Sunday Night’s Pickin this week looks at the legendary Country Gentlemen. The band formed in the early 1960s in Washington DC when there was a thriving Bluegrass music Scene there ( many former residents of Appalachia and the South had flooded into the region for work in the 40s and 50s bringing with them a love for the music. By the early 60s, there were countless venues and bands around the region featuring the music). Though the line-up changed, the classic group of John Duffy, Charlie Waller, Eddie Adcock, and Tom Gray is considered a pinnacle of the group’s performing career. The group played traditional bluegrass yet would also shift to adapting music from other genres to their bluegrass style. Today, “The Gentlemen” are remembered as one of the finest second generation bluegrass bands who helped to solidify Bluegrass music as a true American art form. Tune in for Pickin. Sunday night at 7 on WHRV
Pickin and The Country Gentlemen
