Download a photo of the Edgar Loudermilk Band featuring Jeff Autry.
GRANITE FALLS, Minn. — Public Television’s Grassland Jam will showcase the Edgar Loudermilk Band featuring Jeff Autry on Saturday, April 13 at 7 p.m. The program will be available for online viewing immediately after the broadcast on www.pioneer.org/grasslandjam. The broadcast will be repeated on Monday, April 15 at noon. The performances were recorded at the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old Time Music Association Festival held in Richmond in August 2018.
Edgar Loudermilk is a veteran bluegrass vocalist, bass player and songwriter who taught himself to play by listening to bluegrass records. He was heavily influenced by his father, grandfather and his relatives, The Louvin Brothers. Loudermilk played in his family’s band from age nine until the age of 20 when he decided to pursue a professional career as a member of Rhonda Vincent’s band, Marty Raybon’s Full Circle and Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out.
Jeff Autry is highly regarded as one of the most talented guitarists of our time, performing and recording with many of the bluegrass legends including Sam Bush, The Lynn Morris Band, Vassar Clements and Ricky Skaggs.
Grassland Jam is produced and edited by Matthew Johnson. The program is made possible by contributions from the voters of Minnesota through a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
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