written by Dorsey Dixon
recorded by the Louvin Brothers


https://youtu.be/qOZ5gRDXRVY

This is an old tear-jerker, as my Uncle Nick used to refer to them as. It's an old Gospel song written by Dorsey Dixon and recorded by many Country artists including the Louvin Brothers.

My uncle taught me to put feeling into music with tunes of this type and I never forgot this piece....

song writer unknown
recorded by Bill Monroe

https://youtu.be/BDy9Uu1HGdk


This is an old Bluegrass standard that I used to sit down and play a with wonderful Dobro musician I knew. He said that he liked my picking, (ha ha), I knew I wasn't any good, but back then I'd take complements where I could find them. This guy, who's name was Ken Harmon, was pretty good with that Dobro of...

recorded by Lester Flatt and Earl Scuggs
written by Jerry Organ and Tom James

https://youtu.be/V6msl5m386E


Even before I joined the Westman Jams, (a local Bluegrass Music themed Jam group.), I had always had a slight taste for Bluegrass. I remember when I first heard this tune and right away I had to learn it.

'On My Mind', written by Jerry Organ and Tom James, is...

written by Hillary Kanter and Even Stevens
recorded by Ricky Skaggs

https://youtu.be/WLp3P0xX4b8


In 1980 a young Bluegrass / Country artist hit the air waves for the first time on his own. Ricky Skaggs had been kicking around the music scene for quite a while, (starting when he was 10), but in 1980 he began his solo career and helped revitalize Country Music. Somewhere about that...

written by Frank Southern
recorded by Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs

https://youtu.be/aHPimREzyiE


There is something about Bluegrass, and by extension, Bluegrass-Gospel, that has always appealed to me. This style of music utilizes timing formats that, in other music genres, would be considered unacceptable. Bluegrass artists often take a line, in a song, and they will extend it on...