We are sad to inform you that the 2020 Bluegrass Festival and Dutch Oven Rendezvous has been cancelled due to the danger of the coronavirus. Please join us for the 2021 festival on June 10-13, 2021. Have a safe spring and summer everyone!...
In an effort to reduce travel and social contact, all club activities are cancelled until further notice. We are still working behind the scenes to organize the Bluegrass Festival and Dutch Oven Rendezvous, and we are confident it will be on again this year....
Howdy past and present MCTAMA members, we just wanted to touch base with you to let you know about the annual MCTAMA meeting. It will be on Saturday December 14, 2019, 2pm to 5pm. The location will be the Richland Community Center. We will have......
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With great sadness we share. RIP Tony RiceSometime during Christmas morning while making his coffee, our dear friend and guitar hero Tony Rice passed from this life and made his swift journey to his heavenly home. It’s still quite a shock to the whole family. After talking with Tony’s wife Pam and their daughter India, they asked if I would make a statement on their behalf and give them some privacy to process during this difficult time. I was honored to help out. Tony is also survived by his brothers Wyatt and Ronnie, and all of you who loved his music and those who will continue to share it with others.
Tony Rice was the single most influential acoustic guitar player in the last 50 years. Many if not all of the Bluegrass guitar players of today would say that they cut their teeth on Tony Rice’s music. He loved hearing the next generation players play his licks. I think that’s where he got most of his joy as a player. With many IBMA Awards and a Grammy Award, Tony was a gracious recipient of the International Bluegrass Music Association’s highest honor as an inductee into their Hall of Fame in 2013.
Not only was Tony a brilliant guitar player but he was also one of the most stylistic lead vocalists in Bluegrass music history. When I joined the group The New South in 1974, I knew I’d found a singing soul mate with Tony. Our voices blended like brothers. In 1980, we recorded the album 'Skaggs And Rice' for Sugar Hill as a tribute to our duet heroes with just the simplicity of guitar, mandolin, and our voices. All these years later people tell me how much the purity of that record still touches their heart. That’s who Tony was, a singer from the heart.
I will miss him as I’m sure all of you will. But where Tony is right now, he’s not missing us. He’s in the place that God has prepared for those who love Him and receive Him. Rest In Peace dear brother. Thank you for your great talent and the music that will continue to inspire more and more generations to come.
- Ricky Skaggs
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Sleepy Man Banjo Boys playing Dueling Banjos - Jonny (9 Banjo), Robbie (13 Fiddle(, and Tommy (14 Guitar) The Mizzone Brothers from New JerseyOur hearts go out to friends, musicians and bluegrass supporters, Ken and Jan Cartwright. The people and communities ravaged by the continuing fires are needing help and prayers.
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Bluegrass musician and luthier, Ken Cartwright and his wife Jan, saw their property devastated by a wildfire in the Santiam Canyon, east of Salem, OR.