BLUEGRASS HEROES
These pages are dedicated to some of the best in Bluegrass. Use the links to the left to navigate to each band's page. CHECK OUT THE LONESOME RIVER BAND FESTIVALS albums! Also go back SITE INDEX.
BILL MONROE'S HOMEPLACE
Rosine, KY about 6 miles East of Beaver Dam, KY
Shots & comments courtesy of Frank W. Young of Nashville, TN or "FrankieP" as he is known at JDBB site.
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The home
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The history
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The original well
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The story
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Fireplace and mantel
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Inside the home
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Closeup detail
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Bill's bed
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Some of the players
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Josh Pinkham
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Lee Kotick
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Doctor Rice
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Vassar
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Robbie McCoury
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Dawg
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Larry Rice sings
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Larry & Dawg
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Frank Poindexter
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Mark "Clawgrass" Johnson
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Emory Lester
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Tony & Tim
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Clay Jones
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Mark Johnson
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Tony Rice
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Shannon Mays
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Larry up close
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Frank Poindexter
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Afternoon Jam
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This album's shots were selected from over 200 great ones at Larry Rice's Benefit held in Tallahassee, FL in December 04.
BOBBY POFF Strap Album:
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The new 2006 Beavertail BASIC
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2006 Beavertail Basic colors
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Snake's strap
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MA strap
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My Celtic Wanderer
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Arrowhead Herringbone
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The Beavertail
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Old guy
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Roughout Poff Strap
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Roughout Beavertail
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Roughout Celtic
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This album features custom dobro straps made by our friend Bobby Poff in Riverton, Wyoming. The comfort level from Poff straps alone is well worth the money. The craftsmanship and artistry is unmatched! Made from 100% American hand tooled leather by a real pro saddle maker...Mr. Bobby Poff!
Contact him for pricing, details and a timing:
Bobby Poff (rpoffmaker@wyoming.com)
Contact: (307) 856-7250
NEW! Website... www.rpoffmaker.com
Go there and you can see tons of designs and pricing guidelines.
Jerry Douglas at Tower Records Album:
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Hipshot
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JD at Tower
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Guernsey
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This is the Hip Shot
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Above album: Jerry Douglas and crew at Tower Records in Nashville special September 26, '05 "Best Kept Secret" CD launch!
These photos courtesy of Richard "Rezonator" Edenfield
THE LINKS:
Really great sites of some awesome folks!
BluegrassWorld website: http://www.bluegrassworld.com/organizations.htm
This site has a ton of bluegrass links!
FRANK POINDEXTER:
www.frankpoindexter.com
Frank and his wife Pam are really awesome people and great friends. They are Uncle/Aunt to The Rice Brothers. Frank is one of the best resophonic guitar players out there. Check out his site and his new CD "It's The Music."
The Rice & Poindexter family:
Breakfast with the family before the Larry Rice Benefit; L to R: Larry Rice, Linda behind him, Louise Rice, Jan Poindexter, Pam Poindexter, Frank Poindexter, Leon Poindexter and Jordan Rice in front.
Brothers Tony, Ronnie and Wyatt Rice plus Frank, Pam, Jan, Leon and others in the Poindexter side of their family join us and the millions of Larry fans in prayer for total remission. Larry is facing a long & expensive journey of medical treatment for his lung cancer. Treatments to date have been very effective and we all thank God for these victories and for people like Lee Kotick who has raised precious money for Larry. Thanks for the efforts of all those who are trying to help Larry and Linda make it financially. Larry is strong and determined to beat this and we know he will.
If you'd like to contribute to the Larry Rice Fund. The smallest donation makes a big difference. You can visit this
website for details or contact Lee Kotick:
1. Website: www.larryricefund.com
2. Contact Lee:
The Larry Rice Fund
c/o Lee Kotick
6287 Heartland Circle
Tallahassee, Florida 32312
email d281944@comcast.net
NEWS! If you are looking for a top quality mandolin, there is a new "Larry Rice Signature" mandolin available! Contact Larry and Linda for details: larryslinda24@hotmail.com
Below: The Golden State Boys!
Hal is brother of Frank and Leon Poindexter, plus a whole dang herd of other brothers and sisters. Great piece of history here! Photo from Ace Tipton's site sent to me by Leon.
This is Andy Hall, a great dobro picker below picking on a Harper guitar at The Station Inn, August 27, 2005:
Son of Ben Eldridge of Seldom Scene... future star for sure!
He wrote the book on talent in our opinion. Plus he is a great person with an awesome sense of humor.
