The First Quality Music Blog- ibma http://blog.firstqualitymusic.com Whats New @ First Quality Music Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:08:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Aaron Thomas drops by to try out the Sullivan Vintage-35 http://blog.firstqualitymusic.com/2009/10/aaron-thomas-drops-by-to-try-out-the-sullivan-vintage-35/ http://blog.firstqualitymusic.com/2009/10/aaron-thomas-drops-by-to-try-out-the-sullivan-vintage-35/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:01:30 +0000 Murrell Thixton http://blog.firstqualitymusic.com/?p=822 Aaron Thomas was in the showroom this week from Washington, IN and was kind enough to try out one of the new Sullivan Historic Vintage-35 Banjo Prototypes. We debuted this Banjo at IBMA and will have more information on it in the coming weeks – for now, the sound speaks for itself! He’s a great picker and in the video below performs a wonderful and unique version of “What a friend we have in Jesus”. Thanks for stopping by, Aaron!

]]> http://blog.firstqualitymusic.com/2009/10/aaron-thomas-drops-by-to-try-out-the-sullivan-vintage-35/feed/ 1 Balsam Range tops the Bluegrass Chart http://blog.firstqualitymusic.com/2009/09/balsam-range-tops-the-bluegrass-chart/ http://blog.firstqualitymusic.com/2009/09/balsam-range-tops-the-bluegrass-chart/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:25:27 +0000 Murrell Thixton http://blog.firstqualitymusic.com/?p=736 BALSAMRANGE

Our friends and First Quality featured artist Balsam Range have topped the Bluegrass Unlimited single chart with Last Train to Kitty Hawk.  Congratulations guys!!!  You can hear a Sullivan banjo on this tune picked by our pal Marc Pruett.  Be sure to catch a performance by the group at the upcoming IBMA fanfest, or visit their website for the latest news and tour date information.

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