Where's all the old time/bluegrass??

Cosmo · December 2010

JzP wrote:

Check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbrhbmx2OxQ

Noam Pickilney is one of the best living banjo players!

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I'm a fan of Nickel Creek (Sean and Sara Watkins, Chris Thile). I catch the Watkins Family at Largo in L.A. alll the time. The Watkins Family is hosting a Christmas show on the 21st. I've seen them play with Jackson Browne, Fiona Apple, semi-regular Benmont Tench, Gillian Welch, Dave Rawlings, John-Paul Jones and Greg Leise.
The Punch Brothers have also made appearances. I've seen Chris play along side Bela Fleck.
I saw Noam and Critter play with Ed Helms (yup... Andy Bernard from 'The Office').
If you get a chance, catch the Steep Canyon Rangers who sometimes appear with Steve Martin.

AndySlash · December 2010

nuffingman · December 2010

Yeeeeee Hawwwww!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sEBzDG0kLk

JzP · December 2010

nuffingman wrote:

Yeeeeee Hawwwww!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sEBzDG0kLk

love the pic!!

Thanks for that frank fairfield. I'd never heard of him. Great unique old time player.

Flagg · December 2010

Some Black Crowes bluegrass:

Garden Gate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZHmLbdCGZw

Shady Grove
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5YLs3oCaWE

Aimless Peacock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53WcNSi-tUI

Maybe not traditional bluegrass but they give a pretty good shot I think.

JzP · December 2010

Their "before the frost...until the freeze" album is one of my favorite and it is very old timey. They recorded it live for very few fans in levon helm's barn recording studio. Two thumbs up for this album

JzP · December 2010

For some great old time vinyl ...http://www.folkways.si.edu/searchresults.aspx?set=1&sPhrase=LP&sType=format

I got the Dock Doggs, a Lucinda Williams, Elizabeth Cotten, and Roscoe Holcomb. I would suggest any of them. It's great company as well.

Cosmo · December 2010

JzP wrote:

For some great old time vinyl ...http://www.folkways.si.edu/searchresults.aspx?set=1&sPhrase=LP&sType=format

I got the Dock Doggs, a Lucinda Williams, Elizabeth Cotten, and Roscoe Holcomb. I would suggest any of them. It's great company as well.

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Add Gillian Welch/Dave Rawlings to the mix.

Electric_Delta · December 2010

Flatt and Scruggs all the way. The classic stuff is killer.

JzP · December 2010

Cosmo wrote:

JzP wrote:

For some great old time vinyl ...http://www.folkways.si.edu/searchresults.aspx?set=1&sPhrase=LP&sType=format

I got the Dock Doggs, a Lucinda Williams, Elizabeth Cotten, and Roscoe Holcomb. I would suggest any of them. It's great company as well.

...
Add Gillian Welch/Dave Rawlings to the mix.

I've had trouble finding something on vinyl.

JzP · December 2010

Electric_Delta wrote:

Flatt and Scruggs all the way. The classic stuff is killer.

Couldn't agree more!

QuarterToTen · December 2010

Good question

one of the true masters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gO3Q2sCBeE

an absolute highlight for me at The Bridge

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfiGYZlZURU

such soulful music, i LOVE bluegrass

rollings · December 2010

Bluegrass like this?!.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-ZIgHblIac

aka #1 Bluegrass Song to Turn all the way up
and smile & dance

JzP · December 2010

Half Full- My local radio station does "Scarlet Begonias Radio" every sat night 10- 12 eastern time. Last night was JGB acoustic, very bluegrassy with a dobro, mandolin, fiddle, banjo and of course Jerry!
Here's a link: http://www.wmwv.com/?cat=5

merkinball · December 2010

Half Full wrote:

Bluegrass like this?!.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-ZIgHblIac

aka #1 Bluegrass Song to Turn all the way up
and smile & dance

Good lord. Those shorts on Bob. I know Jerry got a lot of crap for the black t-shirts over the years, but thank goodness he didn't follow Bob's lead on this one.

JzP · December 2010

One of the best bluegrass shows I have downloaded.
http://stash.nugs.net/vault/show.asp?artist=17&show=87&cmd=shows
Get it, you will not be disappointed!

rollings · December 2010

merkinball wrote:

Half Full wrote:

Bluegrass like this?!.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-ZIgHblIac

aka #1 Bluegrass Song to Turn all the way up
and smile & dance

Good lord. Those shorts on Bob. I know Jerry got a lot of crap for the black t-shirts over the years, but thank goodness he didn't follow Bob's lead on this one.

Good lord, Bob always wore short shorts--Daisy Dukes, etc, didn't he?

But did you hear how this song sails? Jerry's solo at around 3:59 is
:shock:

:crazy: :wtf: would describe it best.

merkinball · December 2010

Half Full wrote:

Good lord, Bob always wore short shorts--Daisy Dukes, etc, didn't he?

But did you hear how this song sails? Jerry's solo at around 3:59 is
:shock: :crazy: :wtf: would describe it best.

Yeah, the flashdance shirt was a nice change from the Polos that Bob favored for a while too.

This version does cook, the little solos at 2:30ish and the ones that you mention are great, Crazy Fingers indeed. And Brent's piano fills were always soooo right on. The whole bluegrass concept of everyone playing a lead, or at least not trapped in a traditional structure, really is at the core of what Jerry/Dead did all along.

JzP · December 2010

I've always wanted to hear/see pj do a round of solos. Lots of bands do it for one song (...RVM?) or at the end of a show.

merkinball · December 2010

JzP wrote:

I've always wanted to hear/see pj do a round of solos. Lots of bands do it for one song (...RVM?) or at the end of a show.

Yeah, I'd love to see them break out a bit in this respect too. I've been going back and listening to a lot of Dead recently, and while it isn't as apparent as how Dylan rearranges his songs, they kept things pretty fresh over the years by tweaking things instrumentally, in builds and segues.

Where's all the old time/bluegrass??

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