Sam Bush

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Sam Bush in June 2006

Sam Bush (born April 13, 1952 in Bowling Green, Kentucky ) is an American bluegrass musician. Sam Bush plays mandolin, violin, guitar, banjo and sings. From 1971 to 1989 he was a member of the New Grass Revival band, which he co-founded . In 1985 Sam Bush released his first solo album. He is one of the world's top mandolin players and is one of the co-founders of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival , which has been held annually in June in Telluride (Colorado) since 1973 . Because of his annual appearance there, Sam Bush is also called the "King of Telluride" in the bluegrass scene. Sam Bush plays a modified 1937 Gibson F-5 mandolin called "Hoss".

Discography

Albums

  • 1995: Late As Usual (Rounder Records)
  • 1996: Glamor & Grits (Sugar Hill Records)
  • 1998: Howlin 'At The Moon (Sugar Hill Records)
  • 2000: Ice Caps: Peaks Of Telluride (Sugar Hill Records)
  • 2003: Hold On, We're Strummin ' (Acoustic Disc)
  • 2004: King Of My World (Sugar Hill Records)
  • 2006: Laps In Seven (Sugar Hill Records)
  • 2009: Circles Around Me (Sugar Hill Records)
  • 2016: Storyman (Sugar Hill Records)

Video albums

  • 2007: On the Road (Sugar Hill Records)

Awards

  • 1990, 1991, 1992, 2007: International Bluegrass Music Association Award as "Mandolin Player of the Year"

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mandolin Cafe , accessed December 27, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Bush, Sam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American bluegrass musician
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Bowling Green (Kentucky) , USA