Mike Feldhaus hosts Bluegrass & Backroads, a weekly thirty-minute program which features unique Kentucky people and places. The program highlights many ag related stories mixed with festivals, artisans and events from across the Commonwealth. Bluegrass and Backroads is produced by Bob Shrader and Matt Hilton.
Bluegrass & Backroads Season Five
501 Joe Ley Antiques – Joe Lay Antiques is probably one of the most unusual places you will ever visit. Four stories of everything from doorknobs to …to …. Well …well …..You just have to see it!
Oak Level Forge - The Western part of Kentucky is home to the small community of Oak Level. Near by, If you venture over a hillside and through a holler, you just might hear the serenity broken by the sound of a hammer against an anvil. … as Layne Hendrickson hammers up some very creative art.
Old Friends Race Horse Retirement Home - You know, the area around Lexington is known for its magnificent horse farms. But, nestled just outside of Georgetown you will find a horse farm that has become a …. retirement home, unlike any you have ever seen
502 Chris Korrow Photographer - Chris Korrow from Burkesville Kentucky discovered a whole new world when he took his close-up camera into his backyard. After years of shooting and editing, he produced a documentary on Garden Insects that has gained him a great deal of attention.
Jeff Lambert’s Dulcimers - Sometime ago, Rev. Jeff Lambert received his first Dulcimer as a gift. Since then he has been building and teaching a whole new generation of Dulcimer players. According to Jeff, “if you can count to seven and pat your foot, you can learn to play a Dulcimer.
Chaney Dairy Barn - Working on a Dairy Farm is hard work and even harder sometimes to make ends meet. Carl & Debra Chaney from Bowling Green Kentucky, found a way to keep their dairy operation and turn a profit. Now they’re Ice-cream Dairy Barn is as famous as their milking operation.
503 Sylvania Winchester Plant – When you hear the name Sylvania, you think light bulb. We’re headed to the Winchester plant to take a tour where originally they manufactured instamatic flash cubes.
Kenny’s Country Cheese - When Kenny Mattingly wanted to add extra value to his milking operation, at his a Austin, KY dairy farm. …. he thought …cheese. Now he supplies cheese to many restaurants and ships cheese all over the country.
Folk Art Center - What is art? that age old question is answered everyday at the Morehead Folk Art Center. Where art …… is in the eye of the beholder.
504 Wildwood Inn – If you’re ever looking for a hotel in northern Kentucky…and want something just a little different. You might want to check out the Wildwood Inn. Where you can sleep in a race car or stay in a cave.
Bluegrass Blueberries – You don’t normally think of blueberries being grown in Kentucky. However, one Edmonton, KY farmer says “they grow like weeds in this state.”
St. James Art Fair - Once a year on the first full weekend of October…. old Louisville’s normally quiet streets are transposed into one of the largest events in state. The St. James Art Fair.
505 Parnell’s Sausage – Parnell’s sausage is a third generation family business that has long prided it’s self on quality. We’re about to see first hand how they maintain that quality as we take a tour of their Simpsonville plant.
Lexington Brewing Company - Beer aged in bourbon barrels? Well that’s exactly what they do at the Lexington brewing company. …. and we’re about to see how they do it.
RC Components - In early 1989, Los Angeles native Rick Ball, built a lightweight, billet aluminum wheel for a new custom drag bike. When the bike debuted at the race track, Rick’s new custom wheels created an instant buzz and RC Components was born!
506 Highlands Renaissance Festival - When you visit the Highlands Renaissance Festival be prepared to be entertained by jousting men in armor …wonderful music …. period clothing and being followed by the village mud wrestlers.
Red Dog Chairs - Kentucky native, Mike Angel had been interested in woodworking for years but only took it up earnestly after retiring from a fascinating career. Now he finds he’s busier than ever.
Louis Shuckman Smoked Fish - The Shuckman’s have smoked fish in Louisville since 1919. Recently, Louis Shuckman has been instrumental in introducing folks to a new and distinctive flavor for the fish ….. by using another traditional Kentucky product, bourbon whiskey.
507 Kentucky Speedway - Ladies and gentlemen, get ready to start your engines as we head to Sparta Kentucky and visit the Kentucky Speedway.
Quail Hollow Candle Factory - Harold Shivery in Adolphus Kentucky is not your average everyday artist ….. Harold spends his days meticulously carving candles for folks
B&B Broadbent Country Hams - Broadbent B&B Country Hams in Cadiz Kentucky has received many awards for their country hams. However, none can compare to their sale of the state fair Grand Champion Ham for half a million dollars.
508 Maker’s Mark Distillery - The legend of Maker’s Mark Distillery, located in Loreto Kentucky, dates back to 1784. When Robert Samuels, a Scottish Irish immigrant, arrived in Kentucky and started making whisky for him and a few close friends. Let’s visit this legendary Kentucky landmark.
Apollo Choppers - Apollo Choppers in Eminence Kentucky is no Harley Davidson. However, they are making a name for themselves as one of the top notch custom cycle shops in the country. Let’s take a look.
Tarter Gate Company - The Tarter Gate Company, located in Danville Kentucky, is one of the largest manufactures of gates in the country. You can go to almost any farm or ranch and you’ll probably find a gate with the Tarter name and reputation.
509 Townsend’s Pure Cane Sorghum - Making sorghum from pure cane is an art that has been pasted down from one generation to the next in the Townsend family. Let’s see how it’s done as we travel to Jeffersonville, Kentucky.
Wooly Worm Festival - Once a year the community of Beattyville Kentucky becomes the center of weather prognostication as everyone’s attention turns to the wooly worm.
UK Basketball Museum - Nowhere does basketball have a more colorful history than at the University of Kentucky. And right next door to Rupp Arena is the only basketball museum specifically designed to highlight such a college athletic program.
510 Speed Art Museum - Established in 1927, the Speed Art Museum is Kentucky’s oldest and largest art museum with over 12,000 pieces in its permanent collection.
Commonwealth Agri-Energy Ethanol Plant - Commonwealth Agri-Energy Ethanol Plant is owned by two groups of farmer investors: the Kentucky Corn Growers’ Association and the Hopkinsville Elevator Cooperative. And it’s turned out to be a pretty good partnership.
Challenger Learning Center - The count down is about to commence…. as we head to Hazard Kentucky to catch a flight to mars. Our pilots and our engineers are ten or eleven years old and really know their stuff and you will be glad to know …the Challenger Learning Center has saved us a seat.
511 Raymond’s Spoonbill Catfish Farm – A visit to the Raymond’s Aquatic Spoonbill Catfish Farm, as they harvest their first caviar. Mammoth Cave National Park – A tour to the largest cave system in the world. Out House Races - A visit to Penn’s Store in Gravel Switch, Kentucky for their outhouse races.
512 Kentucky State Fair The Blue Ribbons – Bob Shrader takes us to the fair and the history of the
Blue Ribbons. The Food and The Midway – Matt Hilton showcases the food and the rides
of the Midway. Role of Farm Bureau – Mike Feldhaus takes a look at the long history of
Farm Bureau and the Fair.
513 Moonlite Bar-B-Q – We travel to Owensboro Kentucky to taste some very famous Bar-B-Q Farm Machinery Show - A closer look at the largest indoor Farm Machinery Show in the country. Luci Center – The Luci Center is using horses to work with special needs young people.
514 Glass Works – An amazing journey to Glass Works, where vases and glass ornaments, take shape right before your eyes. Minor E. Clark Fish Hatchery – A visit to a State Fish Hatchery. Henson Brooms – Henson Broom Company is a fourth generation broom making artisan.
515 Cackling Knobs Farm – A chicken farmer that as found a new use for her egg shells. She makes candles. The Treasured Child Toy Store – An amazing toy store, that thinks you should play with the toys. Lincoln Home Place – A visit to the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln.
516 Kentucky Derby Museum – Setting on the doorsteps of Churchill Downs is the much visited Derby Museum. We take a tour of this interesting collection of Derby History. Actor’s Theatre Humana Festival of New American Plays – We watch a play take shape at the Humana Festival of New American Plays at the world famous Actor’s Theatre. Bagdad Roller Mill – A visit to a very old Roller Mill, that makes custom feed.
