Depot/Packed House
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November 30, 2011
Our playing for Christmas Open House at the Depot in Salem, Indiana has become an annual event. This year we had Mike Cleveland on fiddle and mandolin and he was on fire. Brian Allen took care of the guitar while Rob Whitmer was a govener with the bass. Johanna Smoak added harmony with solos thrown in, and her appearance tended to make the whole group look better.
Bill Monroe One Hundredth
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September 18, 2011
Sure was nice to be in Owensboro, Kentucky in September at the International Bluegrass Music Museum for the Bill Monroe centennial. Quite a few of the Bluegrass Boys were on hand and some of us got together and played a tune or two. I heard Earl Scruggs and his sons play; I saw and heard the Doug Dillard band; I heard the Whites, Ralph Stanley, and the Lewis Tradition.
Thanks Bluegrass Museum for all your work.
Red Barn Radio
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April 6, 2011
Jim Smoak and the LA Honeydrippers are to bring their Bluegrass music to Red Barn Radio. The radio broadcast is recorded in Lexington, Kentucky with a live audience.
Bluegrass Boys Reunion
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June 15, 2010
The band members of Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys will gather for a reunion at the Int'l Bluegrass Music Museum and RiverPark Center in Owensboro, KY on Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010.
The Pioneers Gathering
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June 15, 2010
I'll Be in Owensboro, KY again this year for the gathering of the pioneers of Bluegrass Music. This all takes place at the International Bluegrass Music Museum and RiverPark Center. 10:00 AM til 10:00 PM June 24th.
Jim Smoak And Group Thrills Depot Audience
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December 8, 2008
Written by Cecil Smith
"Banjoist Jim Smoak of Pekin and the LA Honeydrippers thrilled a capacity crowd that filled the main display area at The Depot during the annual Christmas open house Sunday, December 7th".
Louisville Bluegrass Festival
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August 5, 2008
Jim was with the Cumberlands again at the Bluegrass Festival in Louisville on Saturday, August 2nd.
Gathering of the pioneers of Bluegrass Music
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June 30, 2008
The International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, KY hosted the first ever gathering of the pioneers of Bluegrass Music June 26, 2008. There were some there I hadn't seen in over fifty years, and some I had only heard of, and now met. Wow! Rhonda and I had fun. Thanks Bluegrass Museum.
on Jerusalem Ridge----
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November 30, 2007
Jim Smoak played a show and guested with the Cumberland Highlanders at Rosine, KY on Sept. 29.
Jim Smoak To Perform Dec. 2nd at The Depot
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November 29, 2007
Railroad songs, mixed with bluegrass, will fill the exhibit area at The Depot railroad museum in Salem Sunday afternoon, Dec. 2, as the John Hay Center holds it's Christmas open house.---(From ADvantage, published by The Leader Publishing Co.).
Lowcountry Bluegrass with Jim Smoak----
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April 13, 2007
If you love authentic bluegrass music, Hampton Street Auditorium in Walterboro, SC, is the place you want to be Saturday, April 14 for two shows: 6PM and 8PM. Grand Ole Opry artist Jim Smoak and friends will be performing bluegrass, country and swing music. "We are thrilled to have an artist that has rubbed elbows with many of the first generation greats of bluegrass," said arts council director Bonnie Hargrove.