Rabshakeh Posted June 29, 2024 Report Posted June 29, 2024 We've had some chat about Bluegrass recently and I thought I'd start this thread. What are your favourite bluegrass albums? Comps are allowed but more interested in LPs and records. Quote
jlhoots Posted June 29, 2024 Report Posted June 29, 2024 (edited) Molly Tuttle: City Of Gold Might be too "modern" for some, but I like it. Edited June 29, 2024 by jlhoots Quote
soulpope Posted June 29, 2024 Report Posted June 29, 2024 On 6/29/2024 at 1:29 PM, jlhoots said: Molly Tuttle: City Of Gold Might be too "modern" for some, but I like it. Expand "Crooked Tree" ain't too shabby either .... Quote
Ken Dryden Posted June 29, 2024 Report Posted June 29, 2024 I got to see the David Grisman Quintet twice in concert, Tony Rice with Norman Blake twice and Mark O'Connor three times, once solo and the other two times with his Hot Swing Trio. Quote
AllenLowe Posted June 29, 2024 Report Posted June 29, 2024 (edited) I find contemporary bluegrass to be mechanical and repetitive - too many of the same old patterns. When I want to listen to bluegrass it's almost always from the 1940s and 1950s, when it still had an edge. And I love the original Bill Monroe recordings from around 1940, which to me are the country equivalent of Bird's early records. Edited June 29, 2024 by AllenLowe Quote
Rabshakeh Posted June 30, 2024 Author Report Posted June 30, 2024 (edited) On 6/29/2024 at 6:28 PM, Ken Dryden said: I got to see the David Grisman Quintet twice in concert, Tony Rice with Norman Blake twice and Mark O'Connor three times, once solo and the other two times with his Hot Swing Trio. Expand Thanks! On 6/29/2024 at 7:03 PM, AllenLowe said: I find contemporary bluegrass to be mechanical and repetitive - too many of the same old patterns. When I want to listen to bluegrass it's almost always from the 1940s and 1950s, when it still had an edge. And I love the original Bill Monroe recordings from around 1940, which to me are the country equivalent of Bird's early records. Expand This is something we discussed last time round too (can't recall what the thread was). Purist bluegrass can easily be formulaic and generally requires "blues feeling". Early Bill Monroe obviously has it, as you say, and the earliest Stanley Brothers too, particularly those that John Fahey's Revenant label compiled a few years back: Stanley Brothers – Earliest Recordings: The Complete Rich-R-Tone 78s (1947-1952) That said, I do think that bluegrass is quite flexible, and lends itself well to fusion approaches, so I don't tend to think of it as only being confined to Monroe and the Stanleys. Edited June 30, 2024 by Rabshakeh Quote
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