Sam Bush


Born April 13, 1952, Bowling Green, Kentucky.  The greatest mandolin picker that has ever lived.

Jimmy Martin (1969)

Bluegrass Alliance (1970 - 1971)

New Grass Revival (1971 - 1989)

Strength in Numbers (1989 - 1990)
  • Sam Bush - mandolin
  • Mark O'Connor - guitar - formerly with The Dixie Dregs.
  • Bela Fleck - banjo - formerly with New Grass Revival and Bela Fleck and the Flecktones.
  • Jerry Douglas - formerly with J.D. Crowe & The New South and Buck White & The Down Home Folks (aka, The Whites).
  • Edgar Meyer - bass
Album:
  1. "Strength in Numbers: The Telluride Sessions" (1989)

Emmylou Harris and the Nash Ramblers (1990 - 1995)

The Sam Bush Band (1996 - 1999)
  • Sam Bush - mandolin/fiddle/vocals
  • John Cowan - bass/vocals - formerly with New Grass Revival and The Sky Kings.
  • Jon Randall Stewart -
  • Larry Atamanuik - drums - formerly with Seatrain and Emmylou Harris and the Nash Ramblers.
John Cowan forms The John Cowan Band.

Solo albums:
  1. "Poor Richards Almanac" (1969) (with Alan Munde)
  2. "Late As Usual" (1987)
  3. "Glamour and Grits" (1996)
  4. "Howlin' At the Moon" (1999)

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Last Revised:  April 15, 2000