Why would a performer put together three hours of music with players he won’t see until the day of a show? “It’s as exciting as all get out,” explains Ben Majeska.
Leftover Salmon hosted a tribute to Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia on Saturday to kick off the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum exhibit 'Jerry Garcia: A Bluegrass Journey.'
Old and In the Way were (ironically) mostly not old – and certainly not at all in anyone’s way! – when they gathered in 1973 to play about 50 live shows. Fiddler Vassar Clements, born in 1928 and having joined Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys at 21, was still under 50. The other members of OAITW were only about 30 at the time, give or take a few years.