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Chank

https://m.youtube.com/watch?index=7&list=RDtCURzted8N0&v=rgyHqJ4U1UE


Incredible musicianship all around, but I just love the bass line throughout...

Is Thrash Bluegrass a thing?

Found this... would love to find the whole show, so much going on.

Recently in my search for influences for song writing , Leonard Cohen is definitely appreciated !
This is awesome as his work and influences can fit in various genres .  As well his delivery is a style that I can reflect from
With a female operatic counter vocal singing a melodic part would be in my writing on newly inspired work . A full rock band as the backup is in my vision with such a project .

Paul


Where did you find this gem and what year is it? I don't remember seeing Tony Rice or Bela Fleck looking that young in a long time. And the bassist...I'm not sure what drew me in more, the head bobbing which made me fear it might fall off or the hair

Quote from: pauldo on December 03, 2020, 06:16:03 AM
Is Thrash Bluegrass a thing?

Found this... would love to find the whole show, so much going on.

I read a thing in Acoustic Guitar magazine a while back that described the state of the genre as "bluegrass as blood sport".

Peter

Brian... it was found by the mating of the algorithm from Instagram and YouTube and my viewing habits on each    ..


Bloodsport indeed... Bela's brief grin after his solo reveals a dark secret! 

Quote from: pauldo on December 03, 2020, 06:16:03 AM
Is Thrash Bluegrass a thing?

Found this... would love to find the whole show, so much going on.

I believe Tony adopted the term, "Spacegrass". Search for the Bluegrass All-Stars, Paul... ,there's quite a bit of footage of this bunch over the years. My goodness, MerleFest, before it was called that! You are looking at my formative years, Friends. I was very, very, very likely in that crowd.

Quote from: edwardofhuncote on December 03, 2020, 01:29:33 PM
Search for the Bluegrass All-Stars, Paul...

Or Strength In Numbers; same guys except Edgar Meyer on bass.  Usually only extant at Telluride Bluegrass Festival - and always jaw-dropping (first time I encountered a vid of them, I told a friend I wasn't sure if I was watching Paul Winter & The Bluegrass Boys, or the Bill Monroe Consort).

Peter

Here ya' go, same event, a couple years later (Merle Watson Memorial Festival, 1992) and I was definitely there. Mark Schatz on bass. It was several years later (2000) before I got to play at MerleFest, but those days out front of that stage are what put that crazy fire in me.

I used to see Strength in Numbers at Telluride, and they were the Telluride Allstars before they made Stength in Numbers the name for the Album. 

Another good arrangement was Douglas Barenberg and Meyer...this puts me right back in Colorado!

What a great album that "Skip, Hop, & Wobble" was... still one of my all-time favorites! I need to put it back in the rotation.

Man, Tony is awesome, what a great band!  Brings me back to my Telluride/Winterhawk days...yeeeeeehaaaa!

I just picked up McStein & Minneman. I think it's an excellent album with something for just about everybody. Tremendous variety and excellent performances. Here is a sampler vid.

A live take on a tune from Skip, Hop, & Wobble that Rob posted above... Edgar's bass solo on this one, "From Ankara To Izmir" floors me every time.


F-R-E-A-K.

Quote from: dannobasso on December 04, 2020, 05:47:26 PM
I just picked up McStein & Minneman. I think it's an excellent album with something for just about everybody. Tremendous variety and excellent performances. Here is a sampler vid.

I just finally got around to checking out their first one yesterday. Wow, a lot going on! And a crazy amount of talent between just those two dudes. I saw McStine do a solo acoustic set opening for the Pineapple Thief about a year ago. He was great, and incredibly captivating.