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Glamour & Grits, an Album by Sam Bush. Released 23 April 1996 on Sugar Hill (catalog no. SH-CD-3849; CD). Genres: Progressive Bluegrass, Bluegrass.
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- 23 April 1996
- Sam Bush
- 3.67 / 5.00.5from 21 ratings
Jul 21, 2016 · Jul 21, 2016. I first heard Sam Bush in the early 2000s — I was 11 or 12, probably — when my dad brought home Glamour & Grits . The CD jacket was a minor epiphany. Here was this wildcat-looking guy wearing big, black shades and a cheetah print headband. In his hand was a busted old Gibson mandolin.
He is best known for his work with the bands New Grass Revival and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. Fleck has won 17 Grammy Awards and been nominated 39 times. In 2020, he was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame as a member of New Grass Revival.
- Béla Anton Leoš Fleck
- Banjo
- July 10, 1958 (age 65), New York City, U.S.
- Musician, songwriter, composer
May 11, 2018 · Fleck and Bush have played together live and in the studio since on Bush solo releases from 1996's Glamour & Grits to Ice Caps: Peaks of Telluride, released in 2000. Bush has reciprocated, appearing as a guest on Fleck's solo and band projects.
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In 1995, Bush worked as a sideman with Lyle Lovett and Bela Fleck's Flecktones. He formed his own band, featuring Cowan and ex-Nash Ramblers Jon Randall and Larry Atamanuick, shortly before recording his second solo album, Glamour & Grits, in 1996.
Apr 18, 2024 · Trying something he’s never tried before is a passion for Béla Fleck. Trying something no one has tried before—on the banjo at least—is a calling. “Yeah, that’s my happy place,” he says, truly beaming on a video chat from his Nashville home. “To try to find something epic, or at least tha...
Dec 25, 2023 · Surrounding himself with a blindingly talented list of supporting musicians (Béla Fleck, Jerry Douglas, Al Kooper, among others), Bush still manages to maintain his own presence on the mandolin and even with his own pleasantly everyman vocals.
