Stone Walls, Steel Bars Bluegrass Show aired on WGXC from July 2011 to August 2012.

Modern Mash/Vintage Twang

Cowboy Jim spins the vintage grandfathers and mothers of mountain music, old tyme and their legacy throughout the decades and into today’s diverse bluegrass music scene. Pick up a few historical points in between records. Join us at the “Mechanic’s Corner” where Jim talks about the instruments and how the music is made. Enjoy special guests from the region and beyond as they drop by the studio to pick a few for you and find out what’s happen in bluegrass throughout the Hudson Valley. From Bill Monroe’s gospel to new acoustic explorations, call in’s and requests are welcome.

Jim Wright is a visual artist and bluegrass musician from Northern Virginia, who now makes his home in New York’s bluegrass capital, Ancramdale. Jim has been a bluegrass enthusiast and picker for nearly 20 years where he has gained appreciation for bluegrass music from its founding and roots to the contemporary galaxy of grass related acoustic music. Jim currently leads the Old Croken Stillers and is in the Bash Bish Bluegrass Band (which play every 2nd Sat. of the month, 4-8pm @ the Taconic Wayside Inn, Copake Falls, NY).