Sam Bush
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- This article is about the musician. For the member of the Bush family, please see Samuel Prescott Bush.
Sam Bush (b. April 13, 1952 in Bowling Green, Kentucky) is an American bluegrass musician. Bush plays mandolin, fiddle and guitar as well as being an accomplished bluegrass vocalist. He was a founding member of the New Grass Revival and has been called a modern day Bill Monroe. Sam is one of the main attractions at the annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival in Telluride, Colorado. He is affectionately known as "The King of Telluride" for his perennial appearances there.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Solo projects
- Late As Usual - Rounder (1985)
- Glamour & Grits - Sugar Hill (1996)
- Howlin' At The Moon - Sugar Hill (1998)
- Ice Caps: Peaks of Telluride - Sugar Hill (2000)
- King of My World - Sugar Hill (2004)
- Laps in Seven - Sugar Hill (2006)
[edit] Specialty projects
- Drive - Béla Fleck - Rounder Records (1988)
- The Telluride Sessions by supergroup Strength In Numbers - MCA (1989)
- Short Trip Home - Sony Classical (1999)
- (Edgar Meyer & Joshua Bell with Sam Bush and Mike Marshall)
- Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza - Acoustic Disc (1999)
- (w/ David Grisman, Ronnie McCoury, Jesse McReynolds, Ricky Skaggs, others)
- The Bluegrass Sessions - Béla Fleck - Warner Bros. (1999)
- Hold On, We're Strummin' - Sam Bush & David Grisman - Acoustic Disc (2003)
[edit] New Grass Revival
- New Grass Revival - Hollywood (1972)
- Fly Through the Country - Flying Fish (1975)
- When the Storm is Over - Flying Fish (1977)
- Too Late to Turn Back Now - Flying Fish (1977)
- Barren County - Flying Fish (1979)
- Leon Russell & New Grass Revival - Paradise (1981)
- Commonwealth - Flying Fish (1981)
- On The Boulevard - Sugar Hill (1984)
- Live in Toulouse - Sugar Hill (1984)
- New Grass Revival - Capitol (1986)
- Hold to a Dream- Capitol (1988)
- Friday Night In America - Capitol (1989)
- The Best Of New Grass Revival - Liberty (1994)
- Grass Roots: The Best of New Grass Revival - Capitol (2005)
[edit] Miscellaneous
Bush appears on numerous country and bluegrass albums, including those by:
- Jeff Black
- Suzy Bogguss
- Garth Brooks
- Guy Clark
- John Cowan
- Neil Diamond
- Jerry Douglas
- Steve Earle
- Eddie From Ohio
- Béla Fleck
- Nanci Griffith
- David Grisman
- Emmylou Harris
- John Hartford
- Wynonna Judd
- Leftover Salmon
- Lyle Lovett
- Alison Krauss
- Dolly Parton
- Tony Rice
- Peter Rowan
- Ricky Skaggs
- Shania Twain
- Doc Watson
- Don Williams
- Trisha Yearwood
- Butch Robins