Sam & Del on the Same Ticket

Not too long ago, the Sam Bush For President Campaign sparked some very interesting comments as to who possible running mates might be.   Looks like we have the definitive answer here.

Sam Bush and Del McCoury will team up for a string of shows starting in November. Although the presidential campaign was a hoax, the Sam and Del tour is authentic.

The bluegrass legends will begin their short tour in New York state and end in Chicago. Both musicians tour regularly with their own bands, but are excited to finally hit the road together. “I first saw Del at the Roanoke Bluegrass Festival in 1966 and have been waiting for this opportunity to tour together ever since. ” said Bush.

The tour dates are listed below.

Sam Bush Photo Contest Deadline Extended

Are you attending any of the festivals Sam is performing at this summer? Have you seen Sam at a festival in the past? 

Here is your chance to win some great autographed prizes.  Make sure to take photos of Sam while he is performing at festivals this summer or submit any photos of Sam performing at any show in the past.

Submit your photos of Sam to the Bush League. We will select 4 winners to receive EXCLUSIVE autographed items from Sam Bush himself.

Sam Shares Sexagesimal Adventure in New Episodes of SBTV

CHECK OUT SAM BUSH - "FRESHMAN" SENIOR

The legendary Sam Bush recently celebrated his 60th birthday. With his innovative, virtuosic style and youthful energy, it's hard to believe he is 60 years old!

To celebrate entering what he is calling his "Freshman" Senior years, Sam is sharing his sexagesimal adventure by recording new webisodes on Sam Bush TV  (Watch them HERE).

This month Sam shares three new episodes of SBTV where he embarks on his first "Freshman" Senior discount shopping day at the Kroger in Bellevue, Tennessee!

Sam Bush LIVE From Bonnaroo Today

Watch the Sam Bush Band Bonnaroo performance live today.  We’ve just learned that it will be part of the exclusive YouTube webcast today at 2:30 CDT.  

It’s going to be a great opportunity to watch Sam right from your own living room.  Also, they’ll have discussions and action happening simultaneously on Facebook and Twitter

Bush the Broadcaster- Sam On-The-Air

Tune in alert! Listen in to hear Sam Bush take over the Virginia airwaves today, Wednesday 4/25 a little after 12:45pm ET (11:45am CT/9:45am PT) thanks to WNRN.

• In Charlottesville, tune to 91.9fm;
• in Richmond it’s 103.1;
• in Harrisonburg hit 95.1;
• Waynesboro punch 101.1;
• Lovingston is 94.7;
• Lexington go to 95.3;
• in Staunton dial 101.1;
• and Lynchburg use 89.9.

Elsewhere, point your browser to www.wnrn.org.

Sam Bush Offers “Black Friday Specials”

The Sam Bush Band  thought it would be fun to share stories about the things that make your Thanksgiving Day special or about all the things that make your Thanksgiving such a drama!

To that end, they’ve made  a fun survey and they plan to feature some of the entries that will make you smile.

Pickin’ In The Pines Only Gets Better!

Standing on the side of the stage during the Sam Bush performance at the Pickin' In The Pines festival in Flagstaff, AZ this past weekend we met a young journalism student from Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism.  She was there on assignment to cover the festival and was eagerly awaiting the chance to catch Sam after the show for a quote for her story.   Her story is published in the State Press  and we are please to present it here.


by: Brittany Morris / State Press

Festival Emcee, Brian McNeal,
talks with Sam Bush Backstage

The aromatic scent of pine wafted through the grassy field, whisking unkempt hair from the nape of the spectator’s necks. Children weaved in between lawn chairs, their bare feet leaving faint sweat marks in the pavement.

On stage, the incessant twang of the banjo synchronized with the cacophony. The children’s laughter, and the vocalists’ southern drawls accented one another, yielding the heart-wrenching, love-struck scene of a bluegrass song.

The Annual Pickin’ in the Pines Bluegrass & Acoustic Music Festival in Flagstaff, Arizona took place this past Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The event was host to revered artists, up-and-coming groups and the precocious dreamers of the folksy, rock mixture of bluegrass music. Set on the Coconino County Fairgrounds, fans from much of the southwest flocked to the three-day event and camped on the nearby grounds for a weekend of music and living amongst the roots.

#6 For Flagstaff’s Pickin’ In The Pines Promises Not to Disappoint!

Sixth Annual “Pickin' in the Pines” in two weeks!

On September 16th, 17th, and 18th, Flagstaff’s Pepsi Amphitheater at Fort Tuthill will be home to Pickin' in the Pines Bluegrass & Acoustic Music Festival. In the sixth year of this award–winning, multi-day music festival the planning committees are celebrating with another stellar line-up of national and local musical acts, informative workshops with festival performers, engaging children's programs, a suspenseful band contest, tasty food and refreshing drink, camping under tall pines, and rewarding time spent with old and new friends.
  
PIP #6 will be hosting both Sam Bush and the David Grisman Sextet this year, as well as Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper, The HillBenders, The Blue Canyon Boys, Honey Don’t and lots more regional and local bands.

Sam Bush is honored with a special award at Music on the Mountaintop!

This past weekend, the team from Music on the Mountaintop Festival in Boone, NC presented Sam Bush with a Living Legend Lifetime Achievement Award in the form of a 1960 Harmony Mandolin.
"It's a wonderful festival to play and an amazing audience. I want to thank Jimmy Hunt and all the people that work with Music on the Mountaintop for this nice honor. It's a great festival with a great setting and I invite you to check it out sometime," says Sam Bush. "Even though we had some crazy high winds, we were able to complete the set rain-free."

Music on the Mountaintop is a special music festival that started in 2008 and has grown each year raising awareness and dollars for environmental organizations - Appalachian Voices and The Mountain Alliance.

Northern Arizona Prepares for 6th Annual Pickin’ in the Pines Bluegrass and Acoustic Music Festival

On September 16th, 17th, and 18th; Flagstaff’s Pepsi Amphitheater at Fort Tuthill is home to Pickin’ in the Pines Bluegrass and Acoustic Music Festival. This award –winning; multi-day music festival is celebrating its 6th year with a stellar line-up of national and local musical acts to entertain; informative workshops with festival performers; engaging children’s programs; a suspenseful band contest; tasty food and refreshing drink; camping under tall pines trees; and rewarding time spent with friends old and new.

Pepsi Amphitheater at Fort Tuthill is in a spectacular setting in the high country of beautiful Flagstaff, Arizona. Come spread your blanket on the lush green lawn under vanilla-scented ponderosa pines and enjoy the cool September breezes and music that brings joy to young and old alike. Camping is a short walk or free shuttle ride away and is a favorite part of the festival experience.

Sam Bush to Host 22nd International Bluegrass Music Awards!

Award-winning artist, band leader, songwriter and mandolin monster Sam Bush will host the 22nd annual International Bluegrass Music Awards on Thursday, September 29, at 7:30 p.m. at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium.

“It is my pleasure to return as the host for the 2011 IBMA Awards,” Bush says.  “As a bluegrass fan and fellow Kentuckian, it’s especially important to me in the 100th year anniversary of Bill Monroe’s birth.  I look forward to spending the evening with the nominees and the winners, as this is their special night.” 

Grammy Award winning multi-instrumentalist Sam Bush doesn’t seem old enough to be a musical legend.  He’s not…but he is.  Alternately known as the “King of Telluride” and the “Father of Newgrass,” Bush has been honored with numerous awards from IBMA and the Americana Music Association.  It’s especially fitting that Bush, one of bluegrass music’s premier mandolin players, will host the IBMA Awards the year of the Bill Monroe Centennial. Bill Monroe, known as the Father of Bluegrass Music, would have turned 100 on September 13, 2011. The realm of his influence is vast and his accomplishments are many, but like Sam Bush three decades later, one thing Monroe did was ride the small, uniquely shaped, eight-stringed mandolin like a rocket into a new realm of musical expression the world had never heard before 

... “I’m proud to be part of a natural progression in music. And I hope to still be playing 30 years from now.”...

Recognitions like the Lifetime Achievement Award from the AMA for Bush in 2009 have been “overwhelming and humbling,” he says, but honors are not what drive him.  “I didn't  get into music to win awards,” he says. “I’m just now starting to get somewhere. I love to play and the older I get the more I love it. And I love new things.”

Moody Bluegrass II Is Coming!

Following 2004’s critically and commercially acclaimed tribute to the legendary Moody Blues, the GRAMMY nominated Moody Bluegrass, along with the highly successful Moody Bluegrass Live, Nashville’s finest have come together again to honor the Moody Blues with Moody Bluegrass Two...Much Love available nationwide on June 21, 2011.

Pickin' In The Pines 2011 Announces Headliners

David Grisman & Sam Bush

Two of Bluegrass' biggest names scheduled to appear in Flagstaff, AZ

The Pickin' In The Pines Bluegrass and Acoustic Music Festival has announced their Main Stage Headline acts along with a few more who have been firmed up for 2011.


Bluegrass Legends Sam Bush and David Grisman top the list of quality bluegrass and acoustic entertainment for the 6th annual Flagstaff Pickin' In The Pines which will take place on September 16, 17 & 18, 2011.

Year 6 promises to be a blockbuster with both mandolin heros Sam Bush and David Grisman.   Bush and Grisman have carried the torch of modern string music into our generation, forever influencing its flavor and style. How could we get so lucky to have them both on our stage for year 6?  -Julie Sulllivan,  Pickin' In The Pines Talent Director

 Newgrasser Sam Bush will be making his first appearance at Pickin' In The Pines but has played to Flagstaff audiences as recently as September of last year.  His home state of Kentucky recently passed legislation declaring Bowling Green the Birthplace of Newgrass and Bush himself the Father of Newgrass. The bill passed through both the Kentucky state house and state senate without a single NO vote.

Grisman will be returning to Pickin' In The Pines. He brought his "Bluegrass Review" to the festival in 2007. This time around he'll be showcasing the David Grisman Sextet. 

The Complete Lineup so far - More announcements forthcoming:

• Sam Bush 
• David Grisman Sextet 
• Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper
• The HillBenders 
• The Blue Canyon Boys 
• Honey Don’t 
• X Train 
• Burnett Family Bluegrass
• Jack Webb New Orleans Jazz Band
• Mars Hillbillies

More to be announced.

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Check out the Pickin' In The Pines Youtube channel with over 140 videos  Pickin' in the Pines channel on Youtube

There have been several terrific photographers roaming around past festival. Here's a sampling of the images taken by Kyra Oellig, Kate Watters "Flagstaff Rob" Dutton, and Missing Frame Photography. Maybe you're in one! (Click on the caption icon -- the little box on at the left -- to see who's who.) 

If you can't see the slide show above, you can visit our Picasa gallery

Pickin' In The Pines Website

Sam Bush Offers Viral Contest

You Could Win a Signed, Handwritten Lyric Sheet of "Circles Around Me" by Sam Bush 

Sam Bush's latest album, CIRCLES AROUND ME, has been nominated for a GRAMMY in the Best Bluegrass Album category! Click on he photo to the left to listen to the title track "Circles Around Me" and share your enthusiasm for Sam Bush with your friends in the "Circles Around Me" contest!

Simply enter your email and generate a personal URL for the "Circles Around Me" Lyric Sheet contest. Post the link on your Facebook, Twitter, MySpace or send it to all your friends in an email. You can post the link anywhere! The person who gets the most unique views through their personalize link will win a signed, handwritten lyric sheet of "Circles Around Me!"

The Contest runs through this Sunday, February 13 at 11:30 pm CST. Enter today! Thank you and good luck!

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