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An Interview With Grammy-Winning Musician John McEuen

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Multi-instrumentalist John McEuen is a founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, a Grammy-winning producer and published author. He spoke with Grady Kirkpatrick before his performance at the Bighorn Mountain Festival in Buffalo from July of 2018.

John McEuen returned to Wyoming for shows with the String Wizards in Pinedale and Cheyenne in February 2019. Grady Kirkpatrick spoke again with John sharing music and stories.

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John McEuen February 2019

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Grady has taken a circuitous route from his hometown of Kansas City to Wyoming. Sometime after the London Bridge had fallen down, he moved to Arizona and attended Arizona State University and actually graduated from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. ("He's a Lumberjack and he's OK……..!") He began his radio career in Prescott in 1982 and eventually returned to Kansas City where he continued in radio through the summer of 1991. Public Radio and the Commonwealth of Kentucky beckoned him to the bluegrass state where he worked as Operations/Program Manager at WKMS in Murray and WNKU in Highland Heights just across the Ohio from Cincinnati.