For the first time in 50 years, the American Bluegrass Masters Tour unites Grand Ole Opry legend Bobby Osborne and Grammy Winner JD Crowe, along with Richard Bennett, Curtis Burch, Dean Osborne, Bobby Osborne Jr., and J.P. Mathes and the Kentucky School of Bluegrass & Traditional Music Ensemble. For more information visit http://www.opus3artists.com/artists/american-bluegrass-masters-tour.
Next week is the 15th Annual Osborne Brothers Hometown Festival. Come out and see Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press, along with many others July 31 - August 2. For more information visit www.osbornebrosfestival.com
The Wheeling, West Virginia Jamboree date has been pushed up from April 12th to April 19th.
In 1933, the Wheeling Jamboree was started. The show ran for 72 years, until in 2005 when the Wheeling Capitol Music hall changed owners. Now, three years later, the Wheeling Jamboree has started again. The first show will be Saturday, April the 12th, and will be held at the Wesbanco Arena. The show will also be broadcast over 1170 WWVA. Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press are scheduled to perform there. Showtimes will be posted on the schedule on the tour dates page.
A few updates. The first being that Music Makin’ Man is now #19 in the Bluegrass Unlimited charts, and the record, Bluegrass Melodies is #15 in the album charts from BU. The second update are two new sets of pictures in 2007. Enjoy.