Page s Kitchen Guest Montage
Artwork: Bill Nelson
“Sometimes just a memory is all you have to call home.”
That profound lyric from Page Wilson s beloved theme song “Virginia”, rings especially true after an unimaginable year of change and loss and too much time spent apart. So it’s in that spirit that we welcome you home, to share the music and the memories of our friend Page Wilson, who left us a full decade ago, but who leaves us with now indelible memories of the magic he made in his make-believe lair in the Chickahominy Swamp.
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Tony Rice, guitarist who brought a touch of jazz to bluegrass, dies at 69
Terence McArdle, The Washington Post
Dec. 28, 2020
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Tony Rice performs in Bethesday, Md., in 2012.Photo for The Washington Post by Josh Sisk
Tony Rice, a virtuoso bluegrass guitarist and singer who collaborated with Ricky Skaggs, Jerry Garcia and Béla Fleck, and who, with mandolinist David Grisman, defined the synthesis of bluegrass, jazz and chamber music known as dawg music, died Dec. 25 at his home in Reidsville, N.C. He was 69.
His death was confirmed in a news release by Casey Campbell, a spokesman for the International Bluegrass Music Association, who did not give a cause of death.
Bluegrass guitarist/singer Tony Rice dies at 69
Sunday, December 27, 2020 – Bluegrass guitarist Tony Rice, a member of the International Bluegrass Hall of Fame, died on Christmas at the age of 69.
Rice died sometime Friday morning while making coffee, according to Ricky Skaggs, who played with Rice and released a statement on his behalf. 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.