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@Centerpiece these guys played the Cradle in the 80s. DR told us to get ready and party when he booked them.
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I bought an acoustic about a year ago in an attempt to emulate Doc and Tony. I’m already 47 so I doubt that ever happens but I enjoy it and that’s all that matters. And as far as the clip above I think that’s pretty dang close to bluegrass perfection. I believe Tony thought so too.That's my jam. I tried to play flat-pick guitar a la Doc and Tony for over 20 years before I realized I wasn't cut out for it. Now I play upright bass when playing bluegrass. For guitar, I went back to my roots of James Taylor, Paul Simon, Dylan... but I make money playing jazz in a combo. I simply croon the tunes and play rhythm guitar. (I learned the jazz chord inversions over time). Those years trying to play bluegrass guitar helps my rhythm on the swing tunes.
It simply doesn’t get more “bluegrassy” than that right thereI bought an acoustic about a year ago in an attempt to emulate Doc and Tony. I’m already 47 so I doubt that ever happens but I enjoy it and that’s all that matters. And as far as the clip above I think that’s pretty dang close to bluegrass perfection. I believe Tony thought so too.
Your discussion reminded me of this album I bought years ago and hadn't listened to in a while. It's a much different technique but these guys are pretty good at that fingerpicking thing.
Gotta disagree. I think this is the album, along with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's Will the Circle Be Unbroken that kept bluegrass alive and relevant. It also may be the best bluegrass album ever made.It simply doesn’t get more “bluegrassy” than that right there
Gotta disagree. I think this is the album, along with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's Will the Circle Be Unbroken that kept bluegrass alive and relevant. It also may be the best bluegrass album ever made.
Please never take me very seriously. I was born with my tongue in my cheek and six years of speech therapy never got it out. I'm old, retired and , thanks to the Farm Bill of 2018, more than a little stoned all the time.My bluegrass band opened up for John Hartford back in the late 1970’s.
A little Honkytonk in Hickory, NC.
Also, I was speaking to the song 9 lb hammer being the most “bluegrassy” thing ever. Not necessarily Tony and his mate’s rendering of it.
Matter of fact, I believe 9 lb hammer is on the circle album.
Speaking of Rockabilly...That's the band. Firmly in the Rockabilly mode.
That's my boy Duncan on lead guitar. He's a guitar tech at Gitarren Total in Zurich. Duncan and I used to busk the same street corners in Europe back in the 1980's. (He's older than he looks in the videos, hahahah!)
Old, retired, and stoned, and listening to John Hartford Hey Babe Ya Wanna Boogie... Talk about living the dream...Please never take me very seriously. I was born with my tongue in my cheek and six years of speech therapy never got it out. I'm old, retired and , thanks to the Farm Bill of 2018, more than a little stoned all the time.
I do love music and books almost as much as I like agitating, though.
Only got to see him live a couple of times. Talk about exhausted by the end of the show...
In honor of John. Yeah, Glen made it famous but c'mon man. My favorite version.