Uncle Earl
- 89% match to Blue Highway
Michigan, USA-based folk artists Jo Serrapere and KC Groves (Katherine Groves, 15 March 1971, Dearborn, Michigan, USA) founded Uncle Earl in 2000, merging contemporary stylings with bluegrass, folk, and old-time string band music. Along with singer Tahmineh Gueramy, they self-released their 2002 debut, She Went Upstairs, produced by bluegrass veteran Sally Van Meter. Subseq
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Bobby Van (7 December 1931; mandolin, vocals) and Sonny (b. 29 October 1937, both at Hyden, Kentucky, USA; banjo, vocals) formed this talented bluegrass duo. Bobby had played with the Lonesome Pine Fiddlers in 1949 and in 1951, they recorded as a duo with Jimmy Martin. During Bobbys military service in 1952, Sonny, though barely 15 years old, was playing and appearing
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Laurie Lewis
- 52% match to Blue Highway
28 September 1950, Long Beach, California, USA. Singer-songwriter, violinist and bass player Laurie Lewis is one of the American traditional music scenes most fêted practitioners. Lewis learned to play the violin as a child and, having fallen in love with traditional music, graduated to bluegrass fiddle in the early 70s. She played with the bands the Phantoms Of
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Joe Maphis
- 26% match to Blue Highway
Otis Wilson Maphis, 12 May 1921, near Suffolk, Virginia, USA, d. 27 June 1986, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. His father taught him to play the fiddle as a child and he was performing at local dances by the age of 10. By the time he was 16, Maphis was a featured musician on WBRA Richmond, where he also played guitar, mandolin and bass. During the 40s, he starred on several top c
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King Wilkie
- 19% match to Blue Highway
Coming from a bluegrass background, King Wilkie (named after Bill Monroes horse) create a modern sound technically removed from bluegrass, though its influence is still readily apparent in their acoustic folk/pop/country amalgam. The band came together in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, in 2003 with Reid Burgess (vocals/mandolin) and John McDonald (vocals/guitar) working
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