Here's a little excerpt from my XM Satellite Radio show "The Grand Old Time Machine" to give you an idea of what we do on there. This is an edited 3 minute version of the 30 minute show and the Cherryholmes family is my guest this week. The full show can be heard this Friday on XM RADIO Channel 14 - Bluegrass Junction - at 5 PM Eastern then again Saturday night at 12. You can get a free 3 day pass at XMRADIO.com to listen to it if you're not a subscriber. We really have a blast every week.
Bobby Osborne
Bobby Osborne is one of the most famous Bluegrass musicians in the world and done it all. And I mean ALL. He's won awards, recorded the most played Bluegrass song of all time (Rocky Top), traveled the world and oh yeah, HE'S A WAR HERO. He came over and we talked for a bit. Here's what happened...
NASCAR, Junior johnson
I don't care what anybody says, this guy is crazy. 200 mph. Come on! Who wants to drive 200 mph!? People in their right minds don't need to drive that fast. They just don't. Its not normal. Its not natural. I went over to the track in Wilkesboro NC and talked to him because I didn't know he was crazy. He took me for a ride in one if his cars. Here's what happened...
Alan O'Bryant
Me and Alan go way back. His daddy used to hunt with my daddy. I met him on a bridge over near where he lives. Here's what happened...
Sonny Osborne
Sonny Osborne is a hand full. And I mean a HAND FULL. He's done more than me and you and most of our friends put together will ever do. Shew. He came over and I talked to him for a little bit. Here's what happened...
Mac Wiseman
You talk about a Bluegrass icon, I'll tell you what, Mac Wiseman has seen it all and done it all and played it all... TWICE! He's one of my best friends of all time and was my very first 5 Minutes With Wichita interview. Here's what happened...
Lester Flatt
I talked to Lester Flatt believe it or not. Here's what happened...
Mike Compton
Mike Compton is a modern day Bluegrass giant. Everybody knows him. Everybody loves him. Direct from the old school is where he gets his humor and demeanor. I met up with him in Texas and talked to him about all kinds of things. Here's what happened...
Ronnie Reno
Ronnie Reno is a fine person. I just love him. He's part of "Bluegrass Royalty" if you stop and think about it. I went out to Hendersonville and talked to him. Here's what happened...
Doc Watson
I've known Doc since I was a little boy. (Still fat, just younger.) He is the most precious thing in the whole world and always has been. I went over to the house and Rosalee made us lunch and we talked. Here's what happened...
Rob McCoury
Rob McCoury. What a precious little thing. He's such a good banjo player and boy you talk about somebody that just loves to hunt. Shew!
He came over and we talked for a little while. Here's what happened...
(I interviewed Ronnie McCoury last month. Here it is in case you want to hear it again.)
Cherryholmes over at WDVX...
Here’s me and The Cherryholmes over in Knoxville at WDVX. I interviewed them on the radio and we had the best time…
Maybe I can sing...
Ever wonder what happens to people who have great ideas that work REALLY well? CMT was Stan Hitchcock’s idea. A great idea that worked really well. He can spot talent 8 miles down the road. So I thought I'd go talk to him and see what he thought about my singing talent. I interviewed him and I’ll be posting it soon.
Wayne Taylor
Wayne Taylor is a buddy of mine. He came over to the house and I interviewed him. Here's what happened...
Sam Bush
Me and Sam Bush go way back. I used to coach his baseball team when he was just “pretty good” on the mandolin. Here's what happened when I interviewed him...
Dierks Bentley
Dierks Bentley is a full blown country star. He used to hang around with us down at The Station Inn (the Mother church of Bluegrass) all the time down here in Nashville. Now that he’s a big star… well… actually he still hangs out with us down at The Station Inn. You can take the boy out of Bluegrass, but you can’t take the Bluegrass out of the boy… I interviewed him on his tour bus. Here’s what happened…
Bela Fleck
Have you ever met anybody that's brilliant? I have. Bela Fleck. Bless his little heart, he's such a good boy. He came over and I interviewed him. Here's what happened...
The Randy Rhoads of the Mandolin...
Kyle Wood is known as "The Randy Rhoads of the Mandolin". He sure is good too. He plays all the Randy Rhoads solos on the mandolin instead of guitar. He's in my band, Van Heffer. Here's my interview with him...
Ronnie McCoury
Well its my old pal, Ronnie McCoury. He came over and we had the best little talk. Then it got ugly. Here's what happened...
Dan Tyminski
Dan Tyminksi is a good fella. He's a great golfer too. He may be the funniest Bluegrass musician I know. Except for Ricky Skaggs.
I'd have to flip for it. Oh yeah, and I forgot about Rob Ickes. His humor is so dry it reminds you of the Mojave desert. Then there's Billy and Terry Smith. They've got Bill Monroe stories they tell that are so funny, because of the way they tell them, that they'll make you laugh so hard you'll vomit. I did.
Dan is plain old, old school, quick as a whip, funny. And sure, we fight a lot, but he usually starts it. I interviewed him over at his house. Here's what happened...
Tim O'Brien...
Tim O'Brien is a man of the world and a musician's musician. He let me come over to his house and talk to him a while back. Here's what happened...