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BGS Top 50 Moments: The LA Bluegrass Situation at Largo

Feb 11, 2022

BGS Top 50 Moments: The LA Bluegrass Situation at Largo

It was 2010 when the true origins of “The Sitch” first materialized.  For five days in May, BGS founder Ed Helms congregated a lauded lineup of roots artists at the storied Largo at the Coronet Theatre in Los Angeles.  That first annual LA Bluegrass Situation festival included the likes of Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers, The Watkins Family Hour, Gillian Welch, Will Ferrell, Jackson Browne, The Infamous Stringdusters, and Ed’s Whiskey Sour Radio Hour variety showcase.

In the festivals that followed, LABS brought in the likes of Nickel Creek, John C. Reilly, the Punch Brothers, Willie Watson, and many others before broadening to bigger venues across Los Angeles.  The online iteration of “The Bluegrass Sitch” wouldn’t come to fruition for another two years, but the heart of it was all there, on stage at Largo, from the very start.

BGS Top 50 Moments: The LA Bluegrass Situation at Largo

BGS Top 50 Moments: The LA Bluegrass Situation at Largo

BGS Top 50 Moments: The LA Bluegrass Situation at Largo

BGS Top 50 Moments: The LA Bluegrass Situation at Largo

BGS Top 50 Moments: The LA Bluegrass Situation at Largo

BGS Top 50 Moments: The LA Bluegrass Situation at Largo

BGS Top 50 Moments: The LA Bluegrass Situation at Largo


Photo Credit: Lincoln Andrew Defour

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BGS Top 50 Moments: The LA Bluegrass Situation at Largo
BGS Top 50 Moments: The LA Bluegrass Situation at Largo