Sugar Hill Records is an American
bluegrass and
Americana
Americana may refer to:
*Americana (music), a genre or style of American music
*Americana (culture), artifacts of the culture of the United States
Film, radio and television
* ''Americana'' (1992 TV series), a documentary series presented by J ...
record label.
It was founded in
Durham, North Carolina
Durham ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the county seat of Durham County, North Carolina, Durham County. Small portions of the city limits extend into Orange County, North Carolina, Orange County and Wake County, North Carol ...
in 1978 by Barry Poss
and
David Freeman, the owner of
County Records
County Records was a Virginia-based independent American record label founded by David Freeman in 1963. The label specialised in old-time and traditional bluegrass music.
History
Old-time music collector David Freeman started the County Record ...
and
Rebel Records
Rebel Records is an independent American record label based in Charlottesville, Virginia that specializes in bluegrass and old time music. The label was founded in Mount Rainier, Maryland in 1959 by Dick Freeland, Bill Carroll and Sonny Compton. ...
.
Poss acquired full control of Sugar Hill in 1980 and owned the label until 1998, when he sold it to the
Welk Music Group Welk Music Group is an American record company comprising Ranwood Records. It was founded by Lawrence Welk and is still owned by the Welk Family. The company evolved from when Welk's Teleklew Productions acquired Harry Von Tilzer Music in 1957.
Wel ...
, owner of
Vanguard Records
Vanguard Recording Society is an American record label set up in 1950 by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in New York City. It was a primarily classical label at its peak in the 1950s and 1960s, but also has a catalogue of recordings by a n ...
. Poss stayed on as president, and in 2002 was promoted to chairman. Sugar Hill remained in Durham until 2007, when Poss moved the label to
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the List of muni ...
.
Among the many notable artists who have released albums on the label are
Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek (formerly known as the Nickel Creek Band) is an American bluegrass band consisting of Chris Thile (mandolin), and siblings Sara Watkins (fiddle) and Sean Watkins (guitar). Formed in 1989 in Southern California, they released six alb ...
,
Doc Watson
Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson (March 3, 1923 – May 29, 2012) was an American guitarist, songwriter, and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues, and gospel music. Watson won seven Grammy awards as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. W ...
,
Townes Van Zandt
John Townes Van Zandt (March 7, 1944 – January 1, 1997) was an American singer-songwriter. ,
Ricky Skaggs
Rickie Lee Skaggs (born July 18, 1954), known professionally as Ricky Skaggs, is an American neotraditional country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar, ma ...
,
Guy Clark
Guy Charles Clark (November 6, 1941 – May 17, 2016) was an American folk and country singer-songwriter and luthier. He released more than 20 albums, and his songs have been recorded by other artists, including Jerry Jeff Walker, Jimmy Buffet ...
,
Robert Earl Keen
Robert Earl Keen (born January 11, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter and entertainer. Debuting with 1984's ''No Kinda Dancer'', the Houston native has recorded 20 full-length albums for both independent and major record labels. His songs ha ...
,
Sam Bush
Charles Samuel Bush (born April 13, 1952) is an American mandolinist who is considered an originator of progressive bluegrass music. In 2020, he was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame as a member of New Grass Revival.
...
and
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, philanthropist, and businesswoman, known primarily for her work in country music. After achieving success as a songwriter for others, Parton made her album d ...
. One of Parton's albums for Sugar Hill, ''
Halos & Horns
''Halos & Horns'' is the thirty-ninth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton. It was released on July 9, 2002, by Sugar Hill Records and Blue Eye Records. It is the third album in Parton's critically acclaimed bluegrass tri ...
'' (2002), included a song called "Sugar Hill", which she wrote as a tribute to the label. In 2008, Welk Music Group appointed
EMI
EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records Ltd. or simply EMI) was a British Transnational corporation, transnational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate founded in March 1 ...
as distributor of its labels including Sugar Hill.
In 2006, Sugar Hill executive Barry Poss won a Lifetime Achievement Award from the
Americana Music Association
The Americana Music Association is a not-for-profit trade organization advocating for American Roots Music around the world. It is a network for Americana artists, radio stations, record labels, publishers, and others with the goal of developi ...
.
The label was acquired by
Concord Bicycle Music
Concord Music Group was an American independent music company based in Beverly Hills, California, with worldwide (including the U.S.) distribution through Universal Music Group. The company specialized in recordings ( Fearless Records, Concord R ...
in April 2015.
It is not related to the
hip hop label of the same name.
Grammy Awards for Best Bluegrass Album
*1992 – ''Spring Training'',
Carl Jackson
Carl Eugene Jackson (born September 18, 1953) is an American country and bluegrass musician. Jackson's first Grammy was awarded in 1992 for his duet album with John Starling titled "Spring Training." In 2003 Jackson produced the Grammy Award-wi ...
and John Starling
*1994 – ''
Waitin' for the Hard Times to Go
''Waitin' for the Hard Times to Go'' is an album by the Nashville Bluegrass Band
The Nashville Bluegrass Band is an American bluegrass music ensemble founded in 1984.
The group's members first played together in 1984 as a backing band for Ve ...
'',
Nashville Bluegrass Band
The Nashville Bluegrass Band is an American bluegrass music ensemble founded in 1984.
The group's members first played together in 1984 as a backing band for Vernon Oxford and Minnie Pearl; each of the members was an established musician from t ...
*1995 – ''The Great Dobro Sessions'',
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 ...
and
Tut Taylor
Robert Arthur "Tut" Taylor Sr. (November 20, 1923 – April 9, 2015) was an American bluegrass musician.
Taylor played banjo and mandolin as a child, and began playing dobro at age 14, learning to use the instrument with a distinctive flat-pick ...
(producers)
*1996 – ''
Unleashed
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'', Nashville Bluegrass Band
*1997 – ''True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe'',
Todd Phillips
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(producer)
*2001 – ''
The Grass Is Blue
''The Grass Is Blue'' is the thirty-seventh solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton. It was released on October 26, 1999, by Sugar Hill and Blue Eye Records. The album won a Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album and " Travelin' P ...
'',
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, philanthropist, and businesswoman, known primarily for her work in country music. After achieving success as a songwriter for others, Parton made her album d ...
, Steve Buckingham (producer) and Gary Paczosa (engineer/mixer); Parton's first release on the label
*2006 – ''The Company We Keep'',
Del McCoury Band
The Del McCoury Band is a Grammy award-winning American bluegrass band.
History
Originally the band was called Del McCoury and the Dixie Pals with Del on guitar and his brother Jerry on bass. The band went through a number of changes in personn ...
Other Grammys
* 2002 – "Shine", from ''Little Sparrow'', Dolly Parton,
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance was first awarded in 1965, to Dottie West. The award has had several minor name changes:
*From 1965 to 1967 the award was known as Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female
*In 1 ...
* 2003 – ''
This Side
''This Side'' is the Grammy-winning third album by the progressive bluegrass band Nickel Creek, released on Sugar Hill in the summer of 2002. It gained attention in indie rock circles due to the group's recording of a Pavement song, "Spit on a ...
'',
Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek (formerly known as the Nickel Creek Band) is an American bluegrass band consisting of Chris Thile (mandolin), and siblings Sara Watkins (fiddle) and Sean Watkins (guitar). Formed in 1989 in Southern California, they released six alb ...
,
Alison Krauss
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(producer), and Gary Paczosa (engineer/mixer),
Best Contemporary Folk Album
* 2006 – ''Fiddler's Green'',
Tim O'Brien,
Best Traditional Folk Album
* 2007 – "Whiskey Before Breakfast", from ''Not Too Far from the Tree'',
Bryan Sutton
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Biography Early career
Sutton's grandfather and ...
and
Doc Watson
Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson (March 3, 1923 – May 29, 2012) was an American guitarist, songwriter, and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues, and gospel music. Watson won seven Grammy awards as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. W ...
,
Best Country Instrumental Performance
* 2010 – "Hummingbyrd" from ''Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions'',
Marty Stuart
John Marty Stuart (born September 30, 1958) is an American country and bluegrass music singer, songwriter, and musician. Active since 1968, Stuart initially toured with Lester Flatt, and then in Johnny Cash's road band before beginning work as a ...
,
Best Country Instrumental Performance
Roster
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Terry Allen
*
Acoustic Syndicate
*
Pat Alger
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Early ...
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Mike Auldridge
Mike Auldridge (December 30, 1938 – December 29, 2012) was an American Dobro player and a founding member of the bluegrass group The Seldom Scene. The ''New York Times'' described Auldridge as "one of the most distinctive dobro players in the ...
*
Austin Lounge Lizards
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Bad Livers
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Riley Baugus
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Early life
Baugus grew up in the Regular Baptist tradition, which gave him a solid foundation in unaccompanied singing. H ...
*
Black Prairie __NOTOC__
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History
The band began when Th ...
*
Byron Berline
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Life and career
Berline was born in Caldwell, Kansas ...
*
Alan Bibey
Alan Bibey (born August 24, 1964) is a mandolinist, singer, songwriter, and band leader in the bluegrass tradition.
Biography Early years
Bibey was raised in Walnut Cove, North Carolina. His dad and his mother's brothers were bluegrass musici ...
*
Blue Rose
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Boone Creek
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Sarah Borges
Sarah Borges is a rock and roll musician based in the Boston, Massachusetts, area, formerly signed to Sugar Hill Records. Her music has been described as "walking that fine line between punk and country". Borges' wide variety of influences a ...
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Ronnie Bowman
Ronnie Bowman (born July 9, 1961) is an American singer and composer of bluegrass music. Besides his solo albums, he is known for his work with the Lonesome River Band.
Biography Early years
A native of Mount Airy, North Carolina, Bowman sang gos ...
*
John C. Reilly
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Brother Boys
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Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (April 18, 1924 – September 10, 2005) was an American singer and multi-instrumentalist from Louisiana. He won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album in 1983 for his album, ''Alright Again!''.
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Br ...
*
Sam Bush
Charles Samuel Bush (born April 13, 1952) is an American mandolinist who is considered an originator of progressive bluegrass music. In 2020, he was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame as a member of New Grass Revival.
...
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BlueRidge
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California
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*
Chesapeake Chesapeake often refers to:
*Chesapeake people, a Native American tribe also known as the Chesepian
* The Chesapeake, a.k.a. Chesapeake Bay
*Delmarva Peninsula, also known as the Chesapeake Peninsula
Chesapeake may also refer to:
Populated plac ...
*
Guy Clark
Guy Charles Clark (November 6, 1941 – May 17, 2016) was an American folk and country singer-songwriter and luthier. He released more than 20 albums, and his songs have been recorded by other artists, including Jerry Jeff Walker, Jimmy Buffet ...
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Dudley Connell
Dudley Connell (born February 18, 1956) is an American singer in the bluegrass tradition. He is best known for his work with the Johnson Mountain Boys, Longview, and The Seldom Scene.
Biography Early years
Connell grew up in Rockville, Maryland. ...
*
Country Gentlemen
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John Cowan
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Dan Crary
Dan Crary ''(aka Deacon Dan Crary)'' was born September 29, 1939 in Kansas City, Kansas and is an American bluegrass guitarist. He helped re-establish flatpicked guitar as a prominent soloing bluegrass instrument. Crary is an innovator of the flat ...
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Mike Cross
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Rodney Crowell
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The Deep Dark Woods
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Grey DeLisle
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Don Dixon
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Donna the Buffalo
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A musician friend suggested "Dawn of the Buffalo" as a name for the band, which was misheard as "Donna the Buffalo" and, over thirty years ...
*
Jerry Douglas
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Career
In addition to his fourteen solo recordings, Douglas has played on more than 1,600 albums. As a sideman, he has ...
*
Casey Driessen
Casey Christopher Driessen (born December 6, 1978 in Owatonna, Minnesota, United States) is an American bluegrass fiddler and singer. He plays acoustic and electric five-string violins, each of which has an additional low C string.
He is a gr ...
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John Duffey
John Humbird Duffey Jr. (March 4, 1934 – December 10, 1996) was a Washington D.C. based bluegrass musician.
Duffey was born in Washington, D.C., and lived nearly all his life in the Washington D.C. area. He graduated from Bethesda-Chevy Cha ...
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The Duhks
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Jonathan Edwards
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Sara Evans
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Jeff Bridges
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Bridges comes from a prominent a ...
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Cathy Fink
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* Front Range
* The Gibson Brothers
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Good Ol' Persons
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The Gourds
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Pat Green
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The Greencards
The Greencards are an American progressive bluegrass band that formed in 2003 in Austin, Texas, and relocated in 2005 to Nashville, Tennessee. The band was founded by Englishman Eamon McLoughlin and Australians Kym Warner and Carol Young. ...
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David Grisman
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Aubrey Haynie
Aubrey Haynie (born March 27, 1974) is an American bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle and mandolin. In his career, he has recorded three studio albums for the Sugar Hill Records label, all three of which contained mostly songs that he wr ...
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Chris Hillman
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With frequent ...
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Hot Rize
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History
Hot ...
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Randy Howard
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Walter Hyatt
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Early life
Born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Walter Hyatt was ...
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Infamous Stringdusters
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Carl Jackson
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Wanda Jackson
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Sarah Jarosz
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Jewel
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Joey + Rory
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Marti Jones
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Early life
Marti ...
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Kathy Kallick
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Biography
Kallick's mother, Dodi Kallick, was a leading member of the Chicago-area folk music scene ...
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Robert Earl Keen
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King Mackerel
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Kukuruza
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In 1994, the ''Chicago Tribune'' said they were "among the top country groups of Eastern Europe and Russia". That same ...
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Barbara Lamb
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Sonny Landreth
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Grey Larsen
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Laurel Canyon Ramblers
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Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
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Albert Lee
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Lonesome River Band
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Lonesome Standard Time
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Mike Marshall &
Chris Thile
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Kathy Mattea
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Del McCoury Band
The Del McCoury Band is a Grammy award-winning American bluegrass band.
History
Originally the band was called Del McCoury and the Dixie Pals with Del on guitar and his brother Jerry on bass. The band went through a number of changes in personn ...
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James McMurtry
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Metamora
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Scott Miller
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Jim Mills
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Moe
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Allison Moorer
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Jimmy Murphy
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Mutual Admiration Society
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Nashville Bluegrass Band
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Bobbie Nelson
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Willie Nelson
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Tara Nevins
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New Grass Revival
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Nickel Creek
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Mollie O'Brien
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Tim O'Brien
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Maura O'Connell
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O'Connell was born in Ennis, the main to ...
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Osborne Brothers
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David Parmley
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Dolly Parton
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Tom Paxton
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Johnny Paycheck
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Herb Pedersen
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Positive Force
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Dirk Powell
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Psychograss
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Railroad Earth
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Ranch Romance
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Reckless Kelly
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Red Clay Ramblers The Red Clay Ramblers are a North Carolina-based band founded in Durham, North Carolina, performing continuously since their formation in 1972. The current touring band has been together since 1987, with Jack Herrick (trumpet, bass), Bland Simpson ...
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Red Stick Ramblers
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Lou Reid
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Biography Early life
Reid grew up on a tobacco farm in Moore Springs, North Carolina. His father ...
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Tony Rice
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Don Rigsby
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Biography Early years
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Peter Rowan
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Biography
Rowan was born in Wayland, Massachusetts to a musical family. From an early age, he had an interes ...
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Kevin Russell's Junker
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Martha Scanlan
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Darrell Scott
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Seldom Scene
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Sammy Shelor
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Biography Early years
The Shelor Family has a long banjo ...
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Ricky Skaggs
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Connie Smith
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Corey Smith
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Kenny Smith
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John Starling
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Marty Stuart
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Bryan Sutton
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Biography Early career
Sutton's grandfather and ...
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Sweethearts of the Rodeo
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Chris Thile
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Greg Trooper
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Uncle Kracker
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Uncle Walt's Band Uncle Walt's Band was an Americana band founded in Spartanburg, South Carolina by
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Sally Van Meter
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Townes Van Zandt
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Sean Watkins
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Doc Watson
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Merle Watson
Eddy Merle Watson (February 8, 1949 – October 23, 1985) was an American folk and bluegrass guitarist. He was best known for his performances with his father, Doc Watson. Merle played and recorded albums together with his father from age 15 unti ...
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Don Williams
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Brian Wright
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Lee Ann Womack
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(Former, transferred to
ATO Records)
See also
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List of record labels
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Welk Music Group Welk Music Group is an American record company comprising Ranwood Records. It was founded by Lawrence Welk and is still owned by the Welk Family. The company evolved from when Welk's Teleklew Productions acquired Harry Von Tilzer Music in 1957.
Wel ...
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Ranwood Records
Ranwood Records was an American record label started in 1968 by Randy Wood (after he left Dot Records) and Lawrence Welk. Lawrence Welk owned all of the recordings that he released on Dot as they were produced and manufactured by Teleklew Produc ...
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Vanguard Records
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1978 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1978.
Specific locations
* 1978 in British music
*1978 in Norwegian music
Specific genres
* 1978 in country music
* 1978 in heavy metal music
* 1978 in jazz
Events Janua ...
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1998 in music
References
External links
Official website
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Record labels established in 1978
Folk record labels
American country music record labels
Music of North Carolina
Bluegrass record labels
Companies based in Durham, North Carolina
American independent record labels