Happy Traum (Homespun Tapes) Interview

My guest on Bluegrass Jam Along this week is Happy Traum. Happy founded Homespun with his wife, Jane, in 1967. In the 55 years that followed, Homespun has helped hundreds of thousands of people learn to play music and has worked with some of the all-time bluegrass greats, including Tony Rice, Norman Blake, Bill Monroe, John Hartford, Sam Bush and many, many more.Happy share the story of how Homespun was born, as well as memories of working with some of those iconic musicians, many of whom became friends along the way.Happy also gave listeners to Bluegrass Jam Along an exclusive discount for anything from the (huge!) Homespun catalogue. Just enter the code JAMALONG at checkout and you'll get 20% off. You've got till July 8th 2022 to take advantage so hurry!Here are some of my favourites, in case you need some ideas!The Tony Rice Guitar MethodNorman Blake's Guitar Techniques The Sam Bush Mandolin MethodStuff we chat about in the episodeHomespun's websiteHappy's websiteHappy's signature guitar from Santa CruzRichard Thompson's Frets and Refrains campAdam Traum's website Support the show===Thanks to Bryan Sutton for his wonderful theme tune to Bluegrass Jam Along (and to Justin Moses for playing the fiddle!)Bluegrass Jam Along is proud to be sponsored by Collings Guitars and Mandolins and Token premium guitar picks- Sign up to get updates on new episodes - Free fiddle tune chord sheets- Here's a list of all the Bluegrass Jam Along interviews- Follow Bluegrass Jam Along for regular updates:InstagramFacebook- Review us on Apple Podcasts