The Bluegrass Alliance - "Sweet Sunny South"

Louisville, KY group. A big thanks goes to David Newton for his generous offer of this song from his personal collection of Louisville, KY groups. Release date unknown.

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• Bluegrass-Alliance
• sweet-sunny-south

[LynyrdsSkyn]

Do you know the members of this group and who else may have played with them?

[VinylNostalgia]

Members 19681970 Lonnie Peerce Danny Jones Dan Crary Ebo Walker Buddy Spurlock Members 19701973 Lonnie Peerce Tony Rice Sam Bush Ebo Walker Courtney Johnson

[VinylNostalgia]

Members 19731977

Lonnie Peerce

Danny Wiley

Darryl Sanson

Marty Townsend

Garland Shuping

[lacurry4]

My parents would often take us to hear the Bluegrass Alliance at Ken Pyle's Storefront Congregation (a great little storefront bar) in Louisville. Hicks' Peaceable Kingdom was painted in mural on the back wall. I'll never forget sitting there eating beer cheese and looking right up at them playing. The Alliance was invited to our home a few times. Now, at 50, I am playing bluegrass on stand-up bass - and I'm thinking of starting fiddle one of these days.

[dylannowandforever]

lonnie was a good friend of mine.my band bluegrass generation helped him for a while.he was fun to pick with.he sent me an album about 3 months before he passed away.15 years ago ,still got it unopened.gary looper april 12 2011

[Cometman72]

Lonnie Peerce was my grandfather and supposedly started the Bluegrass Alliance. I love this song and bluegrass music in general. Sadly, I don't play but am trying to learn. I have met alot of people who knew him. My younger brother plays several instruments, he has the ear. We really don't know much about him. When my grandmother died we rarely saw him after 1983. I remember Sam, Vince, and Tony when I was little. They would come to Lonnies house in that big green and white Winnebago

[mtownsend0405]

@1516levi1 Garland , Danny W., Darryl, Marty, and Lonnie are on, "Ghost Riders." I was the last to leave Lonnie other than Garland.

[mtownsend0405]

Marty played with them from November 1973 to December 1974.

[1516levi1]

@LynyrdsSkyn Mary Wilson played guitar with the Alliance for a short time in 1975. Marty was with them right before Vince Gill was with them, If my memory serves me correct, he was only with Lonnie for about five or six months.

[LynyrdsSkyn]

Thanks a bunch!!