WS785: Country Current and Pat Flynn




The Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour Podcast show

Summary: COUNTRY CURRENT, the premier country-bluegrass group of the United States Navy Band in Washington, D.C., showcases a five-member acoustic ensemble performing traditional, contemporary and original bluegrass compositions. Former Country Current director, Master Chief Musician Bill Emerson, established the ensemble in 1989. The ensemble is in constant demand by the nation's most prominent bluegrass festivals and they have performed with legendary bluegrass artists such as Alison Krauss, Nickel Creek, Rhonda Vincent and the "Father of Bluegrass," the late Bill Monroe. http://www.navyband.navy.mil/country_current.shtml PAT FLYNN is a Nashville guitar virtuoso. As guitarist/singer/songwriter for New Grass Revival, Flynn, along with Sam Bush, John Cowan, and Béla Fleck, influenced many of today's best-known artists while building New Grass Revival's own loyal audience to near cult status. Flynn has also been a session guitarist on more than 400 CD projects, including 32 Gold and Platinum records, as well as CMA and Grammy Award winning projects with a wide array of artists including Garth Brooks, Lee Ann Womack, Randy Travis and Michael Martin Murphey. Over the past decade, Flynn has released three solo albums, 'reQuest,', 'reVision' and the new 're-New.' http://www.patflynnmusic.com/ WoodSongs Kid: Willow Osborne is 14 years-old and resides in Pigeon Forge, TN. At the age of 4 she was already entertaining, picking up a Banjo for the first time. http://www.willowosborne.com/