For Release: May 9, 2002
Unlimited Tradition and The Bluegrass Strangers, two bluegrass bands whose members include both Kentucky natives and current residents, bring their brand of traditional bluegrass to Jubilee. The bands' performances were taped at the 1997 Carter County Shrine Club Bluegrass Festival in Olive Hill, Ky.The music begins with the traditional sounds of The Bluegrass Strangers. This performance features Kenny Vanderpool on mandolin, Paul Matthews on bass, Jim Lykins on guitar, Ralph Smith on guitar and Dick Webb on banjo.
The band's selections include "My Walking Shoes," "Little Cabin Home on the Hill," "Sittin' on Top of the World," "Travelin' the Highway Home" and an instrumental number called "Please Come Home."
The toe-tapping music continues with the award-winning Unlimited Tradition, one of the most exciting bluegrass bands of the 1990s. The Kentucky-based touring group, which has released an album on Doobie Shae Records entitled "She's Gone," was the winner of the prestigious Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America (SPBGMA) International Band Championship in 1996. Unlimited Tradition is made up of banjo player John Lewis, mandolin player Shayne Bartley, bass player Jason Hale and guitarists Ray Craft and Scotty Sparks.
The group showcases their vocal harmonies and instrumental skills on such songs as "One Step Ahead of the Blues," an instrumental called "Swing Ding," "Heart Full of Pain," "I Know What it Means To Be Lonesome" and "Little Maggie." The band closes the show with "Bootleg John."
Jubilee is a KET production, produced and directed by H. Russell Farmer. The program is closed-captioned for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. Viewers can find out more about programming on KET by visiting the KET Web site at http://www.ket.org.