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05/15/2026

𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘰𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘝𝘪𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘏𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘺 𝘙𝘦𝘦𝘥. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘖𝘭𝘥𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘑𝘢𝘣𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳. 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘫𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 ... 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘺 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘯. 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺! 𝘉𝘛𝘞 ... 𝘐𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘑𝘢𝘮 𝘚𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 ... 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘭𝘥-𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥-𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘑𝘢𝘻𝘻 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘈𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘢𝘱𝘣𝘰𝘹 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 ... 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘺 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘯!

In this episode, we dive into the mysterious history of the haunting fiddle tune “Cold Frosty Morning” — or simply “Frosty Morning,” as Henry Reed originally...

05/15/2026

James David Bullington
October 28, 1945 - May 10, 2026
Atwood Class of 1963
James David Bullington, age 80 of Lavinia, passed away at his home on May 10, 2026. He was born to the late Roosevelt Knox Bullington and Daisy Nell Cox Bullington on October 28, 1945, in Cedar Grove.
James was a retired electrician. He was a long-time IBEW member. James was Baptist by faith. He was also a long-time member of the local Masonic Lodge.
James is survived by his loving wife, Shirley Bullington of Lavinia; son, Marshall Eubanks of Huntingdon; daughter, Samantha McElhaney of Hot Springs, AR; eight grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and three great-great grandchildren.
Besides his parents, James is preceded in death by a son, Jeffery Bullington; daughter, Lorie Ann Crowe; and two sisters, Patsy Ann Bray and Jackie Smith.

The family will have a memorial graveside service at a later date.

05/13/2026

𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘏𝘰𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘐 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢 #1 𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯 1959, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳. 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 !

In this episode, we explore “The 8th of January”—a fiddle tune that has traveled through generations of old-time and bluegrass musicians, evolved across regi...

05/12/2026

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05/11/2026

My heart is broken as I have learned of the passing of our dear friend Emmett Garner who passed early this morning. Many of you remember Emmett who played & sang with Wayne Jerrolds and Savannah Grass for 40 years. He will be missed by all that knew him. RIP Emmett.

05/10/2026

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05/06/2026

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘙𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘖𝘭𝘥𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤. 𝘚𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 . . . 𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘒𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 , 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘦. 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘫𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯.
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘒𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. 🙏🏻
𝘞𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 ... "𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙠𝙚𝙮 𝘽𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝘽𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙩"

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