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If you enjoy Country music you’re likely quite familiar with the music of Travis Tritt.
But you might be surprised to hear that Travis’ musical background expands far beyond Country.
In fact, he has performed as both a singer and musician in several musical genres, including Bluegrass.
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Ricky Skaggs is best known a successful Country music performer, but like many Country greats he actually got his start in the Bluegrass genre.
And like most of those Bluegrass-turned-Country stars, he first began making great music at a very young age.
I was checking out some videos on YouTube last night and stumbled across this gem featuring a 7 year old Ricky showing off his musical chops with none other than Bluegrass legends Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs.
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Most fans of Country and Bluegrass music know Marty Stuart as a master musician who excels on the guitar and mandolin, but truth be told he can play most anything with strings on it.
I was checking some videos last night when I happened upon one featuring Marty playing the timeless fiddle classic “Orange Blossom Special” on – you guessed it – a fiddle.
A while back I posted some videos featuring The Petersens Family Bluegrass Band, and they ended up being quite well received.
In the weeks since I posted the last one several folks have requested that I feature them again, and so I am…
The late Keith Whitley had a major Country hit with the song “When You Say Nothing At All”.
Not long after Keith’s single made its way up the charts, Alison Kraus followed it up with a wildly successful Bluegrass-inspired Country version of it as well.
Now, the Petersen siblings have put their very own pure Bluegrass spin on it, and I think it’s great. [Read more…]
A few days ago I featured The Petersens, a family Bluegrass band from the Missouri Ozarks performing a beautiful rendition of the John Denver classic “Take Me Home, Country Roads“.
That post received a lot of positive feedback, including several requests for me to feature more of this talented young group’s music.
Well, today it’s my pleasure to share another great performance by The Petersens. [Read more…]