Jun 27, 2022
This week we are featuring fiddler Richard Greene. Richard grew up in Los Angeles and was part of the early bluegrass scene in Southern California. Most bluegrass fans are aware that he later went on to play with Bill Monroe, Seatrain, Muleskinner, Old and in the Way, The Grass is Greener and many more. He has had a...
Jun 21, 2022
This week we feature writer, author, performer and historian Neil Rosenberg. Our June issue focuses on early California bluegrass and one of the earliest bluegrass bands in northern California was a band Neil was in called the Redwood Canyon Ramblers. We talk with Neil today about the time he spent with that band and...
Jun 14, 2022
This week we feature Dobro player LeRoy McNees, who is also known as LeRoy Mack. Our June issue focuses on early California bluegrass and and one of the earliest bluegrass bands in southern California was the Country Boys, who later changed their name to the Kentucky Colonels. LeRoy was the Dobro player in that band...
Jun 7, 2022
This week we feature Rodney Dillard. Our June issue focuses on early California bluegrass and the Dillards were right in the middle of what was happening in the Los Angeles music scene starting when they moved out there from Missouri in the early 1960s. Rodney talks about the early years of the Dillards in Los Angeles...