Show 24 - Laurel County Library

I hadn’t planned to post a recap until the end of the week but this one was unique. Through the years we’ve played at several libraries, they are great supporters of the arts. This particular library in London, KY has a full auditorium and hosts multiple programs a month from bluegrass to jazz to stage productions. This year we were 5 songs into our set when the tornado sirens went off and everyone was quickly moved into the inner part of the library. This region of Kentucky was decimated by tornadoes last year so everyone was a bit nervous. After waiting around 15 minutes we realized this wasn’t going to end anytime soon so we grabbed our instruments and restarted the show unplugged while in the shelter area! It turned out to be a great distraction for us all as we waited out the storm and before long we were all laughing and singing together. The tornado warning ended up lasting around an hour so when we finally got the all clear we wrapped the set up, having played fully 2/3rds of it in the shelter! Definitely a unique night but I think it’s what we all needed in that moment.

Up next we’re heading to Wisconsin!

Peter Rowan sharing some thoughts on the 1960's ''folk clubs'' and his first encounter with the Kentucky Colonels...

After a busy MerleFest 2026, Pete took time to sit down with me and David Tate and talk about various music related topics. In this short segment, the iconic poet, singer, philosopher gives an account of his initial meeting with the Kentucky Colonels..

My podcast guest this week is Jerry Douglas and we’re celebrating the reissue of Boone Creek’s first album.

Boone Creek has a fascinating story behind it, which we covered in last week’s interview with Scott Billington, who put together the reissue for Craft Recordings

In this episode I chat with Jerry about the place Boone Creek had in his career, his memories of the original sessions and what the band were trying to achieve, what it was like to hear the lost tracks for the first time in 50 years and how playing in Boone Creek helped shape the musician he is today.

As always, Jerry was warm, funny, generous and full of fascinating insights. It’s always a treat when I get to chat with him.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jerry-douglas-celebrating-boone-creek/id1556697198?i=1000777868776

There’s a version my guitar teacher is hunting with Andy Carlson with another guitar player. Anybody got any ideas?

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https://open.spotify.com/album/4GsmiuteVO9ZMPysyl5L34?si=_J9ANwN7Q7Gp5hIRD2RQ_A

Fair warning, I barely remember anything so the info I can give is VERY minimal and almost useless. I'm just hoping Reddit might be able to work its magic.

A few years ago my dad jokingly asked me to search up a Bluegrass Metal or Rock playlist (I can't remember which), and we ended up finding this band with a fairly hardcore bluegrass music style, more hardcore than what I've been able to find so far.

The titles of their songs were hilarious, I just can't remember any. Examples would be something like Hellfire Banjo (I'm sure one of their song titles involved some badass banjo lmao), or like Graveyard Bluegrass, idk, these just sound like the kind of names they could've come up with. They were just so random and out of pocket, we couldn't stop laughing.

The cover of this one specific album of theirs was pretty chaotic, with a lot of flames, very orange, black and red, and possibly including things related to the specific Bluegrass style.

I found a Reddit post here from 2 years ago about some Bluegrass Rock bands, couldn't get any answers but I did find some seriously funny band names like The String Cheese Incident. This is so amazing.

I'll take ANY guesses, please let me know what you think!! Thank you in advance to anyone kind enough to help!

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nO7xFSPfqrKTxr7BeagK2XZ5K-S3Z8ao4

It was another amazing year teaching at Chris Thile’s Acousticamp! For one of my tunes in the faculty concert I asked Chris if he would play Smoothie Song with me and he agreed! Truly so much fun, here’s a clip of the last time through the tune.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kv_7i2MJASO7Y-BG7GkGKqVkYOqEyGYX8

Hard to beat this classic.

***New release date Jul 21st and a new complete link. ***

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kK5_9DmuUvvie2D6wt_-1bvAeNRwdTS4Q

Hey everyone! Currently have a Martin 0002XE and am getting more into acoustic playing, specifically bluegrass (at least for now).

Is it worth getting another guitar, or should I stick with what I have?

Thanks!

In case you missed it! Enjoy!

Was it the lineup? The campground? The jam sessions? The people? Something else?