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Ten Questions with Jana Jae: Hee-Haw’s “Girl With the Magic Blue Fiddle”

Posted on September 7, 2021

Jana Jae – “The girl with the magic blue fiddle”

Living (and loving) Life

Do you happen to enjoy classic country music?

If so, you’re surely familiar with Jana Jae, the award-winning musician whose superb mastery of the fiddle prompted country music icon Buck Owens to invite her to join his band as the very first female Buckaroo.

Jana performed with Buck and many other top-tier singers and musicians over the years, most notably as a member of the cast of the ultra-popular Country music variety show Hee-Haw.

Never one to sit idle while the world passes her by, Jana is still hard at work playing her iconic blue fiddle in concerts both here in the U.S. and all around the world.

And when time permits she also loves teaching and mentoring aspiring musicians of all ages.

I recently had the opportunity to talk with Jana about her long and successful career and her abounding love of music.

Here are ten questions and answers with Jana Jae…

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Marty Stuart covers the Johnny Rivers classic “Poor Side of Town”

Posted on September 3, 2021

It’s common for artists to “cover” songs that were huge hits for other performers, but only rarely does the cover version do justice to the original.

Well I’m about to share one of those rare instances with you right now…

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Remembering Robby Steinhardt

Posted on July 20, 2021

Robby Steinhardt

“And all your money won’t another minute buy…“
     -–”Dust in the Wind” (Kansas)

Like many teenagers back in the day, I enjoyed listening to Rock music.

And during that period of the 1970’s American Rock was anchored by the group Kansas, a close-knit group of singers and musicians whose vocals and instrumental work blended together on a level that seemed to approach perfection.

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“The Cry of The Heart”

Posted on June 27, 2021

“You know, there’s really only three female singers in the world: Barbra Streisand, Linda Ronstadt, and Connie Smith. The rest of us are only pretending.“
     -–Dolly Parton

That’s some pretty high praise right there, especially coming from someone who is a Country Music giant herself.

You could easily convince me that Dolly’s exaggerating a bit with the “The rest of us are only pretending” part, but…

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Video: Watch these ‘Cotton Pickin Kids’ perform the ‘Foggy Mountain Breakdown’…

Posted on June 6, 2021

Living (and loving) Life

If you’re a fan of Bluegrass Music you’re surely aware that most Bluegrass musicians play multiple instruments, and they play them all extremely well.

I’m always amazed at the mastery these talented men and women display while playing whatever stringed instrument they happen to have in their hands at the time.

But what amazes me most of all is the way some youngsters take to music like a fish takes to water.

Today’s inspiring video features a prime example: The Cotton Pickin Kids performing their own rendition of the Bluegrass classic “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” .

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