Oct 22, 2026 · 26 min · 9 segments
Brandon Green never set out to move his family from West Virginia to Arkansas. But a bluegrass competition, an unexpected connection, and weeks of prayer opened the door to a new calling at Williams…
So you're not the typical, well, I don't know if I know what a typical bluegrass musician is.
Actually, I should say more specifically, Bolt, the home of Little Jimmy Dickens.
We're losing listeners right and left because only you and me are really appreciating the legacy and the heritage going on here.
that taught bluegrass and to be honest i was nobody in my family had ever went to college other than maybe a few college courses nobody had graduated it wasn't really on my list of things to do you know um but i got to talking to will about a school called east tennessee state university i know of it yeah where you could study bluegrass music and that was how i was like well If I can go to college and play bluegrass, I think I can go to college.
So, you know, that hooked me and ended up at ETSU, went there my freshman year.
So you're not the typical, well, I don't know if I know what a typical bluegrass musician is.
Actually, I should say more specifically, Bolt, the home of Little Jimmy Dickens.
We're losing listeners right and left because only you and me are really appreciating the legacy and the heritage going on here.
that taught bluegrass and to be honest i was nobody in my family had ever went to college other than maybe a few college courses nobody had graduated it wasn't really on my list of things to do you know um but i got to talking to will about a school called east tennessee state university i know of it yeah where you could study bluegrass music and that was how i was like well If I can go to college and play bluegrass, I think I can go to college.
So, you know, that hooked me and ended up at ETSU, went there my freshman year.
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