http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/butch-baldassari-rip/ News at the speed of Bluegrass! Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:47:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/butch-baldassari-rip/comment-page-1/#comment-55471 Blaze Foley and Bill Neely Among Musicians To Be Enshrined In Austin Music Memorial | The 9513 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:10:52 +0000 http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/butch-baldassari-rip/#comment-55471 [...] American mandolinist Butch Baldassari passed away on Saturday from brain cancer. (via reader email) For most bluegrass fans, Butch first appeared on the scene in 1985 as a member of Weary Hearts, a band which also included fellow future luminaries Ron Block, Chris Jones and Mike Bub. He had a tenure with Lonesome Standard Time before launching the Nashville Mandolin Ensemble to recreate the music of the classic mandolin orchestras in 1991. [...] [...] American mandolinist Butch Baldassari passed away on Saturday from brain cancer. (via reader email) For most bluegrass fans, Butch first appeared on the scene in 1985 as a member of Weary Hearts, a band which also included fellow future luminaries Ron Block, Chris Jones and Mike Bub. He had a tenure with Lonesome Standard Time before launching the Nashville Mandolin Ensemble to recreate the music of the classic mandolin orchestras in 1991. [...]

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