Enter our free giveaway and you may just be one of three lucky winners! The prize? A personalized "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" bundle from John McEuen himself. Each winner receives a signed "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" CD, John's "Made In Brooklyn" CD, a signed copy of John's new book "Will the Circle Be Unbroken: The Making of a Landmark Album", and a rare photo, signed (personalized).
About the book, John tells us, "The story, of a band’s young banjo picker who 'wanted to play with Earl Scruggs and Doc Watson someday', is told and shown here. How that five-year-old band (NGDB) took a risk on a ‘bluegrass’ recording, coming up to the high level of playing and singing needed, while still ‘young’."
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3/22/1892 - Charlie Poole is born in Spray, North Carolina. Read more....
3/21/1931 - Charlie Poole dies. Read more....
3/22/1952 - "The Dixie Dewdrop" Uncle Dave Macon dies in Murfreesboro, TN. His funeral was visited by more than five thousand people and his pallbearers include Roy Acuff and Bill Monroe. Read more....
3/19/1962 - Philippe Bourgeois born in "a little town in the east of France." Read more....
3/24/2003 - Acutab releases "Power Pickin' Vol. I Up the Neck Backup for Bluegrass Banjo" featuring Bill Evans. Read more....
3/25/2008 - Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder release "Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass - Tribute to 1946 and 1947". In 2009, the album wins the group the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album. Read more....
