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Video: Sierra Hull performs a beautiful rendition of “Wildwood Flower”

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If you’re a fan of Bluegrass music you’re no doubt familiar with Sierra Hull, a supremely talented musician who began wowing audiences at a very young age as a musical child prodigy.

Although Sierra is famous for her mastery of the mandolin, like most other Bluegrass “pickers” she actually plays multiple instruments.

And as you’ll see in a moment, she plays them extremely well.  [Read more…]

Watch a 10 year old Sierra Hull demonstrate her mandolin skills

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A while back I featured this video of mandolin prodigy Sierra Hull performing at the ripe old age 11 on the “Grand Ole Opry” with Allison Krauss & Union Station.

As you might expect, that video was quite well received by most everyone that saw it.

Well, I managed to find another awesome video of a young Sierra teaming up with another of her musical idols, the one and only Sam Bush.

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11 year old (at the time) Sierra Hull performs at the Grand Ole Opry

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If you have even a passing interest in Bluegrass music you’re surely familiar with Sierra Hull.

If you’re not familiar with her, you’re really missing out.

A true child prodigy, Sierra quickly became one of the genre’s brightest stars once she started performing as a pro.

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Video: 11 year old (at the time) Trey Hensley performs at the Grand Ole Opry

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I recently featured this video of an 11 year old Sierra Hull treating the Grand Ole Opry to some pretty amazing mandolin skills.

Well, Sierra isn’t the only pre-teen to ever grace the stage of the Opry. A young man by the name of Trey Hensley also performed there at the age of 11.  [Read more…]

Video: Chet Atkins performs “Wildwood Flower”

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Almost a century ago The Carter Family recorded “Wildwood Flower”, one of the first recorded songs to become famous the world over.

Generation after generation of aspiring guitar players have studied the masterful “picking” of Wildwood Flower by Maybelle Carter, and it has been performed by literally thousands of musicians over the years since that original recording was released.  [Read more…]