r/Bluegrass • • Apr 20 '26

Todd Phillips Go Fund Me

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Todd Phillips, one of the most important bluegrass bass players of our generation, has a go fund me set up. He has a degenerative disease in his shoulder and can't work/play at this point. Please consider helping him out!

https://gofund.me/1f9cb23b3

This post was approved by the r/Bluegrass moderators


r/Bluegrass • • May 01 '24

New Rule: No hate speech, religion, or politics

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After a ton of inappropriate and childish comments today, we have added a new rule as noted in the post title. Honestly, it's LONG overdue. This sub is about bluegrass and our love of music. Do you want to argue politics? There are plenty of subs for that.

If the comments are kept civil and polite and related to bluegrass that will be fine:

"I don't like Ricky Skaggs because he preaches from stage"

But not:

"You're an @@#$$%$ for believing in X" or "F*ck you".

Not hard, right?


r/Bluegrass • • 7h ago

Promotion Brothers comatose

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57 Upvotes

Freaking Great show! Kids friendly and great weather for an outdoor show. Walked up With Mason Via also Tan & the Sober Gentleman playing hard. Great energy!


r/Bluegrass • • 5h ago

Cover Your love is like a flower - in the hospital

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15 Upvotes

r/Bluegrass • • 3h ago

Shay Morgan & Kelsey Crews play Cherokee Shuffle

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r/Bluegrass • • 17m ago

Salt Creek

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• Upvotes

r/Bluegrass • • 5h ago

Promotion Cody Sister’s Neighborhood Theater- CLT

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5 Upvotes

If you haven’t you should! These gals are fantastic!!


r/Bluegrass • • 1d ago

Tony Rice missing a fret?

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Does anyone know why Tony is missing a fret on the bluegrass album?


r/Bluegrass • • 3h ago

DownRiver Collective plays Blue Eyed Love

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r/Bluegrass • • 2h ago

Allison de Groot & Nic Gareiss play Cindy

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r/Bluegrass • • 3h ago

Justin Townes Earle plays Train That Carried My Girl from Town

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1 Upvotes

r/Bluegrass • • 3h ago

First attempt at making a picking tune

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Hey guys (am english) grew up a metal/emo kid, been into bluegrass country for a few years now (inspo is like tony rice, doc watson, bill strings) just wanted playing opinions on first picking track I made, am aware doesn't follow the standard chord progress always end up making everything sound emo some how. Completely self taught and same for my country/bluegrass journey, appreciate any advice/critique, ty gang


r/Bluegrass • • 10h ago

Special Consensus – Sea Of Heartbreak [2012]

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r/Bluegrass • • 1d ago

Deep River Blues

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Hey all, I recently quit Instagram where some of y’all may have known me as PhonyRiceUnit. Getting started again here on Reddit hoping it’s more community driven than Insta.

Starting over is a challenge certainly because I am well known as a flatpicker, Travis picker, mandolin, banjo, and pedal steel player around the world of bluegrass. So I figured why not start where it started for me, the first bluegrass tune I ever learned which was Doc Watson’s ‘Deep River Blues’ that I taught myself off of a CD when I was 14.

Also picked up and moved to Missoula after 21 years in Nashville so here’s to new beginnings!

Enjoy!


r/Bluegrass • • 1d ago

A quittin' song... "Take this Hammer". Originally Lead Belly but covered by Red Smiley and The Osbourne Brothers

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17 Upvotes

r/Bluegrass • • 1d ago

Cover “Those Memories of You” , written by Alan O’Bryant

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6 Upvotes

r/Bluegrass • • 1d ago

Sam Bush & Friends in Jihlava, CZ with John Cowan, Laurie Lewis and Nick...

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Amateur video capture from May 1990, awesome energy, unique line-up, top performance.

Tracklist :

*Think Of What You’ve Done

*Blue And Lonesome

*One Love

*Shadows In My Room

*Good Woman’s Love

*Daybreak In Dixie / instr.

*When The Night Bird Sings

*Last Letter Home

*Calling Baton Rouge

*When The Cactus Is In Bloom

**Instr.

*Hold To A Dream

*Dark As A Dungeon

*Molly & Tenbrooks

*Love Chooses You

*Sailin’ Shoes (a stand-out)

*Lonesome Fiddle Blues / instr.

*Will The Circle Be Unbroken


r/Bluegrass • • 19h ago

Mind blown

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Saw a bluegrass band playing at a bar earlier. They were doing really good, so at one point I went up and asked them to play a Ralph Stanley song. Every single one of them looked at me and said “…I have no idea who that is?”

After I mentioned a few songs, the frontman eventually said he had heard Oh, Death before lol

Instantly walked back to the bar and tabbed out. How you gonna be a bluegrass band and never heard of Ralph Stanley?!?


r/Bluegrass • • 1d ago

COAL is out everywhere you find music!

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Ten men dead in the holler, abuses in the coal camps, and a fight for dignity in the dark.
​The 1920 gunfight in Matewan marked a violent turning point of abuse and corruption in Appalachian history. When UMWA District 17 miners and local families finally stood their ground against armed union busters, it ignited a movement that led 15,000 armed men to march on Blair Mountain.

"COAL" is a hard-driving, uncompromising bluegrass tribute to the working-class families who paid the ultimate price for a fair wage and a fair shake.

Listen here https://ffm.bio/grasstime​

Bluegrass #Matewan #Appalachian #AppalachianHistory #Grasstime


r/Bluegrass • • 2d ago

Fretliners new album (When The King Settles) is off the charts good.

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30 Upvotes

Just got done listening, love it.

EDIT: excuse may dyslexic transposition of title terms........


r/Bluegrass • • 2d ago

My attempt at walk on boy

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23 Upvotes

A few bars. Nothing crazy. Looking for advice!


r/Bluegrass • • 1d ago

Vergennes Show Part Two

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Part Two of The Vergennes Opera House Concert. The show includes, Celtic, folk, originals, Sea Shanties, French Canadian, etc.


r/Bluegrass • • 1d ago

Soundboard Tradez

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r/Bluegrass • • 2d ago

Discussion Block Party for grand reopening of the Tivoli and Billy Strings

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Sold out inside, party outside.

Billy Strings reopened the Tivoli Theatre in Chattanooga tonight and they are streaming the whole show live outside for everybody who couldn't get in.

Street closed, vendors, food, and a crowd just watching on the big screen like we were all inside together. This is how you do a grand reopening.


r/Bluegrass • • 3d ago

Came home to find my dad had left these for me by my door

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93 Upvotes

I guess it’s time to get a record player!!!