Sad news this morning...
https://www.facebook.com/people/JD-C...0050690010294/
RIP J.D.
Sad news this morning...
https://www.facebook.com/people/JD-C...0050690010294/
RIP J.D.
Charley
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Darn shame…condolences to his family and friends.
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Very sad. Prayers for his family.
RIP J.D.
Thoughts and prayers. Rest in peace
What a legend he was. RIP J.D. and hope Tony and you are playing some old New South or Bluegrass Album Band repertoire together. Crazy to think it was almost exactly a year ago (one day off) that Tony Rice died.
One by one the musicians who developed bluegrass in the late 1940's and early '50's, are lost. Sonny Osborne and now J D Crowe in rapid succession. These guys started playing as teenagers and "turned pro" before age 20. Their contributions to bluegrass music can't be over-estimated; the bandmates with whom they worked, as well as they themselves, are part of an all-time bluegrass "Who's Who."
If you get a chance to go hear any of those few surviving "first generation" bluegrass musicians, don't pass it up. Probably they won't sound the way they did in 1960 or even 2010, but so what? As an ol' geezer myself, I cherish the times I heard Monroe, Flatt, Scruggs, Bobby & Sonny, Ralph Stanley, Reno, Don Stover, Joe Val, the Lillys, Duffey, and others that aren't immediately coming to my 77-year-old mind.
I never saw J D live, but I've listened to him often; I sometimes see him as the skinny kid on the cover of an old, old Jimmy Martin Decca album. We're so damned lucky that the notes he played into a studio mic 70 or so years ago, can still be heard. I'm not certain there's an afterlife, but if so, you could put together one all-star band there; I'd pay for a ticket...
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Lost another giant, RIP. I hope his family has peace with his passing. The Rounder New South and the Bluegrass Album Band records are touchstones.
What a shock! I’m crushed! Rest well J.D.
Timothy F. Lewis
"If brains was lard, that boy couldn't grease a very big skillet" J.D. Clampett
Legends never die. Sending love to the Crowe family!
The story behind 0044; thought I'd share this:
https://thebluegrasssituation.com/re...yv4tpQbxCiq_9s
Another great one leaves us RIP. Time flies -- I feel older reading these comments (I'm 77 too!). We were both young men with long blonde hair when I first saw JD Crowe at the Red Slipper Lounge in Lexington, KY -- think it was 1972? Maybe '73? But hair notwithstanding only one of us could play the tar out of a banjo. The last time I saw him live was in like 2011 -- we both looked different. Pic of JD Crowe, Earl Taylor and Jim McCall from the 60's?
Bernie
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Due to current budgetary restrictions the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off -- sorry about the inconvenience.
I saw J.D. Crowe in Zurich at the Albisguetli in the year of 1999 (when I got my old Gibson guitar). It was a magical concert (with a magical opener by the Krüger Bros.). He had Phil Leadbetter (RIP; this year), Richard Bennet and Jimmy Geaudreau in his band. I forgot who was on bass. It could have been Markus Fritzsche (who is an incredible musician!!!).
Time flies. May J.D. Crowe rest in peace. At the age of 84 he had a good run.
Let´s try to play as good as he did.
Olaf
That’s Tim Spradlin in the photo with Earl Taylor and Jim McCall. Over the years I saw J.D. Crowe a few times at festivals and he was always friendly and approachable. His 60s album with Red Allen, “Bluegrass Holiday,” is one of my desert island recordings. RIP J.D.
This is a great Crowe biodoc if you can find it to watch.
https://www.ket.org/program/a-kentuc...d-crowe-story/
Scott
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The Lion in Winter
But Amsterdam was always good for grieving
And London never fails to leave me blue
And Paris never was my kinda town
So I walked around with the Ft. Worth Blues
I just ran across another video that ETSU's Dan Boner produced. It has a lot of discussion with JD and talks of different banjos, events. It was recorded back in Nov 2019 but appears to have been just released. 90-minute duration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYzGCUgogyk&t=4346s. (I see now above someone beat me to it!)
I just watched the vid grassroot posted. That's 51 minutes of priceless education, no matter what you play. RIP
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