Acoustic Music Talk with Brad Apple

Brad Apple interviews Fred Travers of The Seldom Scene --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brad-apple/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brad-apple/support

Becky Buller and her band have definitely been making a name for themselves in recent years. Becky is a wonderful musician, singer, and songwriter. Her songs have been covered by a number of great artists, besides the original songs she has recorded with her own band. Becky sit down and talked by phone to Brad Apple recently about her career. Subjects covered include her latest singles and videos, instruments, songwriting, and much more. The Becky Buller Band is scheduled to make their Grand Ole Opry debut towards the end of May, depending on how things look with the COVID 19 pandemic at that time. Becky also performs a solo version of her single, The Barber's Fiddle. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brad-apple/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brad-apple/support

Russ Carson is one of the finest pickers in Bluegrass music today. Russ plays banjo with Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder and is a former member of Audie Blaylock and Redline. Russ sat down recently and talked with host, Brad Apple about his music career, life on the road with Kentucky Thunder, his youtube channel, 81Crowe, videography, banjos, and much, much more! Like many musicians currently, Russ talks about how the pandemic has affected touring and performing and what he's doing with his extra time. Oh, and Russ talks about his love for coffee! Be sure and listen to this great episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brad-apple/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brad-apple/support

For years Sammy Shelor has been one of the very best banjo players in the business. He's been named the IBMA banjo player of the year in 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 2012. He also was awarded the Steve Martin Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass Award in 2011. Sammy joined the Lonesome River Band in 1990, and in 1992, they won the IBMA album of the year award for Carrying The Tradition. After the last original member, Tim Austin, left the band in 1995, Shelor and Ronnie Bowman carried forward as the leaders of the band. When Bowman left, Shelor became the leader of the Lonesome River Band, and continues to deliver top notch excellence in their performances and recordings. Sammy recently joined host Brad Apple by phone to talk about his career. In this episode we learn about Sammy's beginnings, first bands including the Virginia Squires, playing a stint with a touring country band, and his eventual leading of the Lonesome River Band. Sammy also talks about how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the lives of touring musicians. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brad-apple/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brad-apple/support

Mark Newton is certainly no stranger to the world of Bluegrass Music. He's been in such bands as The Heights of Grass, Knoxville Grass, and the Virginia Squires, before leading his own Mark Newton Band. Mark's involvement in The Knoxville Grass' record, Painted Lady, is perhaps one of the early examples of what would become known as more contemporay bluegrass, followed by the great records made with the Virginia Squires along with Rickie and Ronnie Simpkins, and Sammy Shelor. Mark talks to Brad Apple about his musical journey from childhood, to becoming a professional touring musician, the work invovled, and the ups and downs. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brad-apple/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brad-apple/support

On this episode of Acoustic Music Talk: You've probaby heard him before even if you don't realize it. Herb Pedersen has been in many great bands, and sang and played on hundreds of other artists' records. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brad-apple/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brad-apple/support

On this episode of Acoustic Music Talk, we're delighted to interview Russ Tanner of the Skillet Lickers. If that name sounds familiar, it's because the Skillet Lickers have been around as a band for a long time. Russ' great grandfather, Gid Tanner, along with Riley Puckett, Clayton McMichen, Lowe Stokes, and others made up the original Skillet Lickers and recorded for Columbia Records and others back in the 1920s and 1930s. Russ talks about his great grandfather, other members of past and present Skillet Lickers, the music scene in Georgia, the early days of country music, and much more. Russ plays the fiddle in the current lineup of the Skillet Lickers, who still perform today. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brad-apple/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brad-apple/support

In Part Two of our interview with guitarist, singer, and songwriter, Richard Bennett, we discuss recording, Richard's choice of microphones, his preference of gathering musicians in the studio to record live together, his guitars, and much more! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brad-apple/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brad-apple/support

An Interview with Guitarist, Singer, and Songwriter, Richard Bennett of Flashback --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brad-apple/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brad-apple/support

Interview with Bluegrass Guitarist, Singer and Bandleader, David Peterson from Nashville, TN --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brad-apple/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brad-apple/support