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Your all bluegrass post
« on: September 02, 2009, 08:16:23 PM »
I'm not sure if this is the right venue; I'm sure a mod will help if needed.

I'm a bluegrass fan, but new to the genre (started listening maybe a year and a half ago).  So if you're fan, post some videos of your favorites.  Or links.  Or just tell me name and artist.

I'm gonna get it started with a newcomer, Sierra Hull.  I heard her track-by-track on XM14 of Secrets, and I was hooked.  Then I found this (she and Carl Bergrren playing Roanoke:

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_eBoohqKTo[/youtube]

I was shocked the guitar didn't burst into flames.

Another taste:

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56bYMJxQ88M[/youtube]
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Re: Your all bluegrass post
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2009, 08:41:17 PM »
Most likely the place would have been in the Game Threads (what are you listening to?}.  http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,1049.0.html
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Re: Your all bluegrass post
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2009, 09:58:04 PM »
Good... I'm not the only one here that enjoys bluegrass. :innocent:
[youtube=425,350]1HlfYNskrEY[/youtube]

[youtube=425,350]gBe5R276wL0[/youtube]
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Re: Your all bluegrass post
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2009, 07:25:26 AM »
Gotta love Earl.  He and Doc Watson are at the top of my list.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdUrg2Cqxdw[/youtube]

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EJyvWjfePY[/youtube]

Some newer stuff I heard recently...The Steeldrivers with a haunting tune:

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdUJPAG0ns8[/youtube]
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Re: Your all bluegrass post
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2009, 08:14:46 AM »
Balsam Range, one of my favorites:

[youtube=425,350]fntsSit4BrA[/youtube]

Karl Shiflett "Salty Dog Blues"...a classic

[youtube=425,350]pNBDIieTkxg[/youtube]

Allison Brown "The Road West"  ...a combination of bluegrass and jazz....very cool

[youtube=425,350]D4T1ks390fM[/youtube]
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Re: Your all bluegrass post
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2009, 08:24:53 AM »
Lovin' all of it.

Just found out a few months ago that Steve Martin is a helluva banjo player.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jn3KCZEqxc[/youtube]

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAQ4hEPIw60[/youtube]

And a silly one.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vKMUuvCdz0[/youtube]

He's actually up for two IBMA awards this year, unfortunately in the same category: Best Recorded Event.  Apparently that leads to vote splitting.
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Re: Your all bluegrass post
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2009, 02:39:15 PM »
My understanding it that this album is or was available as a CD. I have the vinyl, and it's one of my favorites.
 

http://store.acousticsounds.com/d/7597/Larry_McNeely,_Geoff_Levin,_Jack_Skinner-Confederation-180_Gram_Vinyl_LP


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Re: Your all bluegrass post
« Reply #7 on: September 04, 2009, 07:43:07 AM »
Some Doyle Lawson.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjEHRfiSzF4[/youtube]
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Re: Your all bluegrass post
« Reply #8 on: September 04, 2009, 08:34:28 AM »
[youtube=425,350]p27Mx-SXOug[/youtube]

[youtube=425,350]FsZ6qRYsaJ8[/youtube]

[youtube=425,350]yhI-4Agmax4[/youtube]

 Here's a couple I like.
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Re: Your all bluegrass post
« Reply #9 on: September 04, 2009, 03:57:32 PM »
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Re: Your all bluegrass post
« Reply #10 on: September 17, 2009, 09:14:28 AM »
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Re: Your all bluegrass post
« Reply #11 on: September 29, 2009, 09:29:48 AM »
http://www.last.fm/music/Gibson+Brothers/_/The+Way+I+Feel

And remember, the IBMAs are this Thursday.  I'll be listening on XM14 as Kyle Cantrell gives the play-by-play!
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Re: Your all bluegrass post
« Reply #12 on: October 24, 2009, 05:49:35 PM »
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Re: Your all bluegrass post
« Reply #13 on: October 24, 2009, 07:44:40 PM »
Well just TWANG!
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Re: Your all bluegrass post
« Reply #14 on: October 24, 2009, 07:49:09 PM »
Hell yeah!
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Re: Your all bluegrass post
« Reply #15 on: October 24, 2009, 07:53:05 PM »
Quote from: Chump on October 24, 2009, 07:49:09 PM
Hell yeah!

I'm watching your vids, I am a northerner, we don't get exposed to bluegrass up here.
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Re: Your all bluegrass post
« Reply #16 on: October 24, 2009, 08:26:01 PM »
Quote from: Schadenfreude on October 24, 2009, 07:53:05 PM
I'm watching your vids, I am a northerner, we don't get exposed to bluegrass up here.

Hey, same here.  I got smart though and decided to keep my happy ass down south.   :tongue:
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Re: Your all bluegrass post
« Reply #17 on: October 24, 2009, 08:35:08 PM »
http://www.rhapsody.com/earl-scruggs/the-three-pickers/soldiers-joy

Far and away my favorite performance of Soldier's Joy.  Ricky Skaggs picking up the banjo for once and playing claw-hammer with Earl Scruggs filling it out.  Doc Watson on guitar.  This album was recorded right next door in Winston-Salem.

For those interested, I believe the following haunting rendition is the original.  Beautiful melody; sad subject.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpPW7PK2i5w[/youtube]
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Re: Your all bluegrass post
« Reply #18 on: October 24, 2009, 08:59:56 PM »
The above tune being an exception, but I find most bluegrass to be, right up there along with Irish music, just about the happiest music on the planet.

No pretension, no big-assed tower of power. Just some stringed instruments - banjo, mandolin, fiddle, guitar, and maybe a harp. Can't forget about the bass fiddle, either.

For that reason, I thoroughly enjoyed the video that was taken inside somebody's house. That's the ultimate "chamber" music.   :cheersmate:
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Re: Your all bluegrass post
« Reply #19 on: October 24, 2009, 09:34:53 PM »
Concur, Eupher.  I think a lot of the joy in bluegrass is actually derived from and in spite of sadness in the lives of those who founded and continue the genre.  There's plenty of whimsy to be found, but in general, you sing about what you know, be it mining coal, being poor, losing your family, or what have you.  The singing is also a way to escape that reality.  And as you said, you don't need a lot of fancy fanfare to strum away and play some music with your neighbors.

I'm also a big fan of music that is, for the most part, at its best when performed live.

Oh and thanks for bringing up Irish music.  I enjoy it very much, and it brings up my next contribution.

Laurie Lewis with The Maple's Lament.  There's more than a hint of Celtic flavor in bluegrass.

http://www.rhapsody.com/laurie-lewis/earth-sky-songs-of-laurie-lewis/maples-lament

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Re: Your all bluegrass post
« Reply #20 on: October 24, 2009, 09:41:25 PM »
And continuing the Celtic theme, Ricky Skaggs performing Road to Spencer along with the Boston Pops.  The music starts at 0:52.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVBPCK5sPhM[/youtube]

Bonus points to anyone who knows the banjo picker in this one...
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Re: Your all bluegrass post
« Reply #21 on: October 29, 2009, 09:13:25 AM »
Quote from: Chump on October 24, 2009, 09:41:25 PM
Bonus points to anyone who knows the banjo picker in this one...

So no points for anyone.  It's Jim Mills, arguably among the best there is on the banjo.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFus3OaVtGE[/youtube]

And here also is his intrumental "He Came From Carolina - A Tribute to Earl," paying homage to the master, Earl Scruggs.

http://www.rhapsody.com/jim-mills/bound-to-ride/he-came-from-carolina-a-tribute-to-earl
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Re: Your all bluegrass post
« Reply #22 on: October 29, 2009, 09:18:13 AM »
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's Will the Circle Be Unbroken is one of the greatest albums of all time.
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Re: Your all bluegrass post
« Reply #23 on: October 29, 2009, 09:22:43 AM »
That's a heckuva endorsement.  I'll be sure to look for it.
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Re: Your all bluegrass post
« Reply #24 on: October 30, 2009, 09:55:14 PM »
Sing it Ms. Parton

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3Jd9rcUDWw[/youtube]

So my nephew went to see Willie Nelson in concert tonight, and ended up getting his red bandana signed by the whole band.  The kid is too cool for school.
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