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Conversations: Béla Fleck & Earl Scruggs
Are legends simply born, or are they made? In an exclusive interview for BMI MusicWorld, renowned bluegrass-jazz synergist Béla Fleck sat down with revered five-string banjo godfather Earl Scruggs to discuss evasive and exhilarating composition processes, intertwined personal histories, and the virtuosic value of 10,000 hours. Béla Fleck (BF): So, you’ve been writing banjo tunes for a long time. What’s your writing process? Earl…
From MusicWorld, posted 4.06.09
Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Inducts Bob DiPiero, Flatt & Scruggs and Hank Williams, Jr.
NSAI Also Presents Annual Awards Bob DiPiero, Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs and Hank Williams, Jr. were honored for their songwriting contributions and welcomed to the esteemed ranks of the Nashville Songwriters Hall Fame during the 38th Annual Hall of Fame Dinner and Induction Ceremony held Sunday, October 14. Members of the Nashville songwriting and publishing community filled the ballroom of…
From News, posted 10.18.07
Earl Scruggs Brings Out the Best
A bunch of billies blend their genre-clashing talents on the latest bluegrass musical masterpiece, Earl Scruggs and Friends. There's British-billy Elton John joining the maestro in the down-home Elton/Bernie Taupin tour de fields "Country Comfort." Sounding anything like a "Sir," Elton launches visions of a rocker gone country, adorned not in glitter but in jeans, and rocking not on stage but in a wooden…
From MusicWorld, posted 5.31.02
Bluegrass Museum Honors Pioneers
More than 500 bluegrass professionals gathered in Owensboro, Kentucky, for the grand opening of the International Bluegrass Music Museum (IBMM) in Riverpark Center on April 11. Special guests included Kentucky Governor Paul E. Patton, Owensboro Mayor Waymond Morris and nearly two dozen "first generation" bluegrass musicians who helped create the genre. During a VIP reception after the ribbon-cutting ceremonies, musicians Sonny Osborne and Eddie Stubbs (of WSM) unveiled a…
From News, posted 4.16.02
CMA Announces 12 New Members to Hall of Fame
The Country Music Association has announced the 12 luminaries who will become the newest members of the coveted Country Music Hall of Fame. The 12 honorees include 10 special inductees selected earlier this year and two new members normally scheduled to be inducted for 2001. The special inductees are: The Delmore Brothers, The Everly Brothers, Don Gibson, Homer and Jethro, Waylon Jennings, The Jordanaires, Don Law, The Louvin Brothers,…
From News, posted 7.16.01
Marty Stuart
Need a renaissance man? Grammy-winning vocalist and instrumentalist, hit songwriter and producer, acclaimed photographer, writer-journalist - and Hollywood Hillbilly - that's Marty Stuart. Newly inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame, Stuart tallied hits on major labels and crafted such ambitious projects as his critically acclaimed concept album The Pilgrim. "My bedrock is all of the above, and what I'm doing at the moment,"…
From MusicWorld, posted 2.28.01
‘Golden Voices’ Sing at Tribute Show
More than a dozen BMI legends were big winners at the Second Annual Golden Voice Awards (6/12), saluting "men and women who have given country music her voice." Hosted by Bill Anderson and Jan Howard, the show featured performances by Billy Walker, Mandy Barnett, and Steve Wariner, among others. The award winners are chosen by about 100 voters, 71 of whom are Grand Ole…
From News, posted 6.12.00
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