1974 Roy Acuff: Reflections on a life in country music

Cover: Roy Acuff has been the "King of Country Music" since the early forties, his career paralleling the development of Blue Grass.

Contents: Roy Acuff: Reflections on a life in country music - from interviews; Into Bluegrass: The history of a word; Rhythm guitar corner - "Wildwood Flower"; 5-String breakdown: Allen Shelton "Standing on the Mountain" and "Stoney Creek"; more

1974 August Muleskinner News Blue Grass Music Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1975 Muleskinner News Bluegrass Music Magazine: The Blue Sky Boys

Cover: Bill & Earl Bolick - The Blue Sky Boys from Hickory, N.C. Their career spans the 30's & 40's and was the beginning of Ole-Time Duet Singing.

Contents: Blue Sky Boys - Story on the famous Bolick Brothers who pioneered the Ole Time Harmony sound in the late 30's & 40's; Newsletter; Classified Ads; more

1975 March Muleskinner News Blue Grass Music Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1975 Arthur Smith wins to tune of $200,000 Dueling Banjos: His Tune

Cover: TV Entertainer, musician, songwriter, producer, businessman, and Sunday School teacher, Arthur Smith. His court action over Dueling Banjos tune settled in New York Federal Court.

Contents: Arthur Smith wins to tune of $200,000 Dueling Banjos: His Tune; Mike Auldridge - Dobro player of the year; How the Dobro is played; You were there - October 1939 - the day Bill Monroe got on the Grand Ole Opry; more

1975 February Muleskinner News Blue Grass Music Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1986 Bill Monroe at 75 - the man who made bluegrass

Features: Bill Monroe at 75 - the man who made bluegrass; The Holy Grail of Mandolins - Bill Monroe's 1923 Gibson F-5; Monroe's music - 5 super solos; The Delicate craft of inlay; Are you ready for MIDI?; The Unexpected music of Martin Simpson; Simpson transcribed "Garryowen"; more

1986 September Frets Acoustic String Instruments Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1984 Frets: Fingerstyle Guitar - Playing secrets

Features: Fingerstyle Guitar - Playing secrets; Laurindo Almeida's Samba Jazz; Stefan Grossman and the Blues; Travis Picking; Martin Carthy's "British" Sound; Kenny Rankin keeps it mellow; Peter Ostroushko - mandolin & fiddle; Roger Sprung - bluegrass banjo guru; Workshops: Margie Mirken - tricks with fingerpicks -sand 'em, bend 'em, stick 'em, & knife 'em to wuit your needs; Chet Atkins - the "superlick" is back -variations on a show stopping fingerstyle maneuver; David Grisman - fingerstyle mandolin; more

1984 August Frets Acoustic String Instruments Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1985 Paco De Lucia - Flamenco's Fiery Genius

Paco De Lucia - Flamenco's Fiery Genius; David Holt - The Medium is the Music; The basics of backup; 15 Ways to educate your ears; Putting the blues in bluegrass guitar; Flatpicking solo - "Sugarfoot Rag"; Jimmie Rodgers - the father of country music; Workshops: Earl Scruggs - making the geared fifth peg safe for mankind; George Gruhn - the highly underrated D'Angelico mandolin; Jim Bennett - survival of the loudest - Dobro pickup project; more

1985 November Frets Guitar Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1986 Hot Rize! - A Bluegrass Success Story

Hot Rize! - A Bluegrass Success Story; Backstage with Red Knuckles and the Trailblazers; The Acoustic Market finds its legs; Anaheim '86 - new instruments update; Frets visits Tom Ellis; The Law and You - Doing business as a band; The Enforcer - a good contract; Workshops: Chet Atkins - more fingerstyle moves for "Spanish Fandango"; Dan Crary - Flatpicking strategies in open E tuning; Tony Rice - the landmark recordings that shaped Tony's style; more

1986 April Frets Guitar Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1987 Frets: Mike Marshall & Darol Anger of The Montreux Band

Cover: Mike Marshall (with John Monteleone mandocello) & Darol Anger (with Jay Ifshin fiddle). Features: Mike Marshall & Darol Anger of The Montreux Band; How Mike & Darol make music; Nashville Bluegrass Band; How to buy a violin; John Prine; How To: Saddle Pickup Installation; Guitar Reviews: Artesano Model 20 Classical Guitar; Takamine EF-25S Acoustic/Electric Guitar; more

1987 July Frets Guitar Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1999 Flatpicking Guitar - John Carlini - Musical Renaissance Man

Features: John Carlini - Musical Renaissance Man; John Chapman; Bluegrass and Blackboards; Steinegger Guitars; Jam Tunes - "St. Anne's Reel"; Cary Fridley; Flatpicking and the Internet; David Grier's "Cascade"; Guitar Highlight - Lucas Kenny Smith Model; Music Transcription / TAB: Big Mang, Whiskey Before Breakfast, El Cumbanchero, Blue Ridge Mountain Blues, Signal Hill, St. Anne's Reel, Fort Smith Breakdown, Dawg's Pause, Cascade, Smokey's Foghorn Strathspey, Kentucky Waltz; more

1999 March/April Flatpicking Guitar Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1998 The Blue and Lonesome Guitar Style of Larry Sparks

Contents: Features: The Blue and Lonesome Guitar Style of Larry Sparks; Flatpick Profile: Rich Starkey; Martin Guitars part 1 (1833-1980); Highlight on the Martin D-18; Columnist Profile: Dix Bruce; Masters of Rhythm Guitar: Jamie Clifton; Exploring Bluegrass Guitar - 50 ways to kick off "Salt Creek"; Music Transcription / TAB: Carroll County Blues, Danny Boy, Gold Rush, Luke's Rainbow, Little Rock Getaway, Foggy Mountain Breakdown, Letter From My Darling, Little Maggie, What a Friend We Have In Jesus, Shenandoah Valley Breakdown, Huggin' The Rail, Fred Finn's Reel; more

1998 May/June Flatpicking Guitar Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1978 Minnie Pearl - Grand Ole Opry's Lady Remembers

Contents: Minnie Pearl - Grand Ole Opry's Lady Remembers; Janette Carter - preserving her family heritage; Bob Pinson - collector's collector from the Country Music Foundation; Pickin' Magazine annual radio listing - over 200 radio stations which play bluegrass; Old Tyme music scene - where to find antique phonographs and records; The Ad Couple; Englishtown Music Hall Reopens; more

1978 October Pickin' Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1978 Roy Clark looks at his grass roots

Contents: Roy Clark - an interview by Tut Taylor; Looking for Bluegrass in the Wild; Bluegrass and Heartbreak; Boys from Indiana; Fiddle Shoppin'; D.J. Corner - Larry Lee; Bluegrass among the cornstalks; Craftsmen and creativity; Oldtime music in Fresno California; Winfield '77; more

1978 March Pickin' Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1979 Bill Clifton and Red Rector - Old-timey and Red Flash

Contents: Bill Clifton and Red Rector; History of the Violin part 2; Three on a String - songs, skits and comedy; Bluegrass in Washington D.C.; A new look at the mandolin; Mountain Music of Puerto Rico; A Festival in Salem; Carson J. Robison - country music pioneer; Eddie Conners - four-stringed banjo player; Gary Mehalick and Orrin Star; An American Heritage - interview with Dennis Trone, co-owner of the Julia Belle Swain, John Hartford's "second home"; Down Home Folks - Buck White, Sharon Hicks and Cheryl White; more

1979 May Pickin' Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1979 Pickin' Magazine - History of the Violin

Contents: Cover Story: The Artist and His Idea; History of the Violin; Hank Penny - Western Swing Pioneer; Winnie Winston - Pedal Steel Guitarist with a dual career; Bobby Slone - left handed fiddler; Wheelin' and Dealin' with Curly Ray Cline; What performers do offstage; Cass County Cut-Ups; Michael Esposito and the Lost World String Band; The Unseen side of a banjo; more

1979 April Pickin' Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1979 Lester Flatt - talking with a bluegrass giant

Contents: Lester Flatt - talking with a bluegrass giant; Cajun Music part 2 traditional - talking with the Balfa Brothers; "King of the Gypsies" - old time music in Paramounts's latest film; Healing through Music; Troy Castleberry - finger flying mandolin picker; Teaching a love of music - the Suzuki method; Ricky Skaggs - moving beyond bluegrass; A festival in Arkansas; Kramer guitars patented forged aluminum "T" neck; more

1979 February Pickin' Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1968 Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys

Bluegrass Unlimited, Vol. 2, No. 12, June 1968

Cover: Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys at Warrenton, Virginia, July 10, 1966. From the left: Richard Greene, Bill Monroe, Pete Rowan, Jimmy Monroe.

Contents: Bill Monroe: King of Blue Grass Music (Radio McGill Series) Program #2 - Bill Monroe, The Man and the Legend (cont.); 1967 Reader Poll Results (cont.); Jim Greer and the Mac-O-Chee Valley Folks; Letters; Record Reviews; Bluegrass Unlimited Song Book; Bluegrass in the clubs; Classified Ads; Bluegrass on the air; Personal Appearance Calendar; more

1968 June Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1968 Bluegrass - Sawtooth Mountain Volunteers

Bluegrass Unlimited, Vol. 2, No. 11, May 1968

Cover: Sawtooth Mountain Volunteers. left to right: Willy Carter, Colleen Harrison (not a member of the band), Steve Waller, Harry Stayner, Walt Specht, Mike Eisler, (1936 Dodge property of Steve Gorthy)

Contents: Sawtooth Mountain Volunteers; 1967 Reader Poll Results; Union Grove; An Interview with Bill Clifton (conclusion); Send a Bluegrass Musician to Camp; Letters; Record Reviews; Bluegrass Unlimited Song Book; Bluegrass in the clubs; Classified Ads; Bluegrass on the air; Personal Appearance Calendar; more

1968 May Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1968 Bluegrass Unlimited - Bill Emerson

Bluegrass Unlimited, Vol. 2, No. 10, April 1968

Cover: Bill Emerson

Contents: Bill Emerson; 1967 Reader Poll Results; An Interview with Bill Clifton; Roy Crockett & The Pleasant Valley Boys; Letters; Record Reviews; Bluegrass Unlimited Song Book; Bluegrass in the clubs; Classified Ads; Personal Appearance Calendar; more

1968 April Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1968 Bluegrass Unlimited - An interview with Bill Clifton

Bluegrass Unlimited, Vol. 2, No. 9, March 1968

Cover: Bill Clifton 1953

Contents: An interview with Bill Clifton; A Brief Survey of Bluegrass Haberdashery; Indianapolis Jamboree; The Bluegrass Blackjacks; The Blue Ridge Mountain Folks; Letters; Notes & Queries; Record Reviews; Bluegrass Unlimited Song Book; Bluegrass in the clubs; Bluegrass on the air; Classified Ads; Personal Appearance Calendar; more

1968 March Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1968 Bluegrass - Don Reno, Bill Harrell & The Tennessee Cut-Ups

Bluegrass Unlimited, Vol. 2, No. 8, February 1968

Cover: Don Reno, Bill Harrell & The Tennessee Cut-Ups. From left: Ronnie Reno, mandolin; Don Reno, banjo; Bill Harrell, guitar; Kenny Baker, fiddle; George Shuffler, bass; Taken September 1967 at Berryville, Virginia Bluegrass Festival. Photo by Edwin G. Huffman.

Contents: The Bill Harrell Story; Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs Discography; The Hurricane that almost hit Tampa; Bill Monroe: King of Blue Grass Music (Radio McGill Series, program #2 - Bill Monroe, the man & the legend; The Carroll County Ramblers; more

1968 February Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com