There was only one prize-winning teenager carrying stones big enough to say thanks, but no thanks to Roy Acuff. Only one son of Kentucky finding a light of inspiration from Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys and catching a fire from Bob Marley and The Wailers. Only one progressive hippie allying with like-minded conspirators, rolling out the New Grass revolution, and then leaving the genre’s torch-bearing band behind as it reached its commercial peak.
There is only one consensus pick of peers and predecessors, of the traditionalists, the rebels, and the next gen devotees. Music’s ultimate inside outsider. Or is it outside insider? There is only one Sam Bush.
In 2009, the Americana Music Association awarded Bush the Lifetime Achievement Award for Instrumentalist. Punch Brothers, Steep Canyon Rangers, and Greensky Bluegrass are just a few present-day bluegrass vanguards among so many musicians he’s influenced. His performances are annual highlights of the festival circuit, with Bush’s joyous perennial appearances at the town’s famed bluegrass fest earning him the title, “King of Telluride.”
Farm and Fun Time
Tickets Still Available!
Farm and Fun Time variety show live at
Paramount Bristol on March 16
with musical guests
Sam Bush and Annabelle's Curse
with host Kris Truelsen and his house band Bill and the Belles
Farm and Fun Time is recorded for broadcast television on
Blue Ridge PBS, East Tennessee PBS, and PBS North Carolina.
Paramount Bristol on March 16
with musical guests
Sam Bush and Annabelle's Curse
with host Kris Truelsen and his house band Bill and the Belles
Blue Ridge PBS, East Tennessee PBS, and PBS North Carolina.
