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GRAMMY NOMINATED | Best Bluegrass Album - 2012 Scratch Gravel Road

Special Consensus is a superb bluegrass outfit in a classic vein but with more than enough modern sensibilities to attract every ear in this now pleasantly fractionating genre. The vocals are spotless, the playing as shiny as a newly minted penny, and music like this is the reason people come to love bluegrass… Special Consensus approaches this hallowed American musical form with boundless energy and an aesthetic reverence that tickles the ribs, tugs at the heart, and puts a restless two-step in boots and bare feet…
A review written for the Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange by Mark S. Tucker

SCRATCH GRAVEL ROAD Scratch Gravel Road is the 16th recording released by Special C. This is a “special” recording because most of the songs were given to the band by top Nashville songwriters, including Dixie and Tom T. Hall, Tim Stafford and Jon Weisberger, Brink Brinkman and Tony Rackley, Craig Market, Becky Buller and even Harley Allen and Herb Ford. The recording features the current band lineup of founder Greg Cahill, David Thomas, Rick Faris and Dustin Benson. The somewhat “epic” song about Bill Monroe, called “Monroe’s Doctrine,” includes guest vocal appearances by Special C alums Josh Williams and Chris Jones along with the fabulous fiddling of Stuart Duncan.

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We’re heading to MO for the holiday weekend – Back Forty Bluegrass Festival on Saturday and the Showboat Branson Belle on Sunday. Hope to see many of our MO friends at one of these events!


Scratch Gravel Road remains on the Top 15 Bluegrass Albums chart at #14 in the May issue of Bluegrass Unlimited.


Oh Happy Day – Scratch Gravel Road is GRAMMY nominated for Best Bluegrass Album! We are honored. A good article in the Chicago Tribune. chicagotribune.com


Scratch Gravel Road received a Highlight Review in Bluegrass Unlimited (Jul 2012). See News and Reviews pages!


Greg received the prestigious IBMA Distinguished Achievement Award at the annual IBMA World of Bluegrass event in Nashville in 2011.


The Special C is the Bluegrass Unlimited cover story for the November 2010 issue  – yahoo! http://bluegrassmusic.com.


Greg is the Banjo Newsletter featured artist/cover story interview for the August 2010 issue.


Upcoming Events
May
25
Sat
2013
all-day Curryville, MO – Back Forty Bluegrass Festival @ Back Forty Bluegrass Park
Curryville, MO – Back Forty Blue… @ Back Forty Bluegrass Park
May 25 – May 26 all-day
The Turnbull Family is renowned for having excellent festivals and we greatly appreciate this opportunity to play at their Memorial Day festival.
May
26
Sun
2013
2:00 pm Branson, MO – Showboat Branson Belle @ Showboat Branson Belle
Branson, MO – Showboat Branson B… @ Showboat Branson Belle
May 26 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Join us for this great Bluegrass Weekend on Showboat Branson Belle cruise on Tablerock Lake. The cruise will feature us playing bluegrass music and a [...]
May
31
Fri
2013
7:30 pm Frankfort, IL – Down Home Guitars @ Down Home Guitars
Frankfort, IL – Down Home Guitars @ Down Home Guitars
May 31 @ 7:30 pm
May 31, 2013  7:30pm Where: Down Home Guitars, 11 S. White St., Frankfort, IL 60423 Details: Greg is appearing with banjo legend Alan Munde and [...]
Jun
1
Sat
2013
1:00 pm McMinnville, TN – Cumberland Caverns @ Volcano Room
McMinnville, TN – Cumberland Cav… @ Volcano Room
Jun 1 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
When: Saturday June 1, 2013  1:00pm Where: Cumberland Caverns, Volcano Room, 1437 Cumberland Caverns Road, McMinnville, TN Details: We are honored to have this opportunity to [...]
Jun
2
Sun
2013
all-day Niles, MI – Niles Bluegrass Festival @ Riverfront Amphitheater
Niles, MI – Niles Bluegrass Fest… @ Riverfront Amphitheater
Jun 2 all-day
When: Sunday June 2, 2013 Where: Niles Bluegrass Festival, Riverfront Amphitheatre, Main & Front Streets Details: Our annual appearance at this fun family festival. We [...]
Jun
6
Thu
2013
7:00 pm Olivet, MI – Midwest Banjo Camp @ Olivet College Campus
Olivet, MI – Midwest Banjo Camp @ Olivet College Campus
Jun 6 @ 7:00 pm – Jun 9 @ 12:00 pm
When:  Thursday through Sunday, June 6-9, 2013 Where: Midwest Banjo Camp at Olivet College Campus, 320 S. Main Street, Olivet, MI 49076 Details: Greg is [...]

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