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Bill Clifton (born William August Marburg; April 5, 1931) [1] is an American bluegrass musician and singer who is credited with having organized one of the first bluegrass festivals in the United States in 1961.
The Minnesota Bluegrass and Old-Time Music Association (MBOTMA) is a non-profit music organization based out of the U.S. state of Minnesota, founded in 1975. Its mission is to preserve and promote Bluegrass music and Old-Time music in and around Minnesota. The organization presents four annual festivals: Winter Bluegrass Weekend, Homegrown ...
The International Bluegrass Music Association, or IBMA, is a trade association to promote bluegrass music. Formed in 1985, IBMA established its first headquarters in Owensboro, Kentucky . In 1988 they announced plans to create the International Bluegrass Music Museum as a joint venture with RiverPark Center in Owensboro.
The song was named for Cumberland Gap, a narrow pass through the Cumberland Mountains, which was explored by Daniel Boone in the 1770s, as he blazed the Wilderness Road.In recognition of this heritage, the town of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, hosts the monthly "Cumberland Mountain Music Show", with live gospel, bluegrass, and country music.
January 10, 2011: Released a CD Project for Cracker Barrel with an all-star guest list called The Grascals & Friends – Country Classics with a Bluegrass Spin. Guest artists included: Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley , Charlie Daniels , Dolly Parton , The Oak Ridge Boys , Darryl Worley , Terri Clark , Randy Owen , Steven Seagal , Tom T. Hall , Joe ...
A subsequent line up also included Steve Spurgin and John Moore. That band later became known as California. [2] California was named the International Bluegrass Music Association Instrumental Group of the Year in 1992, 1993, and 1994. In April 1995, Berline moved to Guthrie, Oklahoma, to open a fiddle shop called "Double Stop". From the jam ...
The group's first project, It's a Long, Long Road, "spent six months at the top of the Bluegrass Unlimited charts and won IBMA's Album of the Year Award (1996)." [ 1 ] Jason Burleson, the original banjo player with the group and a multi-instrumentalist, is a native of Newland, North Carolina ., [ 1 ] Rob Ickes, a Northern California native ...
On September 26, 2019, Billy Strings was voted the International Bluegrass Music Association Guitar Player of the Year in Raleigh, North Carolina. His album Home won the Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards. In 2021, he joined Bill Kreutzmann's Billy & the Kids for a number of shows, along with James Casey (saxophone).