Mike Simpson

Member, International Bluegrass Music Association BOD

[Mike Simpson @WkuFanMike]

A new MTB trail has opened at Dugas Community Park in Scottsville, KY with plans for future expansion - Singletracks Mountain Bike News https://t.co/agUIn06tjx

[Kentucky Derby @KentuckyDerby]

Good morning from Churchill Downs.

Today’s the day 🌹

[Mike Simpson @WkuFanMike]

@realcountry1953 And Paul “Moon” Mullins was instrumental in the Industrial Strength Bluegrass music scene in Ohio.

[Kentucky Derby @KentuckyDerby]

Good morning from @ChurchillDowns! 5 days and counting...

[Amiri King @AmiriKing]

Name a hotter list of southern musicians:

1. Bill Monroe
2. Loretta Lynn
3. Chris Stapleton
4. Dwight Yoakam
5. Ricky Skaggs
6. Keith Whitley
7. Sturgill Simpson
8. Tyler Childers
9. The Judds
10. Wynonna Judd
11. Crystal Gayle
12. Patty Loveless
13. Tom T. Hall
14. John Prine
15. Billy Ray Cyrus
16. John Michael Montgomery
17. Montgomery Gentry
18. Eddie Montgomery
19. Sam Bush
20. Keith Gattis

Kentucky can’t be fucked with.

[Kentucky Derby @KentuckyDerby]

Wake up, it's Derby week.

[WBKO News @wbkotv]

A new bike trail has been created at Dugas Park in Scottsville ➡️ https://t.co/ipcUvnqOJG

[Mike Simpson @WkuFanMike]

Dugas Park - We’ve been working on something new!! Join... | Facebook https://t.co/aBb2fxSVp3

[The Timeless Traveler @TimelessTrvlr]

Bowling Green, Kentucky is the kind of place where traffic is light, housing is reasonable, and everyday life settles into a rhythm that feels steady instead of stressful.

[Country Rebel @countryrebel]

Ronnie Bowman, a bluegrass legend and award-winning country songwriter, has died following an accident in Nashville, per reports. https://t.co/iTE64U2GOT

[Mike Simpson @WkuFanMike]

@realcountry1953 Porter

[German Shepherd Dad 🇺🇸 & 🔥 @FlagAndFire]

You ever stumble onto a clip that reminds you what real American music sounds like?

That’s Doc Watson on guitar and Earl Scruggs on banjo playing Cripple Creek.

Doc Watson was blind.
Let that sink in.

No sight.

Just instinct, memory, and fingers that could outrun most guitar players alive.

Scruggs basically invented modern bluegrass banjo.

Watson’s flatpicking changed acoustic guitar forever.

Two Appalachian guys.
No auto-tune.
No smoke machines.
No backup dancers.

Just hands, strings, and decades of skill.

Different era.
Different standard.

How many musicians today could sit down with nothing but an instrument like that?

[Mike Simpson @WkuFanMike]

@realcountry1953 Got to spend time with Roni and her sister, Donna, when the Stoneman Family was inducted into the @bluegrasshall
Stoneman Family was incredibly talented!

[Virgil Davis Hunt @vrgldh]

I was at the Station Inn Monday night, and they had this sign on the bar.

[Mike Simpson @WkuFanMike]

@HunterKY___ Bobby Braddock has to be on this list. He wrote the greatest Country song ever.

[Mike Simpson @WkuFanMike]

@realcountry1953 Mama Tried

[Mike Simpson @WkuFanMike]

@realcountry1953 I suspect that is JD Crowe on Banjo. Started touring with Jimmy at the age of 15 after Jimmy heard him in the radio in Lexington, KY.

[Mike Simpson @WkuFanMike]

@realcountry1953 @real_kuntry The pride of Versailles, Kentucky!

[J.D. @SwirlHaggard]

Guys that’s Peter motherfucking Rowan right there

[Mike Simpson @WkuFanMike]

@realcountry1953 I presented Mr. Lawson his Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame plaque on the stage of @ROMPFest in Owensboro, Kentucky several years ago. He is a great artist and even better gentleman!