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Simon Mayor's Dead Sea Dance (No. 2)

During 2010, Buddy Merriam is celebrating 30 years in bluegrass. In a business like music, where bands, players and musical styles come and go, his bluegrass band Buddy Merriam and Back Roads has stuck it out.

Not only that, but instead of coasting, Merriam seems to be hitting the gas pedal. He's writing, performing and recording more than ever, and he has become the go-to guy for bluegrass music in the Northeast. Merriam's story is one of personal drive, Bill Monroe and lightning. MORE...

Adam Steffey		One More For The Road
Dan Levenson		Old-Time Festival Tunes for Fiddle and Mandolin
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Anyone who believes the old say­ing "They don’t make 'em like they used to." probably has never seen the work of Lynn Dudenbostel. A master luthier whose beautifully crafted F5 man­dolins based on the classic Gibson Lloyd Loar instrument fetch $30,000. Dude, as he is universally known, has become a true legend in the world of guitar and mandolin construction.

And yet his skill and success have come despite the fact that he showed no early interest in woodworking or instru­ment construction. "I never took a shop class in my life. I never put a chisel to wood until I was well out of college," he says in his soft East Tennessee drawl. A fascination with bluegrass propelled him into the world of great flattop guitars, carved-top mandolins and other fine musical instruments. MORE...

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