- International Bluegrass Music Association
- ibma.org
- Pacific Bluegrass & Heritage Society
- Vancouver, BC; regular jams, workshops, concerts
- www.pacificbluegrass.bc.ca
- SPBGMA
- Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America
- www.spbgma.com
- Victoria Bluegrass Association
- www.victoriabluegrass.ca
- West Kootenay Bluegrass Society (Added 17 Dec 08)
- www.westkootenaybluegrass.com
- All Bluegrass (Modified 25 May 09)
- new message board from Pacific NW; listing jams & events, links
- allbluegrass.proboards.com/index.cgi?
- Banjo Hangout
- www.banjohangout.org/forum
- Banjo Lessons
- "Nine Pound Hammer", "Old Joe Clark", "John Hardy", "Little Maggie", "Salt River", "Sittin' On Top Of The World", "Pallet On The Floor", "Black Mountain Rag"; video, tab & MP3 (slow & fast); with Geoff Hohwald
- www.freeguitarvideos.com/banjo_lessons.html
- BanjoList
- zeppmusic.com/banjo
- Banjo Tabs
- Banjo Discussion List
- banjobluegrass.free.fr/Banjo_tabs.html
- Bluegrass Bass
- Yahoo groups - need to join list to read messages
- launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/bluegrass_bass
- Bluegrass Forum (Added 4 May 08)
- www.bluegrassforum.com/phpBB2
- Bluegrass Music Discussion List Archives
- lsv.uky.edu/archives/bgrass-l.html
- Bluegrass Works
- Forum; charts; reviews; profiles; news
- www.bluegrassworks.com
- CoMando List Archives
- CoMando - Mandolin Playing and Enjoyment - archived by week; searchable
- listserv.nodak.edu/archives/comando.html
- CyberGrass
- Forums; NewsBlog for bluegrass; top 10
- www.cybergrass.com
- FlatPick.com Forum
- Bluegrass guitar
- www.flatpickin.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=2
- FlatPick Guitar Playing Discussion List
- Searchable archives
- listserv.nodak.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A0=flatpick-l&D=1&F=&H=0&O=T&S=&T=1
- Mandolin Cafe Message Board (Modified 30 Sep 08)
- Search bluegrass category
- www.mandolincafe.com/forum
- Mudcat Cafe
- Digital Tradition Folk Song Database
- www.mudcat.org/threads.cfm
- ResoGuit-L
- www.elistas.com/list/resoguit-l/archive
- Talk Bass Forum
- New Bluegrass & Rockabilly forum
- www.talkbass.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=44
Instruments for Bluegrass
Banjo | Bass | Fiddle | Guitar | Mandolin | Dobro | Voice
- Banjo Addiction MP3s (Added 8 Dec 07)
- www.banjoaddiction.com/cgi-bin/listen.pl?Bluegrass
- Banjo Hangout
- www.banjohangout.org
- Banjo Lessons
- "Nine Pound Hammer", "Old Joe Clark", "John Hardy", "Little Maggie", "Salt River", "Sittin' On Top Of The World", "Pallet On The Floor", "Black Mountain Rag"; video, tab & MP3 (slow & fast); with Geoff Hohwald
- www.freeguitarvideos.com/banjo_lessons.html
- BanjoList
- zeppmusic.com/banjo
- Banjo Tabs
- banjobluegrass.free.fr/Banjo_tabs.html
- Banjo Used In Brain Surgery (Added 15 Oct 08)
- Eddie Adcock plays banjo during brain surgery to test success for treatment of hand tremor in plucking hand
- news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7665747.stm
- Banjo Video Lessons At Gibson (Added 29 Mar 07)
- www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Lessons
- Banjo Video Lessons with David Cavage (Added 13 Jun 09)
- davidcavage.blogspot.com
- Basic Techniques For Bluegrass Instruments
- General: improvisation, scales & modes, chords; how you learn; basic techniques for each instrument
- www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/bluegrass-songbook/bluegrass_instrument_methods.htm
- Bluegrass Banjo Tablatures
- www.bluegrassbanjo.org/bluetabs.html
- Bluegrass College
- tab, audio, video files; some free sample lessons
- www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/Bluegrass/main.jsp
- Canonical List of Banjo Jokes (Added 29 Nov 07)
- www.langston.com/Fun_People/1991/1991AAN.html
- Dr Banjo
- not just for banjo players; follow the Instructional Link: learning tools; basic skills; tips for practise, jamming, performing; banjo tabs
- www.drbanjo.com
- Folk Of The Wood 5-String Banjo Lessons
- notation/tab for beginner to advanced
- www.folkofthewood.com/page5304.htm
- Fretted Instruments Banjo MIDI (Added 22 May 08)
- www.frettedinstrumentsnyc.com/banjomusic.html
- Institute of American Music
- Banjo tablature, notation, mp3 formats; Blue Moon of Kentucky; Kentucky Waltz; Additional Tunes in pdf
- www.instituteofamericanmusic.com/fr-freesong.htm
- Instrumental Workshops
- Workshops, tablatures and MIDI files for guitar, mandolin, dobro, banjo; NWBN North West Bluegrass News
- www.g4uxd.talktalk.net/nwbn/workshop.htm
- Jay Buckey Tablature
- pdf format for multi-instruments
- www.jaybuckey.com/free_tablature.htm
- Lee Marcus Banjo TablEdit Files (Added 10 Apr 09)
- tef & Midi files
- bluegrassbanjo.org/marcus.html
- Mel Bay Banjo Sessions
- Gerald Jones: BG Chords; Wildwood Flower; & also Backup Banjo; Liberty; Whiskey Before Breakfast #1Whiskey Before Breakfast #2; Salty Dog; Angeline The Baker
- www.banjosessions.com
- Basic Techniques For Bluegrass Instruments
- General: improvisation, scales & modes, chords; how you learn; basic techniques for each instrument
- www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/bluegrass-songbook/bluegrass_instrument_methods.htm
- Bluegrass Bass Forum - Yahoo Group
- groups.google.com/group/bgBass-L?lnk=li
- Bluegrass College
- tab, audio, video files; some free sample lessons
- www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/Bluegrass/main.jsp
- How to Play Bluegrass Bass Fiddle
- also how to set up your bass
- www.projectsandhobbies.com/bluegrassbassfiddle.htm
- Institute of American Music
- Bass tablature, notation, mp3 formats; Kentucky Waltz; Additional Tunes in pdf
- www.instituteofamericanmusic.com/fr-freesong.htm
- Jay Buckey Tablature
- pdf format for multi-instruments
- www.jaybuckey.com/free_tablature.htm
- Music Potential - Scales & Chords For Bass
(Added 21 Feb 07)
- www.musicpotential.com/LESSONS/Upright%20Bass/Upright%20Bass.html
- Talk Bass Forum
- New Bluegrass & Rockabilly forum
- www.talkbass.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=44
- Basic Techniques For Bluegrass Instruments
- General: improvisation, scales & modes, chords; how you learn; basic techniques for each instrument
- www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/bluegrass-songbook/bluegrass_instrument_methods.htm
- Bluegrass College
- tab, audio, video files; some free sample lessons
- www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/Bluegrass/main.jsp
- Bluegrass Fiddle (Modified 29 Oct 07)
- Bluegrass Fiddle introduction
- www.fiddlingaround.co.uk/bluegrass
- Bluegrass Forum: Fiddle (Added 4 May 08)
- www.bluegrassforum.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=29
- Fiddle Hangout (Modified 26 Jul 08)
- Forum, mp3, video
- www.fiddlehangout.com/forum
- Fiddle Players' Discussion List - Search Archives
- listserv.brown.edu/archives/cgi-bin/wa?S1=FIDDLE-L
- Folk Of The Wood Fiddle Lessons
- notation/tab for beginner to advanced
- www.folkofthewood.com/page5306.htm
- Folkways: The Fiddle - Styles (Added 20 Jul 08)
- 26 min Real video; different fiddle styles in N. Carolina
- www.unctv.org/folkways/fiddle/index.html
- Institute of American Music
- Fiddle tablature, notation, mp3 formats; Blue Moon of Kentucky; Kentucky Waltz; Additional Tunes in pdf
- www.instituteofamericanmusic.com/fr-freesong.htm
- Jay Buckey Tablature
- pdf format for multi-instruments
- www.jaybuckey.com/free_tablature.htm
- Mel Bay Fiddle Sessions
- Edited by Stacy Phillips: Pig In The Pen; East Tennessee Blues; & also Boil The Cabbage Down: #1; #2;
- www.fiddlesessions.com
- World Fiddle Music (Modified 8 Nov 07)
- need to register free, for full site access; audio; videos (A Road To Columbus demo &Bluegrass intro); posture; left hand; ornamentation; bowing
- www.worldfiddlemusic.com
- Wendy's Favourite Fiddle Links (Added 4 May 08)
- www3.telus.net/On-LineMusicWorldofWendy/Fiddle.htm
- Basic Guitar Chord Chart (Added 22 Jan 09)
- www.freemusicstudy.com/basic-guitar-chord-chart.htm
- Basic Techniques For Bluegrass Instruments
- General: improvisation, scales & modes, chords; how you learn; basic techniques for each instrument
- www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/bluegrass-songbook/bluegrass_instrument_methods.htm
- Bluegrass College
- tab, audio, video files; some free sample lessons
- www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/Bluegrass/main.jsp
- Bluegrass Guitar Audio & Video Lessons At Gibson (Modified 2 Jan 08)
- www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Lessons/InstrumentLessons
- Bluegrass Guitar.com
- www.bluegrassguitar.com
- Bluegrass Guitar - Essential Riffs
- From Band In A Box site; gif format
- www.pgmusic.com/riffaday_bg.php
- Bluegrass Guitar Licks
- tabs
- www.oldschoolband.com/Licks-2.htm
- Bluegrass Guitar Riffs
- tabs & midi
- www.wholenote.com/lessons/lsubdir.asp?vb=0&s=1&i=16&rs=1
- Bluegrass Guitar Tabs
- "Nine Pound Hammer", "John Hardy", "Old Joe Clark", "Sally Goodin", "Salt River"; lesson, tab, MP3 (slow & fast); with Bert Casey
- www.freeguitarvideos.com/guitar_lessons_fp.html
- FlatPick.com Forum
- Bluegrass guitar
- www.flatpickin.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=2
- Flat Picker Hangout Forum (Added 27 Jan 09)
- www.flatpickerhangout.com
- FlatPick Guitar Playing Discussion List
- Searchable archives
- listserv.nodak.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A0=flatpick-l&D=1&F=&H=0&O=T&S=&T=1
- Flat Pick Jam Tabs
- pdf files; arranged by Brad Davis
- www.flatpick.com/flatpickjam
- Folk Of The Wood 6-String Guitar Lessons
- notation/tab for beginner to advanced
- www.folkofthewood.com/page5301.htm
- Guitar Tabs
- in TablEdit tef format
- banjobluegrass.free.fr/Guitar_tabs.html
- Institute of American Music (Modified 25 Jun 09)
- Guitar tablature, notation, mp3 formats; 50 Guitar notations; Blue Moon of Kentucky; Kentucky Waltz; Additional Tunes in pdf
- www.instituteofamericanmusic.com/fr-freesong.htm
- Instrumental Workshops
- Workshops, tablatures and MIDI files for guitar, mandolin, dobro, banjo; NWBN North West Bluegrass News
- www.g4uxd.talktalk.net/nwbn/workshop.htm
- Jay Buckey Tablature
- pdf format for multi-instruments
- www.jaybuckey.com/free_tablature.htm
- Mel Bay Guitar Sessions
- Joe Carr: BG Rhythm Guitar Basics; Steve Kaufman: Sally Gooden #1; #2; #3; #4; Just A Closer Walk With Thee; Girl I Left Behind Me; & also Gospel Church In The Wildwood
- www.guitarsessions.com
- Music Potential - Bluegrass Guitar Tab
(Added 21 Feb 07)
- www.musicpotential.com
- Basic Techniques For Bluegrass Instruments
- General: improvisation, scales & modes, chords; how you learn; basic techniques for each instrument
- www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/bluegrass-songbook/bluegrass_instrument_methods.htm
- Beginning Bluegrass Mandolin Lessons (Added 29 Jul 08)
- Videos by Tom Bekeny
www.5min.com/Mandolin
- Bluegrass College
- tab, audio, video files; some free sample lessons
- www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/Bluegrass/main.jsp
- Bluegrass Mandolin Home Page
- Articles; mandolin playing techniques; interviews with & tributes to some great mandolin players; 39 tunes in tablature gifs & MusEdit; mandolin licks; cartoons: Mandotunes & Evolution of Bluegrass Man; Niles Hokkanen catalog; links; hosted by John Baldry
- www.btinternet.com/~john.baldry/mando
- Bluegrass Mandolin Licks
- tabs with Bill Monroe influenced licks
- www.oldschoolband.com/Licks-1.htm
- Bluegrass Mandolin Video Lessons At Gibson (Added 29 Mar 07)
- www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Lessons/InstrumentLessons
- CoMando List Archives
- CoMando - Mandolin Playing and Enjoyment - archived by week; searchable
- listserv.nodak.edu/archives/comando.html
- Folk Of The Wood Mandolin Lessons
- notation/tab for beginner to advanced
- www.folkofthewood.com/page5296.htm
- Institute of American Music (Modified 25 Jun 09)
- Mandolin tablature, notation, mp3 formats; Blue Moon of Kentucky; Kentucky Waltz; Additional Tunes in pdf
- www.instituteofamericanmusic.com/fr-freesong.htm
- Instrumental Workshops
- Workshops, tablatures and MIDI files for guitar, mandolin, dobro, banjo; NWBN North West Bluegrass News
- www.g4uxd.talktalk.net/nwbn/workshop.htm
- Jay Buckey Tablature
- pdf format for multi-instruments
- www.jaybuckey.com/free_tablature.htm
- Mandolin Cafe Message Board (Modified 30 Sep 08)
- Categorized webpage discussion forum for all things mando
- www.mandolincafe.com/forum/index.php
- Mandolin Video Lessons At Gibson (Added 29 Mar 07)
- www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Lessons/InstrumentLessons
- Mando Tabs
- banjobluegrass.free.fr/Mando_tabs.html
- Mel Bay Mandolin Sessions (Modified 29 Oct 07)
- Building A Traditional Tune Repertoire by Wendy Anthony; notation, tablature, variations, tune info;
Fisher's Hornpipe;
St. Annes' Reel;
Salt Creek;
Bill Cheatham;
Ever See The Devil, Uncle Joe;
Temperance Reel;
Big Sciota;
Over The Waterfall;
Ragtime Annie;
Whiskey Before Breakfast;
Angeline The Baker;
Red Haired Boy;
Old Joe Clark;
Cluck Old Hen;
June Apple;
Sally Goodin';
Turkey In The Straw;
Cold Frosty Morning;
Flop-Eared Mule;
Mississippi Sawyer;
Blackberry Blossom;
The Girl I Left Behind Me
- www.mandolinsessions.com
- Music Potential - Bluegrass Mandolin Tab
(Added 21 Feb 07)
- www.musicpotential.com
- Basic Techniques For Bluegrass Instruments
- General: improvisation, scales & modes, chords; how you learn; basic techniques for each instrument
- www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/bluegrass-songbook/bluegrass_instrument_methods.htm
- Bluegrass College
- tab, audio, video files; some free sample lessons
- www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/Bluegrass/main.jsp
- Brad's Page Of Steel
- www.well.com/user/wellvis/steel.html
- Cindy Cashdollar Video Dobro Lessons at Gibson (Added 29 Mar 07)
- 5 min streaming video; Variations: Explorations in Minor, Swing and Rockabilly Styles; includes map of neck notes; Crosspicking
- www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Lessons/InstrumentLessons
- Dobro Rolls #1
- By Phil Leadbetter; #2
- www.guitarsessions.com/sep05/resonator.asp
- Folk Of The Wood Dobro Lessons
- www.folkofthewood.com/page5303.htm
- Instrumental Workshops
- Workshops, tablatures and MIDI files for guitar, mandolin, dobro, banjo; NWBN North West Bluegrass News
- www.g4uxd.talktalk.net/nwbn/workshop.htm
- Jay Buckey Tablature
- pdf format for multi-instruments
- www.jaybuckey.com/free_tablature.htm
- Mike Auldridge Sound & Video Room (Added 29 Mar 07)
- ram & wav formats
- www.mikeauldridge.com/audsmp.htm
- More Than You Really Wanted To Know About the Dobro (Modified 3 Jan 09)
- www.resoguit.com/kenbrown.html
- Online sample of Dobro Video Lesson with Ivan Rosenberg
- homepage.mac.com/chrispmanuel/learnrootsmusic/flash/flash_ui.html
- Planet Dobro
- www.mphase.com/planetd2.htm
- Scale Exercises For the Standard Tuned Resonator Guitar
- tabulation of exercises for commonly used keys G, C, D, and A; by Pete Reichwein
- www.strumhollow.com/reso_guitar_scale_exercises.htm
- Reso Hangout Forum (Added 27 Jan 09)
- www.resohangout.com/forum
- Resonator Guitar Tabs
- tunes & lessons by Ivan Rosenberg in PowerTab & pdf format
- www.ivanrosenberg.com/html/dobro_tab.html
- Resonator Guitar Tuning Variations
- from Folk Of The Wood
- www.folkofthewood.com/page3146.htm
- Resonator Guitar Website
- www.resoguit.com
- ResoGuit-L
- www.elistas.com/list/resoguit-l/archive
- Bluegrass College
- tab, audio, video files; some free sample lessons
- www.bluegrasscollege.org:8080/Bluegrass/main.jsp
- Bluegrass Forum: Vocals (Added 4 May 08)
- www.bluegrassforum.com/phpBB2
- Bluegrass Harmony Vocals (Added 2 Apr 07)
- www.traditionalmusic.co.uk
- Bluegrass Jamming: Lead Singing & Harmony (Added 4 May 08)
- users.ece.gatech.edu/~tom/roles.html
- Bluegrass Lyrics
- List of collected links
- www3.telus.net/On-LineMusicWorldofWendy/Bluegrass.htm#Lyrics
- Harmony Singing Notation (Added 4 May 08)
- pdf files with harmony parts notated
- www.jacktuttle.com/HarmonyVocals.htm
- iBluegrass Vocal Point Articles
- List of Related Vocal Point Articles 2000 - 2002
- www.ibluegrass.com/bg_posting3.CFM?p__i=761&p__r=&p__a=vocal
- Kinesthesia & Voice (Added 4 May 08)
- www.drogersvoice.com/kinesthesia.htm
- Max Hunter Folk Song Collection (Modified 26 Jul 08)
- lyrics; sound files in ram, MIDI & AIFF format; "an archive of almost 1600 Ozark Mountain folk songs, recorded between 1956 and 1976"
- maxhunter.missouristate.edu
- Singing & Playing An Instrument (Added 4 May 08)
- www.songwriter.com/susan/srarticle_2.html
- Singing: What To Eat & Drink (Added 4 May 08)
- www.songwriter.com/susan/srarticle_1.html
- Stage Fright & Singing (Added 4 May 08)
- www.songwriter.com/susan/srarticle_3.html
- Surviving Vocal Challenges (Added 4 May 08)
- allergies, singers' tea, water
- www.drogersvoice.com/allergy.htm
- Vocal Harmonies Discussion (Added 4 May 08)
- http://www.bluegrassworks.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2610&highlight=harmony
BG Lyrics
- 16 Tracks Bluegrass Lyrics
- lyrics, no tab
- www.16tracks.com/FreeTablature/index.html
- Barb Diederich's Bluegrass Lyrics Index
- Alphabetical index of bluegrass lyric websites
- home.comcast.net/~barb923/lyrics
- Bill Monroe Songbook
- 226 pages of Lyrics in pdf format
- www.geocities.com/Nashville/7990/GTBmonroe.htm
- Bluegrass Lyrics
- traditional bluegrass and early country music lyrics
- www.bluegrasslyrics.com
- Bluegrass Messengers Lyrics (Modified 25 May 09)
- Bluegrass and Oldtime Lyrics, with notes and discography
- www.bluegrassmessengers.com/bluegrass-lyrics.aspx
- Bluegrass Songbook (Modified 25 May 09)
- US mirror site of Motoya Kitagawa's Bluegrass Songbook, with some additions
- www.bluegrassnet.com/lyrics
- Bluegrass Song Archive
- www.musicpotential.com/songs/BLUEGRASS%20SONGS/bluegrass-index.html
- Carter Family Song Lyrics
- www.silcom.com/~peterf/ideas/carterdex.html
- Cowpie Song Corral
- Lyrics, some guitar tab with chords; choose an artist to list song titles; try under Traditional
- www.roughstock.com/cowpie/songs
- Gospel Music Archive
- lyrics and chords
- www.gospelmusic.org.uk
- Homeplace Bluegrass Songs With Chords (Added 4 May 08)
- www.homeplace.org.uk/songs%20with%20chords/songs%20with%20chords%20a-c.htm
- Institute Of American Music Lyrics
- Lyrics with music for a few each of bluegrass, oldtime & celtic
- www.instituteofamericanmusic.com/fr-50lyrics.htm
- Lyrics to Traditional & Bluegrass Songs
- www.runet.edu/~bluegrass/songlnk.html
- The Mudcat Cafe
- Digital Tradition database; lyrics searchengine
- www.mudcat.org
- Music Potential Jam Tune Chord Progressions
(Added 21 Feb 07)
- www.musicpotential.com
- Nashville Numbering System & Common Bluegrass Chords (Added 18 Apr 07)
- www.victoriabluegrass.ca/NNS.htm
- Bluegrass Now Online
- top 20 bestselling bluegrass albums list; DJ HotPicks; most popular BG Gospels songs list; BG Facts/Trivia; article introductions; feature article; Archives 2004-2005
- www.bluegrassnow.com
- Bluegrass Unlimited
- subscription Webzine; feature article online; bluegrass survey
- www.bluegrassmusic.com
- CyberGrass
- NewsBlog for bluegrass; forums; top 10
- www.cybergrass.com
- Rambles: Bluegrass Country
- Music Reviews
- www.rambles.net/bluegrass.html
Miscellaneous Bluegrass-Related Sites
- Barb Diederich's Handy Bluegrass Links
- home.comcast.net/%7Ebarb923/links
- Bill Monroe Tells His Mandolin Story
- 1:50 MP3 soundclip
- www.mandolinarchive.com/audio/73987/73987_monroe_mandolin_story.mp3
- Bluegrass Bios (Added 4 May 08)
- www.waynerice.com/bgbios
- Bluegrass Blog
- "Bluegrass news and information at the speed of ... well, bluegrass!
"
- thebluegrassblog.com
- Bluegrass Cartoons by Bob Wilson
(Added 16 Feb 07)
- www.s-w-b-a.com/bluegrass_cartoons.htm
- Bluegrass Definitions (Added 4 May 08)
- www.everything2.com/title/Bluegrass
- Bluegrass Links (Modified 26 Feb 08)
- Bluegrass/Old-time Audio On-Line, Mailing Lists & Newsgroups, Miscellaneous Bluegrass, Lyrics
- www.bigspikebluegrass.com/links.asp
- Bluegrass Mandolin Home Page
- Articles; mandolin playing techniques; interviews with & tributes to some great mandolin players; 39 tunes in tablature gifs & MusEdit; mandolin licks; cartoons: Mandotunes & Evolution of Bluegrass Man; Niles Hokkanen catalog; links; hosted by John Baldry
- www.btinternet.com/~john.baldry/mando
- Bluegrass News
- "Bluegrass News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net"
- www.topix.net/music/bluegrass
- Bluegrass Photos by Darwin Davidson
- Musicians & Bands
- www.darwindavidson.com/bluegrass.html
- Bluegrass Photos by Phil Zimmerman (Modified 26 Jun 09)
- Taken in the 1970's; Preview of photobook: Bluegrass Time
- www.bluegrasstime.com/pages/photos.html
- Bluegrass Photos by The Swamper (Added 26 Jun 08)
- Taken in the 1970's
- www.flickr.com/photos/swamper/sets/72157602274698894
- Bluegrass Quizes (Added 25 Jan 08)
- How Bluegrass Are You? & Do You Know Your Classic Bluegrass
- www.gotoquiz.com
- Bluegrass Works
- Forum; charts; reviews; profiles; news
- www.bluegrassworks.com
- Cultural Context of Bluegrass Music
- Dissertation by Don Depoy; "an examination of familiarity with bluegrass music, reported and tested preference for the music, and stereotypes elicited by bluegrass music"
- www.dondepoy.com/html/dissertation_introduction.html
- Difference Between Old-Time & Bluegrass
- www.dwightdiller.com/bluegrass.html
- Discography of Bluegrass Sound Recordings - from 1942 (Added 22 May 08)
- searchable database, by label, performer & title; some scanned album cover images
- www.ibiblio.org/hillwilliam/BGdiscography
- Dr Banjo
- Pete Wernick's page; not just for banjo players; follow the Instructional Link: learning tools; basic skills; tips for practise, jamming, performing; banjo tabs
- www.drbanjo.com
- Encyclopedia of Appalachia (Added 4 May 08)
- Bluegrass description
- www.utpress.org/Appalachia/EntryDisplay.php?EntryID=032
- Festival Camper's Advice
- "A (hopefully) Useful and (possibly) Humorous Guide to Tent Camping, Van Camping and Volunteering"
- www.oldmusicproject.com/Campers_Advice.html
- Introduction to Bluegrass Jamming
- By Tom Barnwell; covers: instruments, structure of a bluegrass song, backup, breaks, lead & harmony singing, song selection, jamming signals, jamming etiquette
- www.sebabluegrass.org/newsletter/a_intro_bgj_01.htm
- Jam Etiquette
- www.strumhollow.com/jam_etiquette.htm
- Jam Guidelines (Added 20 Jul 08)
- www.reinerfamilyband.com/fiddlehellmassac.html#Jamming
- Jamming Tips
- by Pete Wernick - Dr. Banjo
- www.drbanjo.com/instructional/instruct04-jam.html
- Joke: Bluegrass In Heaven (Added 29 Nov 07)
- www.langston.com/Fun_People/1992/1992AAA.html
- Mountain Jubilee Concert Series
- Promoting and organizing Bluegrass & Gospel concerts; Victoria, BC
- mountainjubilee.com
- Nashville Numbering System & Common Bluegrass Chords (Added 18 Apr 07)
- www.victoriabluegrass.ca/NNS.htm
- Nashville Number System
- www.gospelmusic.org.uk/resources/nashville_numbering.htm
- Picking Up Fiddle Tunes By Ear
At Jam Sessions
- www.joelmabus.com/fiddle_tunes_by_ear_handout.htm
- Random Bad Bluegrass Band Namer
- need help finding a unique band name? from Mandolin Cafe
- www.mandolincafe.com/archives/bandnames
- Remembering the Old Songs (Added 25 Nov 08)
- articles from "Inside Bluegras"; ballads & old-time songs
- www.lizlyle.lofgrens.org/RmOlSngs/OldSongs.html
- Tips From Musicians (Added 3 Dec 08)
- mp3 or podcast (for current ones) formats; Search all Tips
- bluegrasscountry.org/tips
- Wikipedia Bluegrass Entry (Added 4 May 08)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluegrass_music
- Women In Bluegrass
- Murphy Henry's Keynote Address IBMA Trade Show, October 22, 1998
- www.murphymethod.com/ibmatalk.cfm
- AllTabs Bluegrass Tablature list
- Traditional Bluegrass tunes for mandolin, guitar, fiddle & banjo; in TablEdit tef & MIDI format
- www.alltabs.com
- Banjo - Bluegrass Fiddle Tunes
- MIDIs
- www.angelfire.com/ks/banjosampler/blugras.html
- Banjo Hollow Tablature Archive
- Bluegrass, Celtic; TablEdit tef, MIDI format
- www.banjohollow.ic24.net/tabs.htm
- Banjo Music Midi Page (Added 17 Nov 07)
- homepage.ntlworld.com/g6unc-/midi7.htm
- Bernie's MIDI (Added 1 Apr 07)
- myweb.cableone.net/bernie/midi.html
- Bill Monroe at Digitial Library of Appalachia (Added 4 Jan 08)
- mp3; live performances at Roanoke Bluegrass Festival
- www.aca-dla.org
- Bluegrass Banjo tab
- prometheus.frii.com/~gnat/frii/banjo/tab
- Bluegrass & Old-Time Backup Band Midi (Added 25 Nov 07)
- Midi backup files; Choose instrument from list at left
- 62.131.235.156/bbb
- Bluegrass Banjo Tablatures
- www.bluegrassbanjo.org/bluetabs.html
- Bluegrass Guitar Riffs
- From Band In A Box site; gif format
- www.pgmusic.com/riffaday_bg.php
- Bluegrass MIDI
- www.geocities.com/Nashville/Opry/2130/midi.htm
- CDBaby Bluegrass Artists
- cdbaby.com/style/25/all
- Chords to Folk Songs
- folkguitar.us/chords/index.htm
- Fiddler's Companion
- Reference Database of historial and musical information about 100's of fiddle tunes
- www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/FCfiles.html
- Guitar Tabs
- in TablEdit tef format
- banjobluegrass.free.fr/Guitar_tabs.html
- Institute of American Music
- Free stuff: tablature, notation, mp3 formats; for banjo, mandolin, fiddle, guitar, bass
- www.instituteofamericanmusic.com
- Instrumental Workshops
- Workshops, tablatures and MIDI files for guitar, mandolin, dobro, banjo; NWBN North West Bluegrass News
- www.g4uxd.talktalk.net/nwbn/workshop.htm
- Jam Tune Chord Progressions
- www.musicpotential.com/songs/JAMTUNES/JAM_TUNES_Index.html
- Jack Tuttle MP3 Page (Added 29 Nov 07)
- www.jacktuttle.com/mp3.html
- JayBuckey-Music for Bluegrass Instruments
- http://www.jaybuckeymusic.com/sitemap.htm
- MandoZine's Bluegrass TablEdit Archives (Modified 11 May 09)
- Over 900 Bluegrass Tunes in TablEdit tef format; Essential Bluegrass Tune Lists suggested by CoMandoList members; Searchable database of over 2600 TablEdit tunes arranged for mandolin (TablEdit music files need free TefViewer to see/hear/play along with, in notation and/or tablature with MIDI, at your own speed, often with guitar & bass backup)
- www.mandozine.com/music/search_results.php?category=Bluegrass
- MandoZine's Bluegrass Gospel TablEdit Files (Modified 11 May 09)
- arranged for mandolin; (TablEdit music files need free TefViewer to see/hear/play along with, in notation and/or tablature with MIDI, at your own speed, often with guitar & bass backup)
- mandozine.com/music/gospel.php
- Mel Bay Banjo Sessions
- Gerald Jones: BG Chords; Wildwood Flower; & also Backup Banjo; Liberty; Whiskey Before Breakfast #1Whiskey Before Breakfast #2; Salty Dog; Angeline The Baker
- www.banjosessions.com
- Mel Bay Guitar Sessions
- Joe Carr: BG Rhythm Guitar Basics; Steve Kaufman: Sally Gooden #1; #2; #3; #4; Just A Closer Walk With Thee; Girl I Left Behind Me; & also Gospel Church In The Wildwood
- www.guitarsessions.com
- Mel Bay Mandolin Sessions
- Building A Traditional Tune Repertoire by Wendy Anthony; notation, tablature, variations, tune info; Fisher's Hornpipe; St. Annes' Reel; Salt Creek; Bill Cheatham; Miss McLeod's Reel; Temperance Reel; Big Sciota;
- www.mandolinsessions.com
- Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
- music samples from recordings; searchable
- www.folkways.si.edu/index.html
- WoodSongs Old Time Radio Hour
- Archived videos of live music by a variety of artists
- www.woodsongs.com/showlist.asp
- Virtual Bluegrass Band
- bluegrass & oldtime tunes arranged for banjo; MIDI, tef files, BandInTheBox formats
- homepage.ntlworld.com/d.k.marshall/index.htm
- BearFoot Bluegrass
- Alaska
- www.bearfootbluegrass.com/
- Bluegrass Bios (Added 4 May 08)
- www.waynerice.com/bgbios
- Clover Point Drifters
- Victoria, British Columbia
- www.cloverpointdrifters.com
- Foggyhog Town Boys
- Toronto, Ontario
- foggyhogtownboys.com/foggy/index.html
- Four Chords Of Wood
- Victoria, British Columbia
- www.fcow.net
- John Reischman & The Jaybirds
- Vancouver, British Columbia
- www.johnreischman.com
- Lost Highway
- California
- www.losthighwaybluegrass.com
- Photo Album Of Traditional Musicians 1961 - 2006 (Added 25 Nov 08)
- photos taken by Liz & Lyle Lofgren
- www.lizlyle.lofgrens.org/BrnSnift/PhotoAlbum.html
- Roland White
- Tennessee
- www.rolandwhite.com
BG Radio-on-the-Internet Links
(Note: As of May 15, 2007, the Copyright Royalty Board ruling regarding new royalties rates for Internet Radio may cause many Internet Radio stations to cease operations.)
- Bluegrass Breakdown
(Added 16 Feb 07)
- Nashville Public Radio; 58 minute shows Saturday 8 pm; lastest 2 programs available via mp3 broadcast
- www.wpln.org/bluegrass
- BluegrassCountry.org
- bluegrasscountry.org/programs
- Bluegrass Mix (Added 15 Feb 08)
- www.bluegrassmix.com
- Bluegrass Preservation Society
(Added 16 Feb 07)
- Podcast mp3 to download or feed; 11 - 2 hour show linked in archive; streams with Windows Media Player
- www.bluegrasspreservation.org/radioshow.aspx
- DeskTopGrass
(Added 16 Feb 07)
- www.live365.com/stations/255110
- Going Across the Mountain
- Bluegrass Radio Show; Saturdays 12 pm - 6 pm (EST); Spindale, NC
- www.wncw.org
- Live 365 Bluegrass Radio Stations
- list of free bluegrass internet radio stations
- www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?searchfields=TAC&genre=bluegrass
- Mandolin Radio
- launching 20 May 2006; hosted by Paul Lucas; 24 hours a day on Live 365 Radio; Bluegrass Mandolin - Sat at 3:00 pm CT & Thur at 7:30 pm
- www.mandolinradio.com
- MandoZine Radio
- MandoZine's newest project; mandolin-centric music 24 hours/day on Live 365 Radio; need to register as user to listen
- www.live365.com/stations/mandozine
- Planet Bluegrass Podcast
(Added 16 Feb 07)
- 15 minute, downloadable mp3 of podcast interview & music: Mike Marshall, Tim O'Brien
- www.bluegrass.com/podcast.html
- Uptown Bluegrass (Modified 25 May 09)
- 2 hr show every week; flash player format; weekly play list; hosted by George McKnight, Kamploops, BC; mp3 Archives
- www.uptownbluegrass.com/Home_Page.html
- WoodSongs Old Time Radio Hour
- Archived 1 hour videos of interviews & live music, by a variety of artists
- www.woodsongs.com/showlist.asp
- World Wide Bluegrass Radio
- Streaming Bluegrass Music 24 Hours a Day, Seven Days a Week
- www.worldwidebluegrass.com
- Andy Statman
- "Bill Cheatham"
- andystatman.org/SeeVid2.htm
- Banjo Used In Brain Surgery (Added 15 Oct 08)
- Eddie Adcock plays banjo during brain surgery to test success for treatment of hand tremor in plucking hand
- news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7665747.stm
- Bill Monroe & Bluegrass Boys
(Added 11 Feb 07)
- "Arkansas Traveler"
- vids.myspace.com
- Bill Monroe 1980
- "Kentucky Mandolin"
- www.unklebutchie.com/Media/Video/Kentucky.html
- Bill Monroe
(Added 11 Feb 07)
- "Old Dangerfield"
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxgj95rKtoc
- Bill Monroe 1985 Modified 25 May 09)
- "Pike County Breakdown"
- www.youtube.com/watch?gl=CA&hl=en&v=bzaA7vh3lAY
- Bill Monroe
(Modified 17 Jan 08)
- "Southern Flavor"; 1989 with Marty Stuart
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBjCN2EGrIw
- Bluegrass Library at YouTube (Added 20 Feb 08)
- ca.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=BluegrassLibrary&p=r
- Bluegrass Songs (Added 10 Oct 08)
- Bluegrass song list, arranged by chord progressions; includes Links To Videos
- www.banjohangout.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=80383
- Chord Hat - Jim & Fred
(Added 11 Feb 07)
- "Musical invention to assist harmonically impaired musicians to play the right chords"; "Soldier's Joy"
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=bexIdm0awwo
- David Long & Chris Sharp
- "Off Broadway" - St.Louis; 59 min
- video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2659505572064453960&q=bluegrass
- David Long & Chris Sharp
- "Off Broadway", St.Louis, 2005; house concert, 2-17-06; Bean Blossom, 2005; (Videos - The Barn & Front Porch links)
- johnhartford.org
- David Long & Mike Compton
- "Tell Me Pretty Mama"; "Every Humble Knee Must Bow"; "Gonna Save the King"; "Going To Live In Green Pastures"; "Big Indian Blues"; "The Old Ark's A Movin'"; "The Squirrel Hunters"; "Sittin' On Top Of The World"; house concert, 2-17-06 (Videos - Recent & Living Room links)
- johnhartford.org
- Folkways: The Fiddle - Styles (Added 20 Jul 08)
- 26 min Real video; different fiddle styles in N. Carolina
- www.unctv.org/folkways/fiddle/index.html
- Frank Wakefield - 2004
- Large files: 2002, 2001
- www.rentalfilm.com/AB8
- Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival (Added 25 Jan 08)
- PBS provides 2 videos from Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco; 2007
- http://www.pbs.org/klru/austin/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=158&Itemid=639
- John Reischman & The Jaybirds
(Added 11 Feb 07)
- River City Bluegrass Festival, Portland, OR 2007
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw_ESip7VsU
- Mandolin Symposium Kids 2004
- "Big Mon"; "Red Haired Boy"; "Salt Creek"; "Bury Me Beneath The Willow";
"Cluck Old Hen"; Recorded & hosted by John Baxter at MandoZine
- www.mandotunes.com/mandosym/mandosym2004
- Marty Stuart plays with Emmylou Harris & Johnny Cash (Modified 25 May 09)
- gospel song: "Where The Soul Of Men Never Dies"
- www.youtube.com/watch?gl=CA&hl=en&v=r7nV6pPuF-Q
- Mandolin Videos at Mandozine
- Bill Monroe, Ricky Skaggs (with Tony Rice & Flatt & Scruggs)
- www.mandotunes.com/mandovideos/index.php
- Merlefest 2001 Midnight Jam
- "Daybreak in Dixie"; Chris Thile, Sam Bush, David Grisman, Tony Rice, Vassar Clements
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvJFz1vLE54
- Mike Compton
(Added 19 Feb 07)
- "Dust in the Lane/Cotton Picking Time"; from Marion Thede book
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyXw5_u--p8
- Mike Compton
- "Frog On A Lilypad"
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex_RSzCiiPc
- Mike Compton
(Added 19 Feb 07)
- "Jenny Lynn"
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjecEywRBLk
- Mike Compton
- Lots
- www.mikecompton.net/index.php?page=Video
- New Grass Revival 1983
- "Saporro"
- video.google.com
- Orange Blossom Special with Vassar Clements (Added 14 Jan 08)
- with Del McCoury Band, featuring on fiddle: Vassar Clements, Jason Carter, Hunter Berry, Andy Leftwich, Stuart Duncan, James Price, Jim Van Cleve, Rhonda Vincent, Sara Watkins, Alison Krauss
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f_QySKfsgI
- Sam Bush Band
- "Same Old River"; need to login to verify over 18 years as YouTube's user community has deemed "This video may contain content that is inappropriate for some users"; same video as Woodsongs Radio Show #179
- www.youtube.com/?v=AW3wXySht6Y
- Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas & Arlen Roth
- Real Player format; 3 min 17 sec
- www.mphase.com/media/rothdouglas33kbs.ram
- Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour (Modified 29 Apr 09)
-
Dan Crary (#521), Dailey & Vincent (#518), The Grascals (#507), Railroad Earth (#505), The Del McCoury Band (#491, 273, 193), Takeharu Kunimoto & The Last Frontier (#489), The Hillbilly Gypsies (#486), Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet (#485), Russ Barenberg (#479), Tim O'Brien (#477), The SteelDrivers (#476), Rhonda Vincent & The Rage (#467, 303, 174), Red Wine (#457), The Greencards (#448, 354), Cherryholmes, JD Crowe, Ronnie Reno, and Kentucky Sassafras (#445), Don Rigsby & Midnight Call (#441), Brad Davis (#438), The Special Consensus (#437), The Kruger Brothers (#430), The Infamous Stringdusters (#425), Dale Ann Bradley (#422), J.D. Crowe & The New South (#445, 418), Chris Thile & The How To Grow A Band (#416), Mike Compton & David Long (#399), Butch Baldassari (#377), Cherryholmes Family (#445, 374), Chris Stuart & Backcountry (#353), Chris Thile (#516, 416, 287, 199), Del McCoury Band (#491, 273, 193), Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver (#234), Dry Branch Fire Squad (#240), The Greencards (#448, 354), J.D. Crowe & The New South (#445, 418, 293), Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum (#308), Leftover Salmon (#273), Mike Marshall (#287), Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys (#198), Rhonda Vincent & The Rage (#467, 303, 174), Ronnie McCoury (#193), Sam Bush (#179), The Wilders (#351), Yonder Mountain String Band (#202) ...
- www.woodsongs.com/showlist.asp
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