Truth to Power

Josh Graves, RIP

“Josh Graves, RIP-X049”

Musician Josh Graves, master of Dobro, dies

By PETER COOPER

Burkett Howard “Uncle Josh” Graves, whose bluesy Dobro innovations helped keep that curious and difficult instrument alive in country and bluegrass music, died Saturday in Nashville after a lengthy illness.

“He’s like Bill Monroe to the mandolin or Earl Scruggs to the banjo,” Jerry Douglas told Tennessean senior writer Tim Ghianni in 2003. “If you want to learn the instrument, you listen to Josh play.”</i>


Recently on Ink 19...

Incubus

Incubus

Screen Reviews

Both bold experiment and colossal failure in the 1960s, Esperanto language art house horror film Incubus returns with pre-_Star Trek_ William Shatner to claim a perhaps more serious audience.

Garage Sale Vinyl: Loretta Lynn

Garage Sale Vinyl: Loretta Lynn

Garage Sale Vinyl

In this latest installment of his weekly series, Christopher Long is betrayed by his longtime GF when she swipes his copy of Loretta Lynn’s Greatest Hits Vol. II right out from under his nose while rummaging through a south Florida junk store.