Featured Song: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony James McKinney at age 19 on stage at Opryland where he was a regular performer. Here you see James playing his own arrangement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony with which he won the 1982 National BlueGrass Banjo Championship.
Featured Song: Caravan James McKinney with Mark Sganga and other friends live on "Front Porch Radio" at the 2007 Walnut Valley Music Festival. Mark Sganga (guitar), James McKinney (Banjo), Pete Huntlinger (guitar), Jeff Taylor (accordian), Marvin Gruenbaum (fiddle), Wade Krause (percussion), Duane Webster (Bass), John Bertram (guitar).
Featured song: El Cumbachero, (1 of 5 Videos) James playing with National Mandolin Champion, Bruce Graybill, and friends on Stage 7 at the 2007 Walnut Valley Music Festival. James McKinney (Banjo), Bruce Graybill (mandolin), John Lowell (guitar), Marvin Gruenbaum (fiddle).
Featured song: Sweet Georgia Brown, (2 of 5 Videos) James playing with National Mandolin Champion, Bruce Graybill, and friends on Stage 7 at the 2007 Walnut Valley Music Festival. James McKinney (Banjo), Bruce Graybill (mandolin), John Lowell (guitar), Marvin Gruenbaum (fiddle).
Featured song: Minor Swing, (3 of 5 Videos) James playing with National Mandolin Champion, Bruce Graybill, and friends on Stage 7 at the 2007 Walnut Valley Music Festival. James McKinney (Banjo), Bruce Graybill (mandolin), John Lowell (guitar), Marvin Gruenbaum (fiddle).
Featured song: Can't Keep from Try'in (Slappin' Song), (4 of 5 Videos) James playing with National Mandolin Champion, Bruce Graybill, and friends on Stage 7 at the 2007 Walnut Valley Music Festival. James McKinney (Banjo), Bruce Graybill (mandolin), John Lowell (guitar), Marvin Gruenbaum (fiddle).
Featured song: Lonesome Fiddle Blues, (5 of 5 Videos) James playing with National Mandolin Champion, Bruce Graybill, and friends on Stage 7 at the 2007 Walnut Valley Music Festival. James McKinney (Banjo), Bruce Graybill (mandolin), John Lowell (guitar), Marvin Gruenbaum (fiddle).
Featured Song: Leather Britches Excerpt from a jam session at the 2007 Smokey Mountain Banjo Academy where James is an annual instructor. This is the first meeting of James and Ken Perlman (Renowned Frailing Banjoist) leading to a fast friendship.
Featured Song: John Hardy James McKinney jamming with an impromptu crowd at the 2008 Marietta Bluegrass Festival in Marietta, GA.
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