Tony Trischka - Earl Jam 2

Tony Trischka - Earl Jam 2

Author: Matt Hutchinson April 29, 2026 Duration: 19:56
Tony Trischka returns to Bluegrass Jam Along to talk about his new record Earl Jam 2, the follow up to the first volume of a fascinating project that began when Tony was sent a thumb drive of recordings of Earl Scruggs and John Hartford jamming together at home. Volume 2 also has a great line up of special guests, including Billy Strings, Bruce Molsky, Molly Tuttle, Del McCoury, Sierra Ferrell and Sister Sadie. Tony tells the fascinating story of how Farayi Malek ended up adding vocals to one...

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