Buddy Merriam

This friday, Buddy Merriam will make his debut at the Staller Center for the Arts Recital Hall performing 3 of his original tunes with Taylor Ackley and the Deep Roots Ensemble. Buddy will join the Ensemble for a full set…

     It's late February and while the wind blows, the snow comes down and a deep chill is in the air, Buddy relishes this time to play his mandolin, write new tunes and make plans for the upcoming season of performances.

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Back Roads Mandolin Vol. 2

32 Original Compositions

 Now available

Buddy Merriam releases his second book of original mandolin compositions, BACK ROADS MANDOLIN Volume Two-  32 Original Compositions, containing all his tunes from his last four recordings along with six…

PRESS RELEASE  Aug. 24, 2015
Buddy Merriam to receive the Long Island Music Hall of Fame “Long Island Sound” Award on Sunday Sept. 13 at the Fiddle & Folk Festival at Benner’s Farm in Setauket,NY. The award is presented “for…

Sunday March 15th It's Blue Grass Time at Bedell Cellars with Buddy Merriam & Back Roads as part of this great event featuring live music on the North Fork. WE play 1-3 PM Main Rd Cutchogue,NY  for tickets www.bedellcellars.com

December 2013

by Community Contributer John Wevers

You may obtain a copy by calling Buddy Merriam at 631-744-2911 $5 includes shipping and handling

BUDDY MERRIAM and a BLUEGRASS WEDDING

Just the right music for that very special occasion. Here's a testimony from the bride:

"I have been going to see Buddy play for many years now and when it was time to plan…

For the Mandolin Experience and Back Roads it was a great summer every Tuesday night at the Meschutt Beach Hut in Hampton Bays. What could be better than the beach & open air bluegrass fun! We look forward to coming…

What a very cool venue to play in Northport! Many thanks to

Andrea of the Northport Coalition for the Arts for bringing us in for a very special intimate show at Bru' na Bo'. We had a full house in…

We were proud to be a part of the Belmont Stakes hospitality for the big crowd of over 60,000 Saturday June 9. What a great day!

 http://www.9news.com/video/1681992337001/1/Theres-some-blue-fans-and-bluegrass-music-at-Belmont

Please be sure to join us on June 30 for some fun at…

Words: Drew Moss | Photos: Lynn Spinnato

Once in a while, if we’re incredibly lucky, we meet our heroes.

Once in awhile, if we’re incredibly unlucky, we get struck by lightning.

On a stormy August day in the Berkshire Mountains…

One might say that becoming a bluegrass virtuoso was simply written in the stars for Buddy Merriam, a mandolinist originally from Hartford, Connecticut. Although he had played guitar since childhood, he became interested in the mandolin after seeing Frank…