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Please join us for our album release concert and party at Jammin Java, located at 227 Maple Ave E in Vienna, VA on Sunday March 28. The music and fun begins at 2:00pm and will last until 4:00pm.
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Beginning in 1957, Bill Emerson established himself as a banjo virtuoso and history maker alike! A founding member of the famed bluegrass ensemble "The Country Gentlemen", billed as a featured artist while with "Jimmy Martin" during the height of that bluegrass legend's career, the man who introduced the classic "Fox on the Run" to bluegrass, founder and shaper of "Country Current" the world renowned bluegrass ensemble of the United States Navy Band. Called "a banjo legend" by the "Washington Post", twice awarded "Banjo player of the Year" by the Muleskinner News Bluegrass Magazine, credited with giving start to the careers of both dobro legends Mike Auldridge and Jerry Douglas, credited by Ricky Skaggs as being responsible for his post Ralph Stanley musical career, Bill Emerson was also inducted into the "Virginia Folk Music Association" Hall of Fame in 1984 and June 10th was proclaimed "Bill Emerson Day" by the governor.

In 2000 Bill was inducted into the SPBGMA Preservation Hall of Greats during ceremonies at the 26th Annual Bluegrass Music Awards Show in Nashville Tennessee. In 2006 he was inducted into The Washington Area Music Awards (Wammies) Hall of Fame.

"Southern" CD Reviews
Perfection in every aspect from songwriting to instrumental skills and vocal harmonies is what makes this CD stand out from the many new releases that flood the market
- American-Country

Bluegrass at it’s finest. Listen in and add it to your collection - American-Country

Banjo legend leads his bluegrass band on a second outing - Hyperbolium

Juli Thanki - The 9513

A review written for the Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange - by Mark S. Tucker

Bluegrass Notes Review - Bluegrass Notes

New Album Release by Bill Emerson and Sweet Dixie
"SOUTHERN" Available January 12, 2010

Rural Rhythm Records is proud to announce the January 12, 2010 new album release, "SOUTHERN” by Bill Emerson and Sweet Dixie. The band kicks off their 2010 tour with an interview on WAMU Radio with host, Katy Daley (2009 IBMA Radio Personality of the Year) on the day of release from 9:00 – 10:00 am; plus an upcoming SIRIUS-XM Track by Track interview with host Kyle Cantrell on his “Bluegrass Junction” radio show.

"SOUTHERN” is a mixture of contemporary and traditional bluegrass, modern country, English folk, acoustic instrumental and gospel tunes - many of which are unrecorded originals. The songs were written by highly acclaimed songwriters such as Pete Goble, Vince Gill, Carl Jackson, Chris Hillman, Tim Stafford, Hazel Dickens, Lionel Cartwright and Marty Stuart.

Southern The album also includes numerous highlights: special guest fiddler, Frank Solivan on the newly released single, “I Don’t Care Anymore;” a banjo duet with Bill Emerson and Janet Davis along with acoustic lead guitar by John Miller on “Grandma’s Tattoos;” special guest, world class fiddler and Emmy Lou Harris band member, Rickie Simpkins; and more!

"SOUTHERN” will be available nationally in the physical and digital formats including: iTunes, Rhapsody, Borders, Barnes & Nobel, Amazon, Ernest Tubb Record Shops, County Sales, Music Shed, Elderly Instruments and many more.

For more information on Bill Emerson and Sweet Dixie including their 2010 tour schedule and new album, please visit their website. For more information on Rural Rhythm Records, please visit RuralRhythm.com

Awards

2009 Nominee for IBMA banjo player of the year
2009 Inducted into the Southern Legends Entertainment and Performing Arts Hall of Fame
2009 Nominee for induction into the IBMA Hall of Fame
2008 Honorary Life Member of the IBMM Museum and included in IBMM’s Pioneers of Bluegrass
2007 final Grammy nominee – double banjo bluegrass spectacular
2007 Winner IBMA "Recorded Event of the Year" - Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular
2006 - Inducted into the Washington Area Music Association Hall of Fame
2000 - Inducted into the SPBGMA Preservation Hall of Greats in Nashville Tennessee
1995 Final Nominee IBMA "Album of the Year" - "Emerson & Taylor"
1995 Final Nominee IBMA "Song of the Year" - "Appaloosa"
1993 Final Nominee IBMA "Recorded Event of the Year" - "Reunion"
1993 Final Nominee IBMA "Bluegrass Album of the Year" - "Reunion"
1991 Final Nominee IBMA "Banjo Player of the Year"
1990 Final Nominee IBMA "Instrumental Recording of the Year" - "Gold Plated Banjo"
1984 - Special achievement award from the Virginia Folk Music Association
1984 - Inducted into to the Virginia Folk Music Association's Virginia Country Music Hall of Fame
1984 - June 10 officially declared as Bill Emerson Day by the Governor of Virginia
1972 and 73 Awarded best banjo player at the 2 nd and 3 rd Annual Muleskinner News Awards, Camp springs North Carolina
1959 - National champion banjo player awarded at the National Championship Country Contest in Warrenton Virginia


Bill Emerson and Sweet Dixie
welcome Audio Engineer
Lynn Morris

Sweet Dixie
Wayne Lanham - is originally from Manassas, Virginia and lives in the Shenandoah Valley. He started singing and playing mandolin as a teen and has since developed his own clean, fluid style of picking. He is also a fine fiddle player. An outstanding singer, writer and arranger, Wayne is able to sing all the harmony and lead vocal parts equally well. He performed and recorded with several top bluegrass artists before joining the Sweet Dixie Band.
Teri Chism - was born in Morocco while her father was stationed there with the U.S. Navy. She now lives in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. She started singing and playing guitar at an early age and came to bluegrass music in the 70s. Teri performed and recorded with several top bluegrass groups before coming to the Sweet Dixie Band. She is a superior bassist and exceptional lead and harmony vocalist.
Chris Stifel - grew up around the Washington DC area and currently resides in Brookeville, MD. Originally a Banjoist, Chris switched to guitar when he replaced Keith Whitley as lead vocalist for The Country Store band during the early '70s. His lifelong dedication to bluegrass is matched only by his passion for Fly Fishing and Racquet sports.

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2010 Performance Schedule

DateVenueCity, StateTime
January 12WAMU radio interview with Katy Daley 9:00am - 10:00am
January 22Sirius / XM radio interview with Kyle Cantrell TBA
February 3Banjo Workshop with Bill Evans
Kingstowne Acoustic Music		Alexandria, VA7:00 PM
March 27DCBU Bluegrass FestivalLangley High School, McLean, VA. 
March 28Jammin JavaRoute 123, Vienna, VAFrom 2 to 4 PM
April 179 Th Annual Spring Arcadia Bluegrass Festival16020 Carnival Avenue Upperco, Maryland12:00PM & 5:00 PM
May 14Vienna Town GreenVienna VA6:30 PM
June 11Wind Gap Bluegrass FestivalMountain View Park, Rte 512 Wind Gap Pennsylvania 
June 12 & 13Mountain Heritage Arts and Crafts FestivalHarpers Ferry W.VA 
June 2629th annual Prescott Bluegrass FestivalPrescott, AZ 
July 11Baker ParkFrederick MD7:00PM - 8:30PM
August 14L'IL' Margaret’s Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Festivalthe Goddard Farm 21810 Clay Hill Rd. Leonardtown, MD12:30PM & 6:20 PM
August 18Lee District Park Amphitheater6601 Telegraph Rd Franconia, VA7:30 PM
August 21, 22Hickory FestivalWellsboro PA 
September 23Denton Farm Park Bluegrass Festival1072 Cranford Rd Denton, North Carolina 
October 1 & 2Oklahoma International Bluegrass FestivalGuthrie, OK 
October 9Lucketts Community CenterRte 15 Lucketts, VA7:00 to 9:00 PM
October 15 – 1710th Annual NashCamp Osborne Banjo RetreatCamp Marymount Fairview, Tennessee 
November 12The Southern Ohio Indoor Music FestivalRoberts Convention Center, Wilmington, Oh 

Discography

Southern

Southern
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  1. I Don't Care Anymore Sound Bite WMA - Sound Bite MP3
  2. Love Reunited Sound Bite
  3. Life In The Old Farm
  4. The Midnight Train
  5. Old Coal Town
  6. The Black Fox
  7. I Can't Find Your Love Anymore Sound Bite
  8. Little Stone Lambs
  9. Sometimes The Pleasure's Worth The Pain
  10. Grandpa Emory's Banjo Sound Bite
  11. Grandma's Tattoos
  12. The Lord Will Light The Way
Description: SOUTHERN is the 6th solo album release during his legendary career that has spanned over 50 years. Called a "Banjo Legend" by the Washington Post and twice awarded "Banjo Player of the Year" by the Muleskinner News, BILL EMERSON was a founding member of the famed COUNTRY GENTLEMAN; billed as a featured artist while with JIMMY MARTIN; the man who introduced the classic "Fox on the Run"; and was the founder and shaper of COUNTRY CURRENT, the world renowned bluegrass ensemble of the U.S Navy Band. "SOUTHERN" is the long awaited album by Banjo Legend BILL EMERSON and Sweet Dixie.

Bill Emerson & The Sweet Dixie Band

Bill Emerson & The Sweet Dixie Band
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  1. Ridin' My Thumb To Mexico Sound Bite
  2. Hills Of Roane County
  3. A Little Rain Sound Bite
  4. Fiddler's Green
  5. Yard Sale
  6. Beautiful
  7. Linda Lou Sound Bite
  8. Maybe Someday
  9. Cold Sheets Of Rain
  10. Keep On The Sunny Side Of Life
  11. All My Ramblin' Days Are Through
  12. There's No Room Inside Your Heart
  13. Sweet Dixie Girl
  14. All The Best
  15. Three Day Beard And A Rusty Jeep
Featuring: Paul Williams, Scott Linton, Con Burch, Pete Goble, Brad Corbin, Randy Waller, Darren Beachley, Mark Newton, Wayne Taylor Frank Solivan, Andy Ball and Gary Ferguson.

A Foot In The Past
A Foot In The Future

Emerson & Newton
  1. Home run man
  2. Long gone baby
  3. The vow
  4. Wastin' time
  5. Monrosine
  6. Opening day
  7. Don't cry to me
  8. Just a stone's throw away
  9. The singer
  10. Wheels
  11. Little Bessie
  12. Headin' west
 
 
 

The Best of Emerson & Waldron

The Best of Emerson & Waldron
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  1. Early morning rain
  2. I'm bound to ride
  3. There's no room in my heart for the blues
  4. Fox on the run
  5. Spanish grass
  6. A lonesome night
  7. Deep river
  8. If I were a carpenter
  9. Shiloh
  10. Little Maggie
  11. Our Darlin's gone
  12. Wheels
  13. Proud Mary
  14. I know you're married
  15. You didn't say goodbye
  16. Who will sing for me

Home of the Red Fox

Rebel Records CD or Cass 1651

Bill's 1st instrumental album features Tony Rice, Jim Buchanan, Jimmy Gaudreau, Jerry Douglas and Mark Schatz.

  1. Home of the Red Fox 269k
  2. Old Times in Virginia
  3. Appalachian
  4. Stonewall Country
  5. Cowboys and Indians
  6. Theme Time 221k
  7. Sweet Dixie
  8. Down to the Wire
  9. Welcome to New York
  10. Trail Dust

Banjo Man

Bill Emerson Banjo Man
Webco Records CD 0151
Bill's latest all instrumental project. Personnel includes Mark Newton, Tony Rice, Pat White, Emory Lester, Jimmy Gaudreau, Rickie Simpkins, Bob Goff, Wyatt Rice, Pete Goble, Ronnie Simpkins, Joe Meadows, Bryan Smith, Jeff Tuttle, and Larry Stephenson.

  1. My Little Home In West Virginia
  2. Rawhide
  3. The Grey Ghost
  4. Nellie Grey
  5. Randy Lynn Rag 217k
  6. Good To Go
  7. Curly Maple
  8. Soft Winds Of Oklahoma
  9. Pick Your Own
  10. You Can Run But You Can't Hide
  11. Little France
  12. Bill Cheatham 260k
  13. Flint Hill Special

Gold Plated Banjo

Rebel Records CD or Cass 1671
Gold Plated Banjo CD Jacket

Bill Emerson has Gold Plated Banjo on the Rebel Records label. You will enjoy Bill Emerson on banjo (of course), Tony Rice on guitar, Jimmy Gaudreau and Larry Stephenson on mandolin, Rickie Simpkins on fiddle, Mark Schatz on bass and open back banjo, and Ronnie Simpkins on bass.

  1. Ridin' the High Iron
  2. Black Mountain Rag
  3. New Camptown Races 230k
  4. Silver Bell
  5. Ridin the High Iron 241k
  6. True Blue
  7. Reynard in the Canebrakes 241k
  8. Earl's Breakdown
  9. Home Sweet Home
  10. Jump Cricket Jump
  11. Choking the Strings
  12. Knights of the Golden Horseshoe

Bill Emerson Reunion

Webco Records CD or Cass 0140

"Lead singer-guitar players and banjo players are the heart and soul of bluegrass music, and that's what this album is all about. As I grew up listening to the great pioneer guitar-banjo duos, their music inspired me to learn the banjo and become a professional." - Bill Emerson

  1. We'll Meet Again Sweetheart - Tony Rice
  2. The Gunfighter's Lament - Pete Goble
  3. My Smokey Mountain Home - Wayne Taylor
  4. On Whiskey Mountain - Bill Harrell
  5. The Last Song - Jimmy Martin
  6. Don't Wake Me - Red Allen
  7. Teach Your Children - Charlie Waller
  8. It Takes One to Know One - Jimmy Martin
  9. When We Look on His Face - Cliff Waldron
  10. High Lonesome - Charlie Waller
  11. I Don't Know Why - Red Allen
  12. Old Salty Dog Blues - Tony Rice 208k


Appaloosa

Webco Records CD or Cass 0146
Appaloosa, Emerson and Taylor
Personnel on this album includes Wyatt Rice, Rickie Simpkin, Jimmy Gaudreau and Mike Auldridge.

  1. Appaloosa
  2. Do You Still Love Me
  3. Tex-Mex Shindig
  4. We Used To Have It Made
  5. Some Things I Hope I Ain't
  6. Español 248k
  7. Too Many Tears
  8. Song For L.R.
  9. The Old Lonesome Road Blues
  10. Storm Cloud 212k
  11. On This Rainy Day
  12. Lonesome Pine Breakdown
  13. Rose

WEBCO Classics Volume One

Webco Records CD 6001
Webco Classics Vol One, Emerson & Goble
Includes the #1 smash bluegrass hit "Tennessee 1949". Personnel includes Joe Meadows, Wyatt Rice, Jimmy Gaudreau, Larry Stephenson, Steve Wilson, Rickie Simpkins, Mike Auldridge, Tom Gray and Bryan Smith.

  1. Country Life Looks Better (To Me Now)
  2. Tennessee 1949
  3. Back to Hancock County
  4. Dixie In My Eye 267k
  5. The Old Man And The Kid
  6. Many Hills Of Time
  7. I'm Only A Phone Call Away
  8. Blue Virginia Blues
  9. Leavin' You and Mobile (Too)
  10. Colleen Malone
  11. You Can Keep Your Nine Pound Hammer
  12. Julianne
  13. Back To Sugar Hill
  14. My Kentucky Dream

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