‘Twas the Night Before Christmas (Bluegrass Style) By Murphy Hicks Henry

Published originally in the General Store column of Bluegrass Unlimited, December 2004.With apologies to the original writer Clement Moore and to Dr. Suess. ‘Twas the night before Christmas,And all through the house,Not a picker was stirring,Not even a mouse. The party was over.We were picking no more,But guitars and banjosStill covered the floor. The fiddles…

Tip Jar Jam: Play The Hand You’re Dealt

We did a lot of great jamming last night but the funniest part of the jam was when two of our doctors started talking about hip replacement surgery. I'm sure I'll get the details wrong (and you docs can laugh) but I think the conversation centered on the trendy new anterior approach--in which you only…

What I did During Banjo Camp

By Dalton Henry This last weekend, my mama Casey and my gran Murphy were teaching lots of people to play at their banjo camp. That meant that my granddaddy Red and I had the house and yard all to ourselves! We had fun. We play a lot indoors. I like to make things with Play-Doh,…

Custom Lesson Update

Here's the list of new custom lessons I've been churning out for the last month. As always, these can be ordered over on my website. Golden Slippers (in G) (I) Watch clip. - I've played this tune forever and I really do like it. I'm kind of surprised it took someone this long to request a lesson on…

Sorry Illinois Folks, Murphy’s Not Coming to Speak This Saturday

Due to circumstances beyond our control, Murphy will NOT be speaking in Decatur, IL on Saturday, April 12th. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Chris Henry Heading to Australia with Peter Rowan, but VA and NC first!

Chris Henry will be playing with Peter Rowan on the following dates in VA and NC and then heading to Australia for a month! Friday, Feb 21st - Court Square Theater - Harrisonburg, VA Saturday, Feb 22nd - Aycock Auditorium (at UNCG)- Greensboro, NC If you need more details about any of the Australian dates Peter's…

Custom Lesson Update

Here are the new custom lessons I've worked up lately. Some really interesting tunes here, including the "Car Talk" theme song (which is titled "Dawggy Mountain Breakdown"). As always, you can order these on my website. Amazing Grace (Murphy's break from the "Picking Up The Pace" DVD) (I) Watch clip. Dawggy Mountain Breakdown (Car Talk…

Red and Chris CD Centerville Road Finally Available Online.

Since it's release a couple years back Red and Chris's CD Centerville Road has only been available in person at performances. Now, at long last, you can get it through our website. It's got lots of great music and can testify that it holds up to repeated listening. My son would ONLY listen to this…

Review of Pretty Good for A Girl in Bluegrass Unlimted

Bluegrass Unlimited magazine published an absolutely fabulous review of Murphy's book Pretty Good for A Girl: Women in Bluegrass in their September issue. Read it here on the BU site.

Jam Session #1 and Jam Session #2

Folks, I recently participated in couple of picking sessions that showed something about what to do--and what not to do-- in a jam. Let's call them Jam Session #1 and Jam Session #2. Jam Session #1 was the good old Thursday evening session at Linda's Mercantile fruit stand, run by David and Linda Lay on…