York City sponsored by Friends of Old-Time Music, which led to his first solo concert a year after that. Since then he has played at the Newport Folk Festival and Carnegie Hall, as well as touring Europe, Japan, and Africa. For the past several years he has hosted a musical event named for his late son, the annual Merle Watson Memorial Festival in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. More on Doc Watson: • A profile • "Nostalgia and Pleasure" | | | | |
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Old Sweet Songs: A Prairie Home Companion 1974-1976
Lovingly selected from the earliest archives of A Prairie Home Companion, this heirloom collection represents the music from earliest years of the now legendary show: 1974–1976. With songs and tunes from jazz pianist Butch Thompson, mandolin maestro Peter Ostroushko, Dakota Dave Hull and the first house band, The Powdermilk Biscuit Band (Adam Granger, Bob Douglas and Mary DuShane).
