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New Grass Revival was an American progressive bluegrass band founded in 1971, and composed of Sam Bush, Courtney Johnson, Ebo Walker, Curtis Burch, Butch Robins, John Cowan, Béla Fleck and Pat Flynn. They were active between 1971 and 1989, releasing more than twenty albums as well as six singles.
Born in Montgomery Alabama, Curtis Burch learned to play guitar from his father at the age of 10. Growing up they had a family band that included his brother Ricky. As a teen Curtis sat in with the Stanley Brothers, Jim & Jesse McReynolds & the Osborne Bro's. Burch joined and left the Bluegrass Alliance in 1971 to form New Grass Revival with ...
Sep 17, 2020 · In 1981, founding members Courtney Johnson (who died in 1996) and Curtis Burch left the band after a long tour with rock ‘n’ roll star Leon Russell. As a result, New Grass Revival began its newest incarnation with Béla Fleck and Pat Flynn. Sam Bush: Courtney and Curtis were older than me and John and they were just burned out. We had ...
Sep 25, 2020 · It put the band on the national map. But Bush says over time, NGR got less dedicated stage time and pushed more to the back of the bandstand. Partly for those reasons, Courtney Johnson and Curtis Burch bowed out in 1981, tired of the road, leaving Bush and Cowan to figure out what to do.
May 27, 2012 · In modern music history this line-up of Curtis Burch, Sam Bush, Courtney Johnson and John Cowan is referred to as the First Classic New Grass Revival line-up and it would last for nearly ten years. Originally published in my home publication http://www.bgdailynews.com/amplifier/
Sep 16, 2020 · The four founding members of New Grass Revival are Curtis Burch on guitar and Dobro, Courtney Johnson on banjo, Ebo Walker on bass, and Sam Bush on mandolin. They had all played together in the five-piece band, Bluegrass Alliance.
Feb 7, 2008 · 9. 5.2K views 15 years ago. One of the instructors at the Kentucky School of Bluegrass and Traditional Music, Curtis Burch, a founding member of 'New grass Revival', and former member of too...
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