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The Bluegrass Special with Wayne
Rice, Sundays, 10:00pm to 12 midnight
Now in it's 32nd year, the Bluegrass Special is Southern California's
only all-bluegrass music radio program featuring the best of today's bluegrass
music along with a mix of oldies, local artists and bluegrass gospel music.
It also features news and information about San Diego's bluegrass music
scene.
For an update on where you can hear bluegrass music
live in San Diego, click
here for THE BLUEGRASS BULLETIN BOARD...
Click
here to view the TOP 40 Bluegrass CD's of 2007
THE SAN DIEGO BLUEGRASS SOCIETY
"LIVE"
Hear San Diego's top local bands perform live in studio once-a-month
on KSON's Bluegrass Special ... on the Sunday before the 4th Tuesday
of each month (between 10:00 and 11:00 p.m.)!
About
Wayne Rice:
- Host of KSON's Bluegrass Special since 1976
- Former member of Brush
Arbor, a country/gospel group that recorded for Capitol Records
in the early 1970's and won the Academy of Country Music's Vocal Group
Of The Year Award for 1973. Plays 5-string banjo and guitar (and sings,
too!)
- Currently performs with a local San Diego Bluegrass band called Lighthouse.
- Recipient of the 1995 International Bluegrass Music Association's
"Broadcaster of the Year" award.
- Is also a well-known author, seaker and professor on the subject of
youth and family issues. He is the co-founder of an organization called
Youth Specialties, and
he is the founder of another organization called Understanding
Your Teenager.
- Visit Wayne's personal web site at www.waynerice.com.
You can e-mail Wayne at this address: wayne@kson.com.
About
Bluegrass Music:
Bluegrass music is a unique form of country music which was created in
the 1940's by the late Grand Ole Opry star Bill Monroe, also known
as "The Father of Bluegrass Music." The style was named for
Monroe's band The Bluegrass Boys and his home state of Kentucky. Other
bluegrass pioneers include Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, the Stanley
Brothers, Jim and Jesse McReynolds and the Osborne Brothers.
Bluegrass music has it's own distinctive sound. It is usually acoustic
(unplugged), and it primarily features the fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitar,
bass and dobro, along with tight-knit harmony singing. Famous bluegrass
songs include "Rocky Top", "Fox On The Run", "Foggy
Mountain Breakdown", "Man of Constant Sorrow" (from the
movie "O Brother Where Art Thou" and "Dueling Banjos"
(from the movie "Deliverance") Contemporary bluegrass stars
include Alison Krauss, Ricky Skaggs, Dolly Parton, Del McCoury, and
Rhonda Vincent. Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris, Joe Diffie, The
Dixie Chicks and Marty Stuart are among the many country artists
who began their musical careers in bluegrass.
There are numerous independent record labels which continue to produce
new bluegrass music. The largest of these are Rounder, Sugar Hill, Rebel,
Pinecastle and Skaggs Family Records.
The International Bluegrass Music Association
(IBMA), headquartered in Nashville, is the primary trade organization
for today's bluegrass music industry. The IBMA hosts it's annual "World
of Bluegrass" Trade Show and Fanfest in Nashville as well as the
IBMA Awards Show, the biggest night of the year for bluegrass music artists.
Locally, the San Diego Bluegrass Society, the North County Folk and Bluegrass
Music Club, and the Bluegrass Association of Southern California help
to promote the music and provide opportunities for fans and musicians
to get together.
Listen each week to the Bluegrass Special for the latest information
on where to hear bluegrass locally or check out our "Bluegrass
Bulletin Board" which is updated weekly.
Tricopolis
Records also has a very good web site featuring an updated list of
Southern California bluegrass events.
Regular
monthly events:
- 1st Tuesday of the month: The
North County Bluegrass and Folk Club presents bluegrass at Round
Table Pizza, Ash and Washington, Escondido (7-10 p.m.)
- 2nd Tuesday of the Month: The San Diego Bluegrass Society
presents bluegrass at Fuddruckers in La Mesa at the Grossmont Shopping
Center (6:30-9 p.m.)
- 3rd Tuesday of the Month: The San Diego Bluegrass Society
hosts an open mike and jam at Fuddrucker's, Chula Vista (340 3rd Ave.,
6:30-9 p.m.)
- 4th Tuesday of the month: The San Diego Bluegrass
Society hosts an open mike and jam at the Boll Weevil Restaurant
(7080 Miramar Road) in San Diego. (6:30-9 p.m.)
Organizations:
International Bluegrass
Music Association
Dan Hayes, Executive Director
2 Music Circle South, Suite 100
Nashville, TN 37203
Telephone: (888) GET-IBMA (438-4262)
E-mail: danh@ibma.org
San Diego Bluegrass Society
Dwight Worden, President
E-mail: dworden@adelphia.net
North County Bluegrass & Folk Club
Sandy Beesley, President
E-Mail: mzbeez@cox.ne
Bluegrass News & Information on the Internet: Check out TheBluegrassBlog.com
Publications:
Where
to buy Bluegrass CDs and Tapes:
- Acoustic Expressions (Now "Old Time Music" and the
"New Expression School of Music")
2852 University Avenue
San Diego, CA 92105
(619)280-9035
- Traditional Music
1410 N. Highway 101
Leucadia, CA 92024
(619)942-1622
- County Sales (Mail Order)
P.O. Box 191
Floyd, VA 24091
(540) 745-2001
Website: http://www.countysales.com
- Music Shed (Mail Order)
P.O. Box 456
Orlando, FL 32802
(800) 473-7773
Website: http://www.musicshed.com
- And of course, check record stores such as Tower Records, Borders,
Blockbuster Music and Wherehouse. Some carry a pretty good
selection.
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