Ricky Allred

[AlanN]

what he's been up to lately. He's a terrific player, razor sharp on the banjer too.

[Scotti Adams]

..hmmm..Ive wondered too..the last I seen of him he was playing with The McPeak Bros....playing mando of course...hes always been one of my favs....

[AlanN]

I saw his brother not long ago, told me he rarely gets out to pick, doing the family thing and working construction. A local guy did a record and had Rick play on it - mando, bass, banjer, dobro. Not many people know this, but the tasty dobro on Come Sit By The River recording by Charlie Waller is Rick.

[Scotti Adams]

..I knew that.. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif ..the break he does on "Gods Coloring Book"...has the same lick that Flux uses on the tune "Summer Wages"...

[AlanN]

I said "Not many people", Scotti. That of course doesn't include you, you scholar of grass, you http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Scotti Adams]

http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif .....seriously tho...Ive forgotten alot...things are a bit more fuzzy now. I feel more like I do now than what I did awhile ago...

[Salty Dog]

Scotti. I am so sorry to hear about your mother's death and our prayers are with you and your family. #My question is this for the bluegrass scholars - John Duffey supposedly has (had?) a daughter named Nancy Allred - is there a connection here?

[Scotti Adams]

...nope...I think Rick is married to Pete Kukyendolls daughter...hes the editor at Bluegrass Unlimited...thnaks for the kind words Salts....I could be wrong about Nancy Allred..Im not awake yet..Im sure AlanN will know once he awakens this morning.... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[AlanN]

You got it, Scotti. Rick has a pick and bar-b-q every year, I need to get on the invite list for that. The first (and only ) time I saw him was 1980 or 81 with the Gents, at the old Vernon Valley fest in NW New Jersey. This was a great summer festival at a ski resort, always top notch line-up - Monroe, Osbornes, Bill Harrell, Peter Rowan (had Marty Stuart on guitar). It also attracted a biker crowd, fun to watch those bananas get drunk and roll around in the dirt http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[Scotti Adams]

...yea..nothing funnier than a biker rollin around on the ground drunk wanting to hear Rocky Top or Blue Moon of Ky....been there done that http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif