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Today’s featured video showcases the musical talents of The Petersens, a family Bluegrass band from the Missouri Ozarks.
Every member of this group is a talented musician and singer, and together they produce some of the finest family harmonies around.
In this video they put a wonderful Bluegrass spin on the John Denver classic “Take Me Home, Country Roads”. [Read more…]
Ronnie Reno has delighted Bluegrass and Country Music fans as a performer, songwriter and television host for six decades.
In addition to recording and touring with his own band, he also performed alongside some of the biggest names in the music world – the Louvin Brothers, Merle Haggard, The Osborne Brothers, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Johnny Paycheck…the list just goes on and on.
If you’re a fan of traditional American music, it’s a good bet that Ronnie played a major role in shaping your musical experience.
I recently had the opportunity to speak with Ronnie about his life and long career performing in not one, but two genres of American music.
Here are ten questions and answers with Ronnie Reno…
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” .