Bonus track of Bill Monroe (featuring Marty Stuart's hair)
- L.M. 5-25-2008 8:30 am
Bill Monroe was one of those remarkable musicians with the ability to synthesize the musical styles around him and come out with something that is really defined by his own vision. Monroe did that with bluegrass. Even though others like Lester Flatt and Earle Scruggs contributed to the development of the sound, we will alway associate bluegrass with Bill Monroe. Interestingly, it's a form that developed really rigid characteristics.
In different ways, Boozoo Chavis and Clifton Chenier did a similar thing with zydeco. Chavis synthesized the blues with Creole two-steps and waltzes to create the groove-seeped zydeco characterized by single-row button accordion. Chenier was more urban, and his zydeco was different, more like swamp boogie. - mister anchovy (guest) 5-25-2008 7:01 pm
The rigid characteristics that eventually developed probably had a lot to do with Monroe's controlling character. - L.M. 5-25-2008 8:26 pm
I think this is my favourite Sunday Devotional so far (eventhough its not labelled as such).
VB is always complaining about how music vids focus in on the geetar player's right hand, flailing away on the strumming, while all the interesting stuff is really happening on the left hand. The first video is a good antidote.
- sally mckay 5-26-2008 2:45 am
what is really interesting about blue grass, is that though it is really really new (post wwii), it claims to be ancient, it makes the authenticity claims of not being created--and you can kind of under stand that, when you listen to people like roscoe holcombe (his fox on the run, is so brittle, and so difficult to listen to,it approaches noise) - anthony (guest) 5-26-2008 3:11 am
Not only are those two songs big faves of mine, I thought the videos were exceptionally beautiful.
I think Fox On The Run is a great song. It never occured to me how young the genre actually is, good point Anthony.
- L.M. 5-26-2008 3:17 am
thanks anthony i just checked out holcomb. and found this maybelle and sarah footage. (note maybelles left and right hands) - bill 5-26-2008 3:53 am
Bill that's fabulous. - sally mckay 5-26-2008 4:42 am
I agree, here it is:
- L.M. 5-26-2008 5:03 am
Roscoe Holcomb was something else again. I think we tend to lump a lot of folkie-dolkie music that isn't bluegrass in a big bucket and call it "old time" (or is that "old tyme") even though there are multiple traditions happening. If you're interested in hearing what was happening on the other side of the tracks, check out Will Shade and the Memphis Jug Band, or more recently, The Carolina Chocolate Drops. - mister anchovy (guest) 5-27-2008 3:42 am
Old tyme is bad enough without pondering the label World Music. But when it comes to American roots/country/folk, it was all marketed very early under the Grand Ole Opry umbrella. Those multiple traditions got squished together quite quickly because there was a (small) pay-off to the musicians appearing on that show. - L.M. 5-27-2008 10:33 pm
We saw the Del McCoury Band at Jazz Fest. Del played with Bill Monroe back in the day. His son is a wiz on the mandolin. The performance is very old school, including lots of use of central mic as a single mic for performers to move in and out of the forefront of the mix.
RFD-TV is carrying the Wilburn Brothers Show, for a taste of '60's country. There's a bit of bluegrass from time to time, and lots of Loretta Lynn. - mark 5-28-2008 4:11 am
That is some fine hair on Del McCoury's head. - L.M. 5-28-2008 5:07 am
Two songs about death by Bill Monroe.
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- L.M. 5-25-2008 8:05 am
Bonus track of Bill Monroe (featuring Marty Stuart's hair)
- L.M. 5-25-2008 8:30 am
Bill Monroe was one of those remarkable musicians with the ability to synthesize the musical styles around him and come out with something that is really defined by his own vision. Monroe did that with bluegrass. Even though others like Lester Flatt and Earle Scruggs contributed to the development of the sound, we will alway associate bluegrass with Bill Monroe. Interestingly, it's a form that developed really rigid characteristics.
In different ways, Boozoo Chavis and Clifton Chenier did a similar thing with zydeco. Chavis synthesized the blues with Creole two-steps and waltzes to create the groove-seeped zydeco characterized by single-row button accordion. Chenier was more urban, and his zydeco was different, more like swamp boogie.
- mister anchovy (guest) 5-25-2008 7:01 pm
The rigid characteristics that eventually developed probably had a lot to do with Monroe's controlling character.
- L.M. 5-25-2008 8:26 pm
I think this is my favourite Sunday Devotional so far (eventhough its not labelled as such).
VB is always complaining about how music vids focus in on the geetar player's right hand, flailing away on the strumming, while all the interesting stuff is really happening on the left hand. The first video is a good antidote.
- sally mckay 5-26-2008 2:45 am
what is really interesting about blue grass, is that though it is really really new (post wwii), it claims to be ancient, it makes the authenticity claims of not being created--and you can kind of under stand that, when you listen to people like roscoe holcombe (his fox on the run, is so brittle, and so difficult to listen to,it approaches noise)
- anthony (guest) 5-26-2008 3:11 am
Not only are those two songs big faves of mine, I thought the videos were exceptionally beautiful.
I think Fox On The Run is a great song. It never occured to me how young the genre actually is, good point Anthony.
- L.M. 5-26-2008 3:17 am
thanks anthony i just checked out holcomb. and found this maybelle and sarah footage. (note maybelles left and right hands)
- bill 5-26-2008 3:53 am
Bill that's fabulous.
- sally mckay 5-26-2008 4:42 am
I agree, here it is:
- L.M. 5-26-2008 5:03 am
Roscoe Holcomb was something else again. I think we tend to lump a lot of folkie-dolkie music that isn't bluegrass in a big bucket and call it "old time" (or is that "old tyme") even though there are multiple traditions happening. If you're interested in hearing what was happening on the other side of the tracks, check out Will Shade and the Memphis Jug Band, or more recently, The Carolina Chocolate Drops.
- mister anchovy (guest) 5-27-2008 3:42 am
Myfanwy Ashmore is also no stranger to bluegrass and it's accompanying anxieties.
- L.M. 5-27-2008 7:04 pm
Old tyme is bad enough without pondering the label World Music. But when it comes to American roots/country/folk, it was all marketed very early under the Grand Ole Opry umbrella. Those multiple traditions got squished together quite quickly because there was a (small) pay-off to the musicians appearing on that show.
- L.M. 5-27-2008 10:33 pm
We saw the Del McCoury Band at Jazz Fest. Del played with Bill Monroe back in the day. His son is a wiz on the mandolin. The performance is very old school, including lots of use of central mic as a single mic for performers to move in and out of the forefront of the mix.
RFD-TV is carrying the Wilburn Brothers Show, for a taste of '60's country. There's a bit of bluegrass from time to time, and lots of Loretta Lynn.
- mark 5-28-2008 4:11 am
That is some fine hair on Del McCoury's head.
- L.M. 5-28-2008 5:07 am
Cool!
for some reason this led me to these two videos. i recommend opening two windows and playing them side by side.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsFp80t_L8s&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlGF4YzbRks&feature=related
- mnobody (guest) 5-28-2008 4:48 pm