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05/06/2011 16:13 #54228
DinerCategory: tourism
05/05/2011 13:50 #54221
A completely different music...Category: music
My bff, her hubby & I are considering the DC show of this festival
If I've turned you on to bluegrass, you might want to consider the Hickory Festival (HickFest for short)
Aug. 19-21 in Tioga County.05/04/2011 14:13 #54213
Country tuneCategory: music
I spent my last $10 (on birth control & beer), Two Nice Girls
((e:lauren), you've heard this, right?)
((e:lauren), you've heard this, right?)
lauren - 05/05/11 06:22
Haha, no!
Haha, no!
05/03/2011 20:58 #54207
More bluegrassCategory: home
Uncle Pen is another classic. Here's a 1956 Bill Monroe version.
And a 1990 Phish version (using rock instruments)
A nice description of the difference between bluegrass & country and how they developed:
I think this old country tune nicely illustrates the difference: Buck Owens played I've Got a Tiger by the Tail on The Dukes of Hazard. (This is one of A's favorites and he always makes his bands play it.)
Midnight Moonlight (Old & in the Way version 1973 - Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Peter Rowan, Vassar Clements, John Kahn.)
A more modern style: Ain't No Bugs on Me, Garcia & Grisman, Not for Kids Only [(e:enknot), (e:lilho), (e:hodown), (e:metalpeter) - you need this album for all the little ones!]
Another Garcia/Grisman, Grateful Dawg, live 1990.
They're more genre-defying while using the instruments of bluegrass. Amazing artists. What's really fun is tracing all the traditionals that the Grateful Dead covered. I know a lot more old country than I want to admit.
And a 1990 Phish version (using rock instruments)
A nice description of the difference between bluegrass & country and how they developed:
I think this old country tune nicely illustrates the difference: Buck Owens played I've Got a Tiger by the Tail on The Dukes of Hazard. (This is one of A's favorites and he always makes his bands play it.)
Midnight Moonlight (Old & in the Way version 1973 - Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Peter Rowan, Vassar Clements, John Kahn.)
A more modern style: Ain't No Bugs on Me, Garcia & Grisman, Not for Kids Only [(e:enknot), (e:lilho), (e:hodown), (e:metalpeter) - you need this album for all the little ones!]
Another Garcia/Grisman, Grateful Dawg, live 1990.
They're more genre-defying while using the instruments of bluegrass. Amazing artists. What's really fun is tracing all the traditionals that the Grateful Dead covered. I know a lot more old country than I want to admit.
metalpeter - 05/04/11 19:29
As I side note I have the digital music that everyone gets but most forget about with cable and I have looked for a blue grass station but never found one..... To me country (before the same producers and writers starting working in multiple genres) I didn't like cause of how they sing but they don't sing like that in blue grass or rockabilly or hill billy rock and roll.................
As I side note I have the digital music that everyone gets but most forget about with cable and I have looked for a blue grass station but never found one..... To me country (before the same producers and writers starting working in multiple genres) I didn't like cause of how they sing but they don't sing like that in blue grass or rockabilly or hill billy rock and roll.................
metalpeter - 05/04/11 19:27
Yes.... When I think of Rockabilly and I'm sure this is kinda wrong cause I can't split music up very well I think of all that sort of music in movies like kill Bill and pulp fiction....... I get that there is a lot of cross over..... The only and some would beg to differ blue grass I know is like o' brother where art thou and then I never got it but I heard They came out with a female version called o'sister or something like that with no movie tie in.....
Yes.... When I think of Rockabilly and I'm sure this is kinda wrong cause I can't split music up very well I think of all that sort of music in movies like kill Bill and pulp fiction....... I get that there is a lot of cross over..... The only and some would beg to differ blue grass I know is like o' brother where art thou and then I never got it but I heard They came out with a female version called o'sister or something like that with no movie tie in.....
heidi - 05/04/11 18:23
Are you thinking of rockabilly?
Are you thinking of rockabilly?
metalpeter - 05/04/11 17:11
That link was interesting ..... Some music is called like Hillbilly rock If someone has a guitar and Banjo and base what is it? Or something that looks like a base with strings and some kind of base to it....
That link was interesting ..... Some music is called like Hillbilly rock If someone has a guitar and Banjo and base what is it? Or something that looks like a base with strings and some kind of base to it....
05/02/2011 19:19 #54204
BluegrassCategory: home
Bluegrass features instruments not part of the usual country, blues or rock setup: banjo, fiddle, stand up bass, and mandolin. Drums are rarely used. Voices are often arranged in harmonies.
The classic Rocky Top by Osborne Brothers -
Alternate version: Roy Clark with the Muppets
and one more version, just for (e:Mike) - Dolly Parton
The Carolina Chocolate Drops are my current favorite. They're classified as a string band, but it's still Appalachian folk. Here they're covering something popular that I don't think I've heard the original of.
Don't get trouble in your mind
This is one of my favorite covers of a pop song in bluegrass style (altho it has a full drum kit behind it). It makes me laugh every time and I've got plenty of good memories associated with it.
Tioga County-based bands:
THP (or at least parts) & GHG will likely be playing Memorial Day weekend at the party I go to every year. (e:heidi,48869) GHG played for my 31st birthday party.
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And when do we get to play with this???
The classic Rocky Top by Osborne Brothers -
Alternate version: Roy Clark with the Muppets
and one more version, just for (e:Mike) - Dolly Parton
The Carolina Chocolate Drops are my current favorite. They're classified as a string band, but it's still Appalachian folk. Here they're covering something popular that I don't think I've heard the original of.
Don't get trouble in your mind
This is one of my favorite covers of a pop song in bluegrass style (altho it has a full drum kit behind it). It makes me laugh every time and I've got plenty of good memories associated with it.
Tioga County-based bands:
- The Hickory Project
- Grass Stained Genes
- Cornpone Sally My friend Liz plays mandolin. Definitely check out "Tioga"
THP (or at least parts) & GHG will likely be playing Memorial Day weekend at the party I go to every year. (e:heidi,48869) GHG played for my 31st birthday party.
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And when do we get to play with this???
metalpeter - 05/03/11 17:46
Sorry To Be Real Blue Grass it must Mention "The Lord" HA... Kidding I like Blue Grass but listen to it much I listened to these videos as I read facebook postings... I'm sure as one listens more it becomes like rock music some bands you like and some you don't... By the Way anyone have any Kentucky Blue Grass...... Ha that isn't music from what I have heard... Seriously though There is some line someplace where some country music becomes blue grass and vice versa and not sure where that is but guessing you wouldn't hear it on Radio or at least not here.... I Wish I had the time to follow the links......
Sorry To Be Real Blue Grass it must Mention "The Lord" HA... Kidding I like Blue Grass but listen to it much I listened to these videos as I read facebook postings... I'm sure as one listens more it becomes like rock music some bands you like and some you don't... By the Way anyone have any Kentucky Blue Grass...... Ha that isn't music from what I have heard... Seriously though There is some line someplace where some country music becomes blue grass and vice versa and not sure where that is but guessing you wouldn't hear it on Radio or at least not here.... I Wish I had the time to follow the links......
matthew - 05/03/11 11:44
I really like bluegrass music, especially when its performed by Dolly.
I really like bluegrass music, especially when its performed by Dolly.
lauren - 05/03/11 09:22
I can't get enough of this stuff. I'm always a sucker for tight harmonies and string instruments and I think the texture of the banjo and the fiddle and the mandolin and the jug and whatever else they stick in there makes it all the better.
I can't get enough of this stuff. I'm always a sucker for tight harmonies and string instruments and I think the texture of the banjo and the fiddle and the mandolin and the jug and whatever else they stick in there makes it all the better.
heidi - 05/03/11 00:59
I almost went looking for that old-tyme one-mic style while I was putting this together but thought it would be too much info... guess not :-) Here's a band I saw at Coudersport High School a couple years back with Cornpone Sally opening: The Hillbilly Gypsies, Foggy Mountain Breakdown, which is a wonderful classic. :::link::: Here's a vocal number Drivin' Nails: :::link::: (The banjo player has an extra mic, but you get the idea.)
I have about a 50-hours/year limit on bluegrass tolerance, most of which is taken by the party.
I almost went looking for that old-tyme one-mic style while I was putting this together but thought it would be too much info... guess not :-) Here's a band I saw at Coudersport High School a couple years back with Cornpone Sally opening: The Hillbilly Gypsies, Foggy Mountain Breakdown, which is a wonderful classic. :::link::: Here's a vocal number Drivin' Nails: :::link::: (The banjo player has an extra mic, but you get the idea.)
I have about a 50-hours/year limit on bluegrass tolerance, most of which is taken by the party.
uncutsaniflush - 05/02/11 22:53
Oh, Yeah, I almost forgot. Hit em up is Blu Cantrell song. I love that the percussion for the Carolina Chocolate Drops is the banjo player stomping on the stage with a mike next to his foot. I've been aware of these guys for a while. They rock.
Oh, Yeah, I almost forgot. Hit em up is Blu Cantrell song. I love that the percussion for the Carolina Chocolate Drops is the banjo player stomping on the stage with a mike next to his foot. I've been aware of these guys for a while. They rock.
uncutsaniflush - 05/02/11 22:43
I like the energy and honesty of bluegrass.
When I lived in Brevard, NC, a bluegrass musician I knew said that it wasn't real bluegrass unless it followed the"Crowd around the microphone" rule. He said that old school bluegrass had all the musicians arranged around a microphone (sometimes in a circle) and that the featured part (vocal or instrumental would step closer to the mike) to be louder. Apparently, this practice stems from single microphone recording and radio shows from the 1920s and 1930s. I heard that he plays with a fairly well-known group these days. I wonder if he feels the same way now.
I like the energy and honesty of bluegrass.
When I lived in Brevard, NC, a bluegrass musician I knew said that it wasn't real bluegrass unless it followed the"Crowd around the microphone" rule. He said that old school bluegrass had all the musicians arranged around a microphone (sometimes in a circle) and that the featured part (vocal or instrumental would step closer to the mike) to be louder. Apparently, this practice stems from single microphone recording and radio shows from the 1920s and 1930s. I heard that he plays with a fairly well-known group these days. I wonder if he feels the same way now.
It's a bedpan, not a toilet seat :-)
Haha - is that really a toilet seat cover with flowers?
Wow - it looks like you stepped into some other decade long back. Look at that shiny pegasus on the petrol pump! And I want that icecream!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
looks like an interesting place and fun....