Hi John! Thanks for the nice comment about Troy Castleberry and The Tennessee Gentlemen. I miss those guys and their music! Pick away! (6/19/2021)
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Hi John! Thanks for the nice comment about Troy Castleberry and The Tennessee Gentlemen. I miss those guys and their music! Pick away! (6/19/2021)
Injuries and illnesses have slowed them down for the past 15+ years. I miss them, too! I followed their work at festivals throughout the South for a long time.
Bluegrasshack
The COLLIERVILLE, TN, BLUEGRASS & OLD-TIME MUSIC JAM is a force to be reckoned with! This 15-year-old sweetheart of a jam just east of Memphis, TN, goes all year 'round. From mid-October to...
The Nashville Old-Time String Band Association (NOTSBA) has a delicious string band gathering coming up soon. Breakin' Up Winter is held annually on the first full weekend of March at Cedars of...
The Honey Dewdrops actually dropped by our regular Friday night jam and picked with us! They are wonderful!
Thanks, y'all! I found the same stuff when I googled about the mandolin player. The Google info was all about Gallagher and the other actor behind the counter...nothing about Ronnie and Jimmy. Still...
17 total syllables in a haiku: 5 in the first line, 7 in the second, and 5 in the last. No caps or punctuation required.
mandolin now still
master in eternal rest
angel band sweeter
Pick...
Who is the tall mando player in the Geico commercial with Gallagher smashing watermelons at a Farmer's Market?
The Collierville (TN) Historic Town Square Bluegrass & O-T Music Jam returns to the square on April 16, 2010, to begin our 11th great jammin' year. It's weekly on Fridays, 6:30-ish PM CDT 'til purty...
Timleo,
Collierville (TN) Historic Town Square Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Jam: Fridays 6:30-ish PM 'til purty late! All acoustic, all skill levels, bring instruments, family, lawn chairs and come...
Breakin' Up Winter 15 ~ Mar. 4-7, 2010
Location: Cedars of Lebanon State Park, Lebanon, TN, 30 mi. east of Nashville on I-40. Find the festival at Exit 238 and head south on US 231 six miles...
Major mandolin event, this tasting! Wonderful instruments, players, and hosts, who are Kevin and Donna Thompson. Splendid food and beverages--just a fine Sunday afternoon with great friends who know...
What wonderful memories and a storehouse of great mandolin music Butch left here for us--we loved and shall miss him. Our thoughts and prayers are with Sinclair and Blake.
Happy Birthday, Butch! The NW Bluegrass Assn. Yahoo! e-group told on ya! Now, the whole world knows it's your birthday! Your "Evergreen" means Christmas and glad tidings to me. Lucinda Cockrell's...
You'll always be welcome to jam with us on Friday nights in Collierville, TN, just east of Memphis. We're at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer at 3100 Houston Levee Road--for the winter. In...
The Collierville (TN) Fall and Winter Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Jam has moved indoors for the winter! Join us at Episcopal Church of the Redeemer at 3100 Houston Levee Road, just north of Landers...
Ever been to Breakin' Up Winter? It's at Cedars of Lebanon State Park, Lebanon, TN, annually on the first weekend of March. It's an old-time player's delight! What a weekend! It's filled with jammin'...
I would insert the name of the late Troy Castleberry, founder of the Tennessee Gentlemen, and one fine, fine mandolin player!
Hello Butch, Sinclair, and Blake! You're in our hearts and prayers! I don't play a note, but the mandolin (especially your style) soothes my soul. The bluegrass music world loves you and is praying...
Pickin' in the 'burbs of Memphis, TN: Fridays 6:30p CDT Collierville (TN) Historic Town Square Bluegrass & Old Time Music Jam -- Free, all skill levels, public invited, no...