Centrum’s musical archive tenders some bluegrass music this week, featuring Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands from 2003, as well as three disciples of Bill Monroe – Byron Berline, Blaine Sprouse, and Peter Rowan.
Also appearing – Tom Rozum, Craig Smith, Scott Huffman (singing a Mark Graham song), Rich Levine, Eric Thompson, Craig Korth, Nancy Katz, and Patrick Sauber playing some superb banjo.
Here’s a great story, in Blaine Sprouse’s own words, about how he became Kenny Baker’s friend:
https://bluegrasstoday.com/blaine-sprouse-remembers-kenny-baker-2/
This looks like Peter Rowan to me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeZPAQRl7TA
50+ years later, Peter reprises Uncle Pen in today’s show.
Most Crackin the Vault shows will be available on the Centrum podcast channel:
https://centrum.org/artists-in-place/crackin-the-vault-2/
Thanks for listening, have fun!
Peter
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