Bluegrass Jam Along

This interview is an extended version of the one that appeared in the first part of the Tony Rice Church Street Blues 40th anniversary celebration.

I talked to Wyatt for almost an hour and we covered some areas that weren't directly related to the Church Street Blues episode, but are fascinating as an insight into where Tony was around the time the album was recorded. Wyatt also shared some of his favourite memories of hanging out with Tony and making music together in the early 1980s, so I wanted to share the rest of it.

This is the first interview about Tony Wyatt has given since he passed. It was incredibly special to get to have this conversation and my thanks go to Wyatt for his generosity and warmth. I hope you enjoy this!

Matt

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Welcome to this week’s Bluegrass Briefing, a weekly series of episodes taking a look at what’s going on in the world of bluegrass.

Here are the links to stuff mentioned in this episode.

Pod news

• Bluegrass Jam Along YouTube channel
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Church Street News

• Rhiannon Giddens video

The Grass is New - new releases

• The Grass is New Spotify playlist

Scroll on Buddy

• The 'Whiskey Before Breakfast' Cover D-18: Bob Minner, Chris Eldridge, Bryan Sutton and Kenny Smith

Happy picking.

Matt

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Welcome to part 2 of the celebration to mark 40 years of  Tony Rice's classic album 'Church Street Blues'.

This episode focusses on people who were inspired by Tony and his music.

The full line up for this episode is:

1. Bob Minner
2. Jake Eddy
3. Justin Moses
4. Marcel Ardans
5. Scott Nygaard
6. Jason Keiser
7. @tony_units

If you missed part 1 (featuring Alison Krauss, Wyatt Rice, Mike Marshall and more) you'll find it here.

Here's Marcel's excellent free book of Tony Rice transcriptions (do pay something if you can afford to!)

Check out Phil's Tony Rice Instagram page @tony_units

This was such a joy to make - I hope you enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed making it.

Matt

Support the show

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Thanks to Bryan Sutton for his wonderful theme tune to Bluegrass Jam Along (and to Justin Moses for playing the fiddle!)

Bluegrass Jam Along is proud to be sponsored by Collings Guitars and Mandolins and Token premium guitar picks

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- Here's a list of all the Bluegrass Jam Along interviews

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Welcome to this week’s Bluegrass Briefing, a weekly series of episodes taking a look at what’s going on in the world of bluegrass.

Here are the links to stuff mentioned in this episode.

Pod news

• Tony Rice Church Street Blues 40th anniversary celebration part 1
• Dan Tyminski interview
• Chris Eldridge interview
• Sign up for email alerts

Church Street News

• Heart of the Ozarks Bluegrass Association
• My Name is Merle documentary
• Tony Rice Memorial Day Music Fest

The Grass is New - new releases

• The Grass is New Spotify playlist

Scroll on Buddy

• Billy Strings Played Tony Rice’s Guitar (Lessons With Marcel)

Happy picking.

Matt

Support the show

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Thanks to Bryan Sutton for his wonderful theme tune to Bluegrass Jam Along (and to Justin Moses for playing the fiddle!)

Bluegrass Jam Along is proud to be sponsored by Collings Guitars and Mandolins and Token premium guitar picks

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Welcome to the first of two very special episodes of Bluegrass Jam Along.

Tony Rice's classic album 'Church Street Blues' is 40 years old this year. To celebrate, I've spent the last 3 months interviewing people about it and this is part one of the results.

In this episode you'll hear from people who knew, played with, worked with and spent time with Tony, including an interview with Wyatt Rice, who was the only person other than Tony to play on 'Church Street Blues.' This is the first time Wyatt has really spoken publicly about Tony since he passed.

You'll also hear from Mike Marshall, who talks about 1750 Arch Street, the studio where this, and many other wonderful records were made.

The full line up for this episode is:

1. Tim Stafford
2. Wyatt Rice
3. Mike Marshall
4. Alison Krauss
5. Bryan Sutton
6. Chris Eldridge
7. Caroline Wright
   
   

Part two is out next week and features a whole host of great players who were inspired by Tony and his records. 

This was such a joy to make - I hope you enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed making it!

Matt

Support the show

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Thanks to Bryan Sutton for his wonderful theme tune to Bluegrass Jam Along (and to Justin Moses for playing the fiddle!)

Bluegrass Jam Along is proud to be sponsored by Collings Guitars and Mandolins and Token premium guitar picks

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- Free fiddle tune chord sheets

- Here's a list of all the Bluegrass Jam Along interviews

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Welcome to this week’s Bluegrass Briefing, a weekly series of episodes taking a look at what’s going on in the world of bluegrass.

Here are the links to stuff mentioned in this episode.

Pod news

• Rachel Baiman interview
• Sign up for email alerts

Church Street News

• Matt Flinner mandolin courses

The Grass is New - new releases

• The Grass is New Spotify playlist

Scroll on Buddy

• Billy Strings and Willie Nelson - California Sober

In my ears this week

• The Grass is New Spotify playlist

Happy picking.

Matt

Support the show

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Thanks to Bryan Sutton for his wonderful theme tune to Bluegrass Jam Along (and to Justin Moses for playing the fiddle!)

Bluegrass Jam Along is proud to be sponsored by Collings Guitars and Mandolins and Token premium guitar picks

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- Here's a list of all the Bluegrass Jam Along interviews

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My guest this week is singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Rachel Baiman.

We chat about Rachel's new record Common Nation of Sorrow, how she made the transition from being an instrumentalist to being a songwriter, how she re-imagined a little known John Hartford song for the new record, why it can be good to include covers on your records as a songwriter and much, much more.

This was such an interesting conversation. I hope you get as much out of it as I did!

Matt

More info on Rachel

Rachel's website - http://www.rachelbaiman.com/

Follow Rachel:

Instagram -  https://www.instagram.com/rachelbaiman/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Rachelbaimanmusic/

Rachel also mentioned a playlist of songs that inspired the production of Common Nation of Sorrow - you'll find it here on Spotify

Support the show

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Thanks to Bryan Sutton for his wonderful theme tune to Bluegrass Jam Along (and to Justin Moses for playing the fiddle!)

Bluegrass Jam Along is proud to be sponsored by Collings Guitars and Mandolins and Token premium guitar picks

- Sign up to get updates on new episodes

- Free fiddle tune chord sheets

- Here's a list of all the Bluegrass Jam Along interviews

- Follow Bluegrass Jam Along for regular updates:

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- Review us on Apple Podcasts

Welcome to this week’s Bluegrass Briefing, a weekly series of episodes taking a look at what’s going on in the world of bluegrass.

Here are the links to stuff mentioned in this episode.

Pod news

• Sign up for email alerts

The Grass is New - new releases

• The Grass is New Spotify playlist
• Tony Rice live recordings
  • Tony & Wyatt Rice - Together!
  • The Tony Rice Unit - A Beautiful New Year’s Eve
  • The Tony Rice Unit Live at the Birchmere

Scroll on Buddy

• Yamaha FG9
• Jake and Jordan - Roll on Buddy
• Toneslabs pick care video on instagram

In my ears this week

• The Grass is New Spotify playlist

Happy picking.

Matt

Support the show

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Thanks to Bryan Sutton for his wonderful theme tune to Bluegrass Jam Along (and to Justin Moses for playing the fiddle!)

Bluegrass Jam Along is proud to be sponsored by Collings Guitars and Mandolins and Token premium guitar picks

- Sign up to get updates on new episodes

- Free fiddle tune chord sheets

- Here's a list of all the Bluegrass Jam Along interviews

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Hi everybody.

I recently released two special episodes to celebrate Doc Watson's 100th birthday. I chatted to so many amazing people for them I ended up with almost 5 hours of content!

I'm aware not everyone has the time to listen to that much content, so I've decided to pull out some of the key bits and release them as standalone episodes, for those of you who'd like to hear these interviews separately.

This is the fascinating chat I had with Tim O'Brien. I hope you enjoy it!

If you already heard the Doc episodes then you've heard this - it's the same content. If not and this has whetted your appetite, you'll find them here:

Part 1

Part 2


Happy picking,
Matt

Support the show

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Thanks to Bryan Sutton for his wonderful theme tune to Bluegrass Jam Along (and to Justin Moses for playing the fiddle!)

Bluegrass Jam Along is proud to be sponsored by Collings Guitars and Mandolins and Token premium guitar picks

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- Free fiddle tune chord sheets

- Here's a list of all the Bluegrass Jam Along interviews

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Hi everybody.

I recently released two special episodes to celebrate Doc Watson's 100th birthday. I chatted to so many amazing people for them I ended up with almost 5 hours of content!

I'm aware not everyone has the time to listen to that much content, so I've decided to pull out some of the key bits and release them as standalone episodes, for those of you who'd like to hear these interviews separately.

Here's my chat with Doc's bass player T. Michael Coleman. I hope you enjoy it!

If you already heard the Doc episodes then you've heard this - it's the same content. If not and this has whetted your appetite, you'll find them here:

Part 1

Part 2


Happy picking,
Matt

Support the show

===

Thanks to Bryan Sutton for his wonderful theme tune to Bluegrass Jam Along (and to Justin Moses for playing the fiddle!)

Bluegrass Jam Along is proud to be sponsored by Collings Guitars and Mandolins and Token premium guitar picks

- Sign up to get updates on new episodes

- Free fiddle tune chord sheets

- Here's a list of all the Bluegrass Jam Along interviews

- Follow Bluegrass Jam Along for regular updates:

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- Review us on Apple Podcasts