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Got 'Grass?

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Frequency: 1 episode/10d. Total Eps: 82

More than picks and strings, we explore the musical stories, the hopes and dreams, and some of the hard times, of life as a bluegrass star. You'll find them Insightful, often funny, sometimes discouraged, in other words, human! Hosted by Chris Wuerth from GuitartownCT concerts in Hamden, CT.

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🇺🇸 USA - Music Interviews
20/05/2026
#85
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Music Interviews
06/05/2026
#63
🇨🇦 Canada - Music Interviews
20/03/2026
#86
🇨🇦 Canada - Music Interviews
19/03/2026
#46
🇨🇦 Canada - Music Interviews
18/03/2026
#33
🇺🇸 USA - Music Interviews
06/03/2026
#73
🇨🇦 Canada - Music Interviews
23/10/2025
#99
🇨🇦 Canada - Music Interviews
22/10/2025
#60
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Music Interviews
22/10/2025
#91
🇨🇦 Canada - Music Interviews
21/10/2025
#40

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Ben Garnett

Season 2 · Episode 26

Tuesday, October 7, 2025 • Duration 57:02

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Ben Garnett, guitarist, composer and teacher, is having a big impact on acoustic music. His new album, Kite’s Keep, features Darol Anger, Brittany Haas, Ethan Jodziewicz, Paul Kowert , and Chris Eldridge. His music ranges widely from bluegrass to pop, jazz to avant garde, folk to classical, and back.

Ben is best known in the bluegras world as the guitarist for Missy Raines, with whose band he has appeared at GuitartownCT several times. His current tour brings him to Hamden, CT on October 14.

Here we talked at length about improvising, jazz, his guitar heroes, practicing, soloing, and some of his musical friends. Thoughtful and fascinating.

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Darol Anger

Season 2 · Episode 25

Tuesday, October 7, 2025 • Duration 01:12:23

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Fiddler, composer, producer and educator, Darol Anger is at home in many musical genres, some of which he helped to invent. He drove the evolution of the contemporary string band through The David Grisman Quintet, The Republic Of Strings, the Turtle Island String Quartet, Mr. Sun, etc. etc. etc.

Delightful and spontaneous, he has fond memories of how The David Grisman Quintet started, the excitement when Tony Rice joined, feeling a bit awed by Richard Greene, thoughts about fiddle backup and duo playing, and the challenges of his fiddle, which he then took down and played live! A wonderful podcast guest!

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Wyatt Ellis

Season 2 · Episode 23

Wednesday, September 24, 2025 • Duration 40:28

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Wyatt Ellis is quickly emerging as a bluegrass star. At sixteen, he's a talented mandolinist, singer and songwriter. Winner of IBMA's 2024 Momentum Instrumentalist of the Year, he's two time IBMA nominee for New Artist of the Year. He's worked with Peter Rowan, Sierra Hull, Justin Moses, Marty Stuart, Dailey and Vincent and his bluegrass hero Bobby Osborne.

He's really into songwriting, and was returning from a Nashville songwriting session when we spoke. They had to pull off the interstate because of traffic noise! A poised and focused young man, really into classic bluegrass, with lots of wisdom for his age, and a bright future!

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Becky Buller

Season 2 · Episode 22

Tuesday, August 19, 2025 • Duration 01:00:15

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Becky Buller is one of bluegrass' leading fiddle players, singers and songwriters. She has won 10 IBMA awards, including 2016 Fiddle Player and Female Bluegrass Singer of the Year, the first person ever to win both awards!

She has written many well known songs, including songs on 3 recent Grammmy winning albums, by The Infamous Stringdusters, The Travelin' McCourys, and Molly Tuttle.

Becky has been upfront about her own anxiety and depression, especially during Covid. She talked in depth about her bluegrass career, the leading role of women in bluegrass today, her songwriting style, playing fiddle, and how she has managed to deal with mental health issues. She is an important figure in contemporary bluegrass, and this is a lovely and honest conversation.

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Shawn Camp

Season 2 · Episode 21

Tuesday, August 5, 2025 • Duration 59:07

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Shawn Camp is one of America's leading songwriters, and for the last 12 years has been playing the role of Lester Flatt, as the guitarist and lead singer for The Earls of Leicester. His new album, songs that he and Guy Clark wrote, "The Ghost of Sis' Draper", gets released Sept. 12.

Shawn wrote "Magnolia Wind", "Two Pina Coladas", and "I'm Dying for Someone to Live For". He's written hits for Garth Brooks, Gibson Brothers, Loretta Lynn, Brooks and Dunn, Josh Turner, Willie Nelson, Blake Shelton, George Strait, and many more. Camp won a Grammy Award in 2024 for his production of Guy Clark's album, "My favorite Picture of You."

Willie Nelson's "A Beautiful Time" won a Grammy in 2023. The title cut, along with "We're Not Happy 'Til You're Not Happy", were both written by Camp.

He's one of Nashville's greatest singers, a great musician, and this conversation went deeply into the magic of songwriting, and Shawn's musical compadres.

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C. J. Lewandowski

Season 2 · Episode 20

Friday, August 1, 2025 • Duration 01:16:31

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C.J. Lewandowski sings and plays mandolin for hard driving bluegrass band The Po' Ramblin' Boys. They've won IBMA awards and a 2019 Grammy nomination.

Over the years, CJ became best friends with his mentor, bluegrass legend Bobby Osborne. "Keep on Keepin' On", with CJ and a bunch of legendary bluegrass musicians, is due for release August 22. It's the last recordings Bobby Osborne made, before his death in 2023.

In this heartfelt interview C.J. talks at length about his friendship with Bobby Osborne, as well as many stories about the Osborne Brothers, Jimmy Martin, and the bluegrass life. An inside look at one of the bluegrass legends, and very compelling listening!

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David "Dawg" Grisman

Season 2 · Episode 19

Thursday, July 24, 2025 • Duration 01:21:07

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This was a big thrill for me!! David "Dawg" Grisman just celebrated his 80th birthday, with a musical party in Seattle, with Sam Bush, Billy Strings, Ronnie McCoury, Sam Grisman, Danny Barnes, Alex Hargreaves, Dominick Leslie, Mike Marshall and more.

His musical career has spanned folk, jug band, blues, classic bluegrass, newgrass, swing jazz, Dawg Music, and world music. The David Grisman Quintet, Earth Opera, Old and in The Way. "Manzanita", "The Pizza Tapes". Tony Rice, Jerry Garcia, Peter Rowan, Vassar Clemens, Stephane Grappelli, Andy Statman, Mark O'Connor, Todd Phillips, Darol Anger, and on down the line. He's still a busy guy, with lots of projects in the works, but was kind enough to take some time to chat. Thanks Dawg.

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Kyle Tuttle

Season 2 · Episode 18

Sunday, July 20, 2025 • Duration 01:00:25

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Banjo master Kyle Tuttle just finished up three years with Molly Tuttle (no relation) and Golden Highway, during which time they played 250 shows, won two Grammys, and many IBMA awards. He previously played in the Jeff Austin band. Jeff was a founder of Yonder Mountain String Band.

Kyle is closely aligned with the so called "Jam Band" style of bluegrass, but also leads his own band, and performs more traditional bluegrass regularly at Dee's in Nashville, with many top players. Sometimes flamboyant on stage, in person he is thoughtful and insightful about bluegrass, then and now. A delightful conversation!

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Chris Eldridge

Season 2 · Episode 17

Friday, July 18, 2025 • Duration 01:07:39

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Chris Eldridge, son of Ben Eldridge of The Seldom Scene, is one of the most renowned guitarists in acoustic music. After getting a Grammy nomination as a member of The Seldom Scene, he co-founded multiple IBMA award winning bluegrass band The Infamous Stringdusters. He then joined Chris Thile and The Punch Brothers, and the rest is history.

He also tours with legendary jazz guitarist Julian Lage, played in the house band on "Live From Here" (formerly Prairie Home Companion), teaches music at his alma mater Oberlin College, and tours with his wife Kristin Andreassen. An eloquent and thoughtful observer of music, with a special connection to his friend and mentor Tony Rice.

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Pete Wernick

Season 2 · Episode 16

Monday, July 7, 2025 • Duration 01:19:20

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Pete Wernick, fondly known as Dr. Banjo, co-founded Hot Rize in 1987 with Tim O'Brien, Mike Scap, (soon replaced by Nick Forster) and Charles Sawtelle. Originally from NYC, he had a PhD in sociology, taught at Cornell, hosted a bluegrass radio show, and played in the progressive bluegrass band Country Cooking, with Russ Barenberg, Kenny Kosek, Tony Trischka and Andy Statman before moving to Colorado with his wife Joan.

Pete has written numerous highly regarded books on bluegrass banjo and bluegrass jamming, and founded the Wernick Method of bluegrass instruction, which has been used by hundreds of teachers worldwide to teach tens of thousands of students how to play bluegrass. A longtime Colorado resident, Pete is a fascinating guy with lots of great stories!

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