Ah me Sammy boy. Have known him since he was a long-haired hippie youngster. Has always been an innovator on the Mandolin. He was flat out crazy and never cared who did or did not like his music. Some ole-timer bluegrass purists couldn’t stand him. He’s still my favorite Mandolin artist next to my son.
Great...Sam Bush, an all-time favorite. He brought Emmy Lou Harris’s, Hot Band up two notches when he joined.
My favorite New Grass CD is “Friday Night in America”.
Another group that is riddled with history and one of my favorites is Desert Rose Band...Chris Hillman and Herb Pederson have a fairly recent CD, At Edwards Barn, which is very well done. They do some old Byrds stuff, (is there any other kind??) that is really good.