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Today's selection is Cotton Mill Man, a 1964 recording by Jim & Jesse McReynolds. THE WESTERNER https://thewesterner.blogspot.com/

Bluegrass cover of the song Rocketman by Iron Horse Bluegrass. Good stuff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdAyO1_0noM Also if you like bluegrass in general you will find this search interesting... https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bluegrass+covers+of+popular+songs

It is time to get things underway. A very wet Texas is digging out from the damage left from Hurrican Ike. Ike is now over the northeast and is still a very wet storm. Best wishes and prayers to those in Ike's path. As far as I know, we are enjoying a reprieve from tropical storms at the moment. The NYTs has put out at least 4 stories smearing Sarah Palin. Have they covered the Ayers-Obama relationship? Have they investigated as to whether Nobama is even eligible to run for President? I don't think so. In a non-related matter, stock...

May 16, 2005, 10:30 AM ET Jimmy Martin, one of the greatest vocalists in bluegrass, died Saturday (May 14) in a Nashville hospice where he was battling bladder cancer. He was 77. In 1949, Martin replaced Mac Wiseman in Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, the premier bluegrass group, and served as the group's guitarist and lead vocalist until 1954. His tenor vocals were featured on many of the Monroe band's recordings for Decca -- perhaps most memorably on the gospel sides collected in 1969 on "A Voice From on High." After recording with the Osborne Brothers in the mid-'50s, Martin...