Bluegrass piece on DC local news
Doug McElway is a popular television news anchor on WJLA, the ABC affiliate station in Washington, DC. He is also an accomplished bluegrass banjo player, a dedicated husband and father – and a daily reader of The Bluegrass Blog.
This past Tuesday (2/27), WJLA ran a precious piece Doug put together about his youngest son Alexander’s efforts to follow in his father’s footsteps – not in journalism, but in bluegrass music.
Doug agreed to let us publish the clip on The Bluegrass Blog, and I think a lot of folks will get a kick out of watching it. We may be seeing the debut of a future bluegrass prodigy!
It’s a large file, so if you are on a slow connection, you might want to click play and then pause to let it load before trying to watch.


Our friend Doug McKelway, who anchors the local news broadcasts for WJLA TV in Washington, DC, was invited...




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