Larry and Del take the stage
LarrySparks and Del McCoury singing Those Blue Eyes Don’t Sparkle Anymore. The old time way.
LarrySparks and Del McCoury singing Those Blue Eyes Don’t Sparkle Anymore. The old time way.
McCoury Music has four tracks from the upcoming Larry Sparks CD, The Last Suit You Wear, available for online listening on their MySpace page. The CD is due for release shortly on the McCoury label, produced by Don Rigsby and Larry Sparks.
The tracks available online are The Last Suit You Wear, For...
Larry Sparks is pleased to welcome two new members to The Lonesome Ramblers. Jackie Kincaid comes onboard playing mandolin and singing tenor, and Larry's son, Larry D. Sparks, has taken the bass spot. In addition, Johnny Collins is the new bus driver for the band.
Jackie is a first rate Monroe-style...
Michael Feagan is the newest member of Larry Sparks & The Lonesome Ramblers, joining the band on fiddle. He had worked previously with Bill Monroe and David Peterson & 1946, as well as country singer and guitarist Jerry Reed.
That makes the current lineup Larry Sparks on guitar and lead vocals, Jackie...
Larry Sparks is set to release his new, all-Gospel CD, I Don't Regret A Mile, on March 27.
After his last two critically-acclaimed projects, 40 and The Last Suit You Wear - both of which featured Larry with a great many guest studio performers - he has decided to create an album with his touring band,...
Larry Sparks & The Lonesome Ramblers will be featured on the Grand Ole Opry radio broadcast this weekend. Larry will appear in the 8:00-8:30 and 11:00-11:30 time slots, both eastern time.
Unfortunately, the GAC cable television network is not carrying this week's Opry show on TV, but you can catch...
Yesterday (Friday 6/13) I received a note from John Lilly, the editor of Goldenseal (the magazine of West Virginia traditional life) and multi-talented acoustic music performer, telling me about what's on West Virginia Public Broadcasting's Mountain Stage show this coming week.
The programme schedule...
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The new Larry Sparks album, The Last Suit You Wear, will be released on May 1, and McCoury Music would like to make a special discount offer to all the Bluegrass faithful to purchase this new release for $10 plus shipping. In addition, we'll ship as soon as you order, so you'll be the first...
McCoury Music has posted audio samples for all 12 tracks on the new Larry Sparks CD, The Last Suit You Wear - along with special, pre-release Internet pricing.
The CD isn't set for an official release until May 1, but online orders are being shipped now, and offered for only $10 plus shipping. As...
Del McCoury and the boys are kicking it on stage right now. Del says it's Nothin' Special, but we all know it is. Alan Bartram is playing his Award Show as the new kid on the block in the Del McCoury Band. Del really is Mr. Bluegrass....
The appearance by Larry Keel & Natural Bridge on WoodSongs Old Time Radio Hour from this past Monday - which Brance had mentioned earlier - can now be viewed as an online video.
They perform several songs - including some new ones not yet released on CD - and chat briefly with Woodsongs...

This afternoon, I had a lovely chat with Lynn Morris and Marshall Wilborn. Longtime bluegrass fans are well familiar with Lynn’s many years as a performer, bandleader and friend to our music, and we all felt a great loss when she suffered a stroke in Match of 2003, keeping her off the road and out [...]
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