Bluegrass
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I know i’ve seen on some thread somewhere here that there are a lot of bluegrass, and modern bluegrass fans here.
Havent picked up anything new recently…but thanks to you two I will be now.
Thanks for the heads up on the Yonder Mountain cd JT. I will have to pick that one up! I listen too a lot of Sam Bush, Alison Krause (and the solo stuff her band does), Blue Highway, and some Nickle Creek. I have Nickle Creek three times in concert and would recommend it to anyone!
Joel
I am a bluegrass head. I saw YMSB at the Georgia Theater here in Athens, Georgia (USA) Feb. 14 and it was an incredible show. I can’t think of any band that has improved more over the last few years. 3 years ago they were decent. Now, I would rank them (almost) with their fellow Coloradoains Leftover Salmon for sheer virtuosity on strings. We’ve got a good up and coming band here called Packway Handle Band that have been getting pretty noteworthy in the last few years. They do a very trad single-mike type of music. In the long view I love all grass, but tend more toward the traditional stuff. Recently I’ve re-fallen in love with the Doc Watson Bill Monroe duets. That’s the complete package–picking and singing. Also, don’t forget Old Crow Medicine Show (as heard right here on some podcasts). I think they have some of the best writing and best harmonica licks in all the world of grass. I’m ambivalent about Alison Krause as a singer, but as a fiddle player with Union Station guitarist Dan Tyminski doing vocals=great stuff. They put on a good show. Ricky Skaggs has, of course, delved nastily into that awful genre called THNC (today’s hot new country), but don’t be fooled, he is probably the best living mandolin player and with his band Kentucky Thunder plays some of the tightest grass I have ever heard.
G
I’m a little biased, but for what its worth:
http://www.bloodshotrecords.com/artists/themeatpurveyors/Living in Telluride, we see some of the best bluegrass artists around, given we have one of the biggest bluegrass festivals in the U.S.
Jay I am amazed at how much the Crooked Still singer sounds like Alison Krause. Definitely a voice from heaven!
Joel
Jay I am amazed at how much the Crooked Still singer sounds like Alison Krause. Definitely a voice from heaven!
Joel
Joel,
I agree, she does sound
Sounds like we have a lot of bluegrass fans on here – for folks in the Northeast: you really ought to check out the Grey Fox bluegrass festival in NY.
String Cheese Incident may not be a bluegrass band, but their stuff carries a heavy influence. check out dudleys kitchen: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=5540015&id=5540165&s=143441
and restless wind: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=5564323&id=5564341&s=143441
If anyone ins in colorado net week there are several shows by Jeff Austin and Friends. Jeff plays madolin and vocals for yonder mtn. He will be joined by Bill Nershi of string cheese incidenton guitar, Darol Angor on fiddle, and Bryn Davies on bass. There is a free show at steamboat on saturday.
I am keen to get into this, I have been listing to the music on Zach’s pod casts, but I am still a little lost. So I downloaded a few Bluegrass pod casts, but that didn’t help…
Zach, I love the fishing music that you have, please will you put down the artists that you have on your pod casts.
Please will you guys point me at links that you believe is decent music…
Mike
I don’t know all the musicians on the podcasts, but Old Crow Medicine Show is the music heard in the intro to most of them. I’m not picky about genre–OCMS is bluegrass to me, but maybe it’s really “old timey” music? Of the albums of theirs I have, I like Big Iron World best.
Try this site for various bluegrass and variants. It’s kind of a hippy/jam band site, but has plenty of bluegrass shows. The “bluegrass sessions” show has one of the best all-star lineups you’ll find–every one of these guys is world famous. Also listen to the Leftover Salmon stuff–not really bluegrass, but really well-played “cajun slam grass”. Do not neglect Peter Rowan and Tony Rice–best guitar picking you may ever hear. Also Yonder Mountain String Band is worth a whirl….
http://stash.nugs.net/stash.aspG
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