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Eddie Adcock - A pioneer of contemporary Bluegrass music, Eddie Adcock is one of Bluegrass' bonafide legends. One of the best-known and most distinctive of banjo and guitar players, Eddie is an innovator recognized for originating his own revolutionary style of playing, known – appropriately enough – as “Adcock Style”. He is one of the most influential banjoists in Bluegrass, almost singlehandedly introducing a progressive aspect to the music in the 1950's with the iconic "Classic" Country Gentlemen, and continuing to break ground in every decade thereafter. 'Country Music' Magazine calls this Bluegrass giant "legendary".
Early in Eddie's musical life, he was winning banjo contests. Later, he won such awards as Bluegrass Music's Entertainer of the Year
Martha Adcock - The Adcocks' duo features Martha's captivating, richly evocative vocals on lead and harmony. Hers is a prodigious gift that reveals great instinct of interpretation. "Make no mistake," says 'Bluegrass Now', "the clarity, passion and accuracy of Martha's leads easily place her among the top female singers in our business; maybe any business". 'Bluegrass Unlimited' calls her "an interpretive vocalist of the first rank". 'Country Song Roundup' describes her singing as "totally enchanting".
Adjectives describing Martha's rhythm guitar playing range from "sparkling" (from 'Frets') to "mean" (www.roundbarnjamboree.com), and she is praised as one of the most versatile and adept. Martha plays a powerhouse style, for a rock-solid solo rhythm section that is an important component of the Adcocks' sound. "Fast-becoming-legendary guitar work," says 'Tennessee Grassroots Music Newsletter'.
Adam Granger - Adam is the author of the definitive "Granger's 500 Fiddle Tunes for Guitar," Flatpicking Guitar Magazine columnist and a top flight flatpicker. Back for his fourth year, his understanding of the neck opens doors for all of us and his keen wit keeps us in stitches.
Bill Honker - .Bill Honker's bass style has been honed and seasoned by 30 years experience with groups ranging from traditional to progressive bluegrass, as well as country music and western swing groups. He has played with many of the groups which have defined bluegrass in the Oklahoma/Texas area, including Roanoke, the Lone Star Grass, Grounds for Divorce, the Cooke Brothers, the Stone Mountain Boys, Bill Grant and Delia Bell, and Billy Joe Foster and Special Edition. He currently anchors the Alan Munde Gazette. Bill's easygoing manner, thoughtful approach, and quick wit put students at ease and make him a favorite at bass workshops. www.AlanMundeGazette.com
Tim May - If you were not fortunate enough to have caught a show by the Nashville-based group Crucial Smith during its fifteen-year run, flatpicking guitarist Tim May has probably managed to fly under your flatpicking radar. If that is the case, then get ready for him to pop up on your screen and be added to your list of favorite flatpickers because he is starting to fly high. Guitar guru, toured with Patty Loveless promoting her bluegrass album, “Mountain Soul” and also played in Eddie Rabbitt’s “Hare-Trigger Band”. Tim has recorded three albums with “Crucial Smith”. He has been featured in “Flatpicking Guitar Magazine”, “Bluegrass Unlimited” and “Bluegrass Now”.
In the past couple of years he has toured with Patty Loveless, played on an all-star-cast Rounder project called Moody Bluegrass: A Nashville Tribute to he Moody Blues and recorded a bluegrass gospel project with Charlie Daniels. Additionally, FGM Records is getting ready to release Tim’s new solo CD and he is featured in a new FGM Records concert DVD with Brad Davis and Cody Kilby.
If you own the Flatpicking Favorites: Hot and Spicy CD and have listened to Cody Kilby and Tim May tear up “Lonesome Fiddle Blues,” you’ll know why Tim is now getting called to play so many prominent gigs in Nashville. As they say here in southwest Virginia, “The boy can pick!”
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