URL to threads about J. D. Crowe. If I've missed any, please post them here.
https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/405977
https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/380025
https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/380082
https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/380073
https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/380111
Here's a bunch of interviews with J.D. Crowe that were posted on Bluegrass Today: https://bluegrasstoday.com/j-d-crowe-remembered-in-recent-interviews/\
https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/380923
https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/381266
https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/381660
https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/382022
https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/382137
https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/382163
https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/382357
https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/381496
https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/382906
https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/383085
https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/384176
https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/384176
https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/384813
https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/385320
https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/386555
https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/387683
https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/388904
https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/388883
https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/391042
https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/
https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/393194 (licks)
https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/393208 (backup)
https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/393506 (lesson)
https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/398628 video)
https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/400624 (video)
https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/400711 (lick)
https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/400711 (lick)
https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/402793
https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/405961
Edited by - Texasbanjo on 11/15/2025 08:17:31
The Nashville Tennessean newspaper did a 1/3 page article about Crowe's importance today. Sadly, they used a photo of Del McCoury...
Edited by - The Old Timer on 12/28/2021 13:00:03
I was actually just about to post about this same thing.
Though we are all human, it’s a very unfortunate mistake.
How is it possible that a newspaper in Nashville, of all places, would allow this to be published. They also pointed out that J.D. had won a Grammy for "his" song "Fireball". The source of the story was Associated Press, so that shoddy journalism is not surprising, but the Nashville paper still has a responsibility to get the details right before they publish. Moreover, the fact that a Nashville paper was unwilling to devote their own resources to the story is an insult to the memory of J.D. The editors there should be ashamed themselves.
Nashville still doesn’t embrace bluegrass music,, new country gets attention there, methinks.
If you didn't hear the Sirius/XM "Track by Track" with JD and Rickey Wasson three months ago, it's being replayed 3 times this weekend. All the tracks from the "new" CD that should come out by spring. LOTS of JD playing classic banjo stuff.
From Sirius/XM Bluegrass Junction Facebook page today.
During the month of January, it's the Best of '21 on Sidetracks with Kyle Cantrell! First up is "Crowe & Wasson," which had its World Premiere on Bluegrass Junction in October. Kyle talks with the late J.D. Crowe and Rickey Wasson for a show full of fantastic music and great memories. As a side note, this show marked J.D.s final interview (he passed away December 24). It's definitely one not to miss.
Friday (1/7) at 11 AM EST
Saturday (1/8) at 8 AM EST
Sunday (1/9) at Noon EST
Monday at (1/10) 9 PM EST
Also streaming on the SiriusXM App, now free for most subscribers. Download it and start listening today!
I heard it the first time it ran. You just couldn't ask for more as far as JD's picking.
I play clawhammer now. But, many many years ago, I broke into the banjo scene playing bluegrass. J.D. was one of my heroes. Brilliant player and arranger.
But, in reading some of the tributes, I've found myself slightly annoyed at the suggestion that he was, somehow, the first great innovator, e.g. drawing from the world of rock and beyond. For my money, the Dillards' 1968 Wheatstraw Suite was the first big breakout recording, with songs by Jesse Lee Kincaird, Lennon/McCartney, Tim Hardin, and out-of-the-box instrumentation with some electric banjo, strings, pedal steel and drums. To this day I love their version of She Sang Hymns Out of Tune.
Not to say that other folks were not doing some interesting material before Wheatstraw. Just sayin that J.D. was not the first.
Edited by - Matt Buckley on 01/14/2022 10:29:45
This is a nice set from 1986 I hadn't seen before...
youtube.com/watch?v=gUdLqqL7VCo
Don’t know if this has been posted yet.
ket.org/program/a-kentucky-tre...ry-14564/
I haven’t watched the whole thing yet but what I’ve seen looks good.
Edited by - Ron Lacey on 01/17/2022 06:08:32
This is a link to JD's last recording, intitled Crowe and Wasson. Just click the picture and it leads to the recording. Enjoy!
truegrassentertainment.com/
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Originally posted by chuckv97Nashville still doesn’t embrace bluegrass music,, new country gets attention there, methinks.
the new breed hasn't a clue what BG is and they don't care to know. For country music is even lost to the ages...... we can only count our blessings to have been born when we were,
Today would have been JD’s 85th birthday.
I just discovered the JD Crowe instrumental “Runaround”. What a great tune! He was such a tasteful player.
I agree with you one hundred percent. An error like that is inexcusable! It's also extremely disrespectful to his family, friends and fans! This makes me mad, and I'm a Canadian. JD Crowe deserved better than that. quote:
Originally posted by RB3How is it possible that a newspaper in Nashville, of all places, would allow this to be published. They also pointed out that J.D. had won a Grammy for "his" song "Fireball". The source of the story was Associated Press, so that shoddy journalism is not surprising, but the Nashville paper still has a responsibility to get the details right before they publish. Moreover, the fact that a Nashville paper was unwilling to devote their own resources to the story is an insult to the memory of J.D. The editors there should be ashamed themselves.
1975 at Corinth, NY , the last show on American soil before Tony, Jerry, and Ricky left the band.
youtu.be/Ant6LUsX1vo?si=2XaLo2751xXu_zco
Edited by - chuckv97 on 07/29/2024 23:25:40
I like the way JD hung out with the traveling crews going through Oklahoma and the local there. Daisy Street Station was my cousins band.
And they all acted like family high and low, good and bad, happy and sad together.
I thought I might pitch in on this thread some memories of J D that I have from festivals I attended years ago.
I have attached some pictures from the Festival at the Frontier Ranch in June of 1986. The show was a gathering of the Bluegrass Album Band. It consisted of J.D. Crowe, Doyle Lawson, Tony Rice, Jerry Douglas and the fiddle player ( whom I don't remember)
Hope you enjoy.
Here are some more memories. This was at the 18th Frontier Ranch Festival in Columbus Ohio in June of 1987.
The pictures are from a reunion of Jimmy Martin with Paul Williams, JD Crowe, and the bass player whom I don't remember...he may have been playing for the Seldom Scene or the Country Gentlemen...I don't remember.
Ok...last but not least. This is from the Festival at the Frontier Ranch in Columbus Ohio in June 1989.
This is a reunion of JD Crowe and the New South and present were JD Crowe, Ricky Skaggs, Tony Rice, and Bobby Hicks.
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Originally posted by 1lessHere are some more memories. This was at the 18th Frontier Ranch Festival in Columbus Ohio in June of 1987.
The pictures are from a reunion of Jimmy Martin with Paul Williams, JD Crowe, and the bass player whom I don't remember...he may have been playing for the Seldom Scene or the Country Gentlemen...I don't remember.
The bass player is Bill Yates.
