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T. Michael Coleman
Thomas Michael Coleman (born January 3, 1951) is an American bass player of bluegrass and folk music. He is best known for work with Doc Watson and the Seldom Scene. Biography Doc Watson Coleman grew up in Mayodan, North Carolina, graduating from Madison-Mayodan High School in 1969 where he was a part of bluegrass and folk groups. After working as a sound technician each time Doc Watson came to nearby Appalachian State University, Coleman played bass with Doc Watson and his son Merle starting in 1974 and continuing until 1986. Coleman also toured with Doc Watson and David Holt during the final three years of Doc's life. Seldom Scene After his time with Watson, Coleman joined the Seldom Scene, replacing Tom Gray. Coleman was with The Seldom Scene from 1986 until 1995. There were initial objections to Coleman's use of an electric bass in the normally acoustic bluegrass lineup, but Coleman's playing fit the group's sound. Chesapeake After leaving the Seldom Scene, Coleman joined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Sutton
Bryan Sutton is an American musician. Primarily known as a flatpicking acoustic guitar player, Sutton also plays mandolin, banjo, ukulele, and electric guitar. He also sings and writes songs. Biography Early career Sutton's grandfather and father were regionally recognized fiddlers, and Sutton grew up playing in the family band, the Pisgah Pickers. In 1991, he played guitar for Karen Peck and New River, a gospel group. In 1993, he moved to Nashville. Ricky Skaggs Sutton first came to prominence in 1997 as lead guitarist in Ricky Skaggs' band Kentucky Thunder when Skaggs returned to bluegrass. Sutton eventually left the band to focus on session work. Hot Rize Bryan was asked to join the bluegrass quartet Hot Rize in 2002. He has toured and recorded with them ever since, and has only missed one show since they re-formed. Session work and touring In addition to Skaggs and Hot Rize, Sutton has toured with the Dixie Chicks, Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Béla Fleck, Hot Rize, Chr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Look Away!
''Look Away!'' is the title of a recording by Doc Watson and Merle Watson, released in 1978. ''Look Away!'' is out-of-print and was re-issued on CD in 2002 by Southern Music packaged with '' Lonesome Road!''. Allmusic entry for Lonesome Road/Look Away!/ref> Reception Writing for Allmusic, music critic Mark Allan wrote of the album "No album by this wonderful picker and his equally adept son could be without merit, although the material is not as consistently strong as they deserve." Track listing # "Florida Blues" (Traditional) – 1:45 # "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" (Bob Dylan) – 2:47 # "My Love Come Rolling Down" (Eric Von Schmidt) – 3:29 # "Gypsy Davie" (Traditional) – 3:25 # "'Rangement Blues" (Traditional) – 2:51 # " You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often" (Jenny Lou Carson) – 2:06 # "Blues in My Mind" ( Fred Rose) – 2:27 # "It's a Crazy World" (Mac McAnally) – 2:41 # " Under the Double Eagle" (Traditional) – 2:26 # "God Holds the Future" (Traditional) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lonesome Road (album)
''Lonesome Road'' is the title of a recording by Doc Watson and Merle Watson, released in 1977. ''Lonesome Road'' is out-of-print and was re-issued on CD in 1998 by BGO Records. It was also released in 2002 by Southern Music packaged with ''Look Away!''. Allmusic entry for Lonesome Road/Look Away!/ref> Reception Writing for Allmusic, music critic Jim Worbois wrote of the album "Doc does the country blues as well as anything else he does and this record is filled with some fine performances." Track listing # "I Recall a Gypsy Woman" (Bob McDill, Allen Reynolds) – 3:49 # "Minglewood Blues" (Noah Lewis) – 2:58 # "Mean Mama Blues" (Ernest Tubb) – 2:51 # "Look up Look Down That Lonesome Road" (Traditional) – 4:02 # "My Creole Belle" ( J. Bodewalt Lampe) – 2:42 # "Blue Railroad Train" ( Alton Delmore) – 2:18 # "Ain't Nobody's Fault But Mine" (Traditional) – 2:45 # "Stone Wall (Around My Heart)" (Pat Twitty) – 3:26 # "I Ain't Going Honky-Tonkn' Anymore" (Ernest Tubb) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doc And The Boys
''Doc and the Boys'' is the title of a recording by Doc Watson, released in 1976. ''Doc and the Boys'' is out-of-print and was re-issued in 2003 by Southern Music packaged with '' Live and Pickin'''. Track listing # "Darlin' Cory" (Traditional) – 2:38 # "Cypress Grove Blues" (Skip James) – 4:02 # "I Can't Help But Wonder (Where I'm Bound)" (Tom Paxton) – 2:54 # "The Girl I Love" (Traditional) – 2:41 # "Natural Born Gamblin' Man" (Tex Atchison, Merle Travis) – 2:24 # "Little Maggie" (Traditional) – 3:20 # "Love Please Come Home" (Leon Jackson) – 3:36 # "Spikedriver Blues" (Mississippi John Hurt) – 2:45 # "Southbound Passenger Train" (Traditional) – 2:23 # "Southern Lady" (John Hill) – 3:35 # "Tennessee Stud" (Jimmy Driftwood) – 4:42 #:Additional tracks on the Southern Music release: # "All I Have to Do Is Dream" ( Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant) – 3:08 Personnel *Doc Watson – vocals, guitar *Merle Watson – guitar, banjo * T. Michael Coleman – bass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Artists Records
United Artists Records was an American record label founded by Max E. Youngstein of United Artists in 1957 to issue movie soundtracks. The label expanded into other genres, such as easy listening, jazz, pop, and R&B. History Genres In 1959, United Artists released ''Forest of the Amazons,'' a cantata by Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos adapted from the music he composed for MGM's ''Green Mansions'', with the composer conducting the Symphony of the Air. Brazilian soprano Bidu Sayão was the featured soloist on the unusual recording, which was released on both LP and reel-to-reel tape. United Artists releases included soundtracks and cover versions from the James Bond movies, ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'' (1963), '' A Hard Day's Night'' starring the Beatles (1964), ''The Greatest Story Ever Told'' (1965), '' A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'' (1966), '' Fiddler on the Roof'' (1971), and '' Man of La Mancha'' (1972). The soundtrack album of United Art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memories (Doc Watson Album)
''Memories'' is the title of a studio album by American country music artist Doc Watson, released in 1975. It was originally released as a double- LP by United Artists Records. It peaked at No. 47 on Billboard Country Albums charts and No. 193 on the Pop Album charts. Guy Clark included a reference to Watson and his performance of "Columbus Stockade Blues" in the lyrics in his song "Dublin Blues": "I have seen the David, seen the Mona Lisa too, and I have heard Doc Watson play Columbus Stockade Blues." Sugar Hill re-issued ''Memories'' on CD in 1993. It has also been re-issued by Gott Discs. Track listing # "Rambling Hobo" (Doc Watson) – 1:55 # " Shady Grove" (Traditional) – 2:42 # "Wake Up, Little Maggie" ( Gaither Carlton, Doc Watson) – 2:53 # "Peartree" (Gaither Carlton, Doc Watson) – 2:21 # "Keep on the Sunny Side" (A. P. Carter, Gary Garett) – 2:09 # "Double File and Salt Creek" (Traditional) – 1:42 # "Curly Headed Baby" (Lillian Leatherman, Lucille Leatherma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grammy Award
The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the music industry worldwide. It was originally called the Gramophone Awards, as the trophy depicts a gilded Phonograph, gramophone. The Grammys are the first of the Big Three television networks, Big Three networks' major music awards held annually, and is considered one of the EGOT, four major annual American entertainment awards, alongside the Academy Awards (for films), the Emmy Awards (for television), and the Tony Awards (for theater). The 1st Annual Grammy Awards, first Grammy Awards ceremony was held on May 4, 1959, to honor the musical accomplishments of performers for the year 1958. After the 2011 ceremony, the Recording Academy overhauled many Grammy Award categories for 2012. History The Grammys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herb Pedersen
Herbert Joseph Pedersen (born April 27, 1944 in Berkeley, California) is an American musician, guitarist, banjo player, and singer-songwriter who has played a variety of musical styles over the past fifty years including Country music, country, Bluegrass music, bluegrass, progressive bluegrass, Folk music, folk, folk rock, country rock, and has worked with numerous musicians in many different bands. Biography Pedersen often performs with Chris Hillman, and both were once members of the Desert Rose Band. Pedersen also fronted his own band called the Laurel Canyon Ramblers. Besides this, Pedersen has also worked with the following musicians and groups: John Fogerty, Mudcrutch, Pine Valley Boys, Michael Martin Murphey, Earl Scruggs, The Dillards, Smokey Grass Boys, Kentucky Colonels (band), The New Kentucky Colonels, Old & In the Way, David Grisman, Peter Rowan, Vassar Clements, Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, Skip Battin, Tony Rice, Dan Fogelberg, Stephen Stills, Linda Ronstadt, Kr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Ickes
Rob Ickes hymes with "bikes"is an American dobro (resonator guitar) player, born 1967 in San Francisco, California, United States. Ickes moved to Nashville in 1992 and joined the contemporary bluegrass band Blue Highway as a founding member in 1994. He currently collaborates with guitarist Trey Hensley, with whom he has released three albums. Ickes has been nominated for numerous Grammy Awards, winning two in 1994 for bluegrass and gospel albums he contributed to. Biography After spending 21 years as Blue Highway's dobro player, Ickes left the band in 2015. Currently, he records and performs with guitarist Trey Hensley. The duo has released three albums with Compass Records: ''World Full of Blues'' (2019), ''The Country Blues'' (2016), and ''Before the Sun Goes Down'' (2014). ''Before the Sun Goes Down'' was nominated for a Grammy in 2016. As a duo, Ickes and Hensley have performed and recorded with Taj Mahal, Tommy Emmanuel, David Grisman, Molly Tuttle, and Jorma Kaukonen & Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy Greene
Buddy Greene (born October 30, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, guitar player and harmonica player. Most of his recordings consist of gospel music with a distinctly Southern gospel flavor. Much of his music is influenced by country music and bluegrass music. Greene grew up in Macon, Georgia. He has written the music for many songs and also co-wrote the Christmas song "Mary, Did You Know?" with Mark Lowry; Greene also wrote "Recovering Pharisee" recorded by Del McCoury, and "He Is" recorded by Ashley Cleveland. He is considered a harmonica legend by many, and once played a classical harmonica medley at Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall ( ) is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It is at 881 Seventh Avenue (Manhattan), Seventh Avenue, occupying the east side of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street (Manhattan), 56th and 57th Street (Manhatta .... Discography *''Praise You, Lord'' (Fortress) - 1986 *''Praise Harmonica'' (Fortress) - 1987 *''Slice of Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Douglas
Gerald Calvin "Jerry" Douglas (born May 28, 1956) is an American Dobro and lap steel guitar player and record producer. Career In addition to his fourteen solo recordings, Douglas has played on more than 1,600 albums. As a sideman, he has recorded with artists as diverse as Garth Brooks, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Phish, Dolly Parton, Susan Ashton, Paul Simon, Mumford & Sons, Keb' Mo', Ricky Skaggs, Elvis Costello, Tommy Emmanuel, James Taylor and Johnny Mathis, as well as performing on the ''O Brother, Where Art Thou?'' soundtrack and the follow up "Down From the Mountain" tour with Alison Krauss and Union Station. He has collaborated with various groups including The Whites, New South (band), The Country Gentlemen, Strength in Numbers, and Elvis Costello's "Sugar Canes". From 1996 to 1998, Douglas was a member of The GrooveGrass Boyz. Douglas produced a number of records, including some at Sugar Hill Records. He oversaw albums by Alison Krauss, the Del McCoury Band, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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