1965 Fincastle Bluegrass Music Festival Tribute Video Made in 2005

Honoring the memory of Carlton Haney who promoted the very first multi-day Bluegrass music festival in September 1965. This video premiered at the 40th Anniversary event in September 2005.

"The original Fincastle event was partly a celebration of the music and the artists who played it, and partly an example of the missionary zeal and desire to educate people about the history of bluegrass music – and Bill Monroe’s central role in that story – that Carlton Haney took on as his personal crusade. Haney became famous for putting different groups of musicians together on stage, often using them to recreate the lineup of a previous version of The Bluegrass Boys, or to make some other point about the music in addition to entertaining his audiences.

This aspect of the early Haney festivals was also in evidence at the 40th Anniversary Festival in Fincastle, with Carlton up on stage a number of times to MC or narrate special tributes to some of the acts who were on the bill in 1965 (like Bill Monroe and Reno & Smiley), including appearances by pickers who had performed with them over the years." - John Lawless, https://bluegrasstoday.com/

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