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Butch Robins Presents-Blue Grass Music, its Origin and Development as a Unique and Creative Art Form.
Butch Robins presents- Blue Grass Music, its Origin and Development as a Unique and Creative Art Form. In this 5 part video series, Butch Robins explains the fascinating history of Blue Grass music. He uses both recorded and live music … Continue reading
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Butch Robins presents the history of Blue Grass Music- Preview
I have known Butch Robins for several years now and never tire of hearing him talk about music, life, or whatever he wants to talk about. At times I would visit him and as soon as he got on a … Continue reading
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Tagged banjo, bill monroe, Blue Grass, bluegrass, Butch Robins, mandolin
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Highlights of the McConnell Library Appalachian Music Collection- Butch Robins Part 2
(Used with permission from Bud Bennett, photographer) I started the first part of the Butch Robins posting with a story about how and when I met Butch. Since this is the second part of the posting I will now continue … Continue reading
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Tagged banjo, bill monroe, bluegrass, Butch Robins, new river valley
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Highlights of the McConnell Library Appalachian Music Collection- Butch Robins PART 1
This will be part 1 of a multi-part post on local legend Butch Robins. In 1981, while a student at VPI, I had a show at WUVT, the college radio station there. The show was from 6:00-9:00 AM Monday mornings … Continue reading
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Tagged bill monroe, Butch Robins, sam bush
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Banjo Masters Interview Series- Previews
There are a lot of things I like about our Banjo Masters interview series. One of the first things that come to mind about that is how I really enjoy picking who to interview. My thought on that subject has always … Continue reading
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John Bullard Interview
For those who want to jump right to the interview- Part 1…… Part 2 As a banjo player, I have always been attracted to music that is a little out of the mainstream. For several years I played banjo in a … Continue reading
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Tagged bach on banjo, classical banjo, classical music, Fred Boyce, John Bullard, VCU
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Banjo Masters Interview Series
For the past two years, our Archives department has been conducting interviews of master banjo players and builders. As of now we have published interviews of Butch Robins, Sammy Shelor, Jens Kruger, and Tom Nechville. This is a fascinating and … Continue reading
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Highlights of the McConnell Library Appalachian Music Collection- Bill Keith
(photo copyright Fred Robbins, used by permission) William Bradford Keith (12/20/1939-10/23/2015) joined Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys in 1963. Bill Monroe called him Brad Keith because he didn’t want another person named Bill in the band. What he did want … Continue reading
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Highlights of the McConnell Library Appalachian Music Collection- Bela Fleck
Does anyone not recognize the name Bela Fleck? A show of hands? No one? OK good. Bela Fleck has touched so many types of music and musicians in his 55 years of life that he is probably known throughout them … Continue reading
Highlights of McConnell Library’s Appalachian Music Collection- John Hartford
(Used with permission from C.L. Garvin, photographer.) When I was younger, I had a very good friend, Billy. Billy was a lot older than me and he loved bluegrass music. He would play and loan his bluegrass records to me, … Continue reading
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