Bluegrass, Newgrass and Mandolins!

**Curious_AJ** · 18th July 2007, 17:04

the travelling Wilburys... omg... omg.. awesomeness in its purest form!!

**Paul in NZ** · 19th September 2007, 11:56

Settin' hat mah desk listenin to Peter Rowan and Tony Rice 'Quartet' orn the CD radio.... Feck - dem folks sure can play....

http://www.amazon.com/Quartet-Peter-Rowan/dp/B000KG4BOU

Vocals are very bluegrass but a great mix including a Townes van Zandt song (To Live is to Fly) and an utterly beautiful instrumental 'Shady Grove' that alone is worth the price of admission... Even a Patti Duke song (have interpretations of her become trendy or summat?)

Brought home by 3 spirituals...

Wonderful stuff..... Inspirational acoustic music...

**Curious_AJ** · 19th September 2007, 15:29

wow, i thought this was dead!

but great to see yah listening to some good ol' music!

**Paul in NZ** · 19th September 2007, 16:55

Some music don't know when it's dead - it jest keeps on cummin back..

**kevfromcoro** · 19th September 2007, 17:37

A friend of mine owns a jass bar in thailand..i was there about a month ago.
There was many talented players there.all sorts of instruments.
Most of them wernt thai..from all over the world....older people really.
Got back here and decided to learn to play a guitar.
having trouble .cant get my left hand to sit on the strings .keep hitting other strings
mayebe i will try something else.

**riffer** · 19th September 2007, 19:29

Kev. I'm afraid even if you try something else you'll probably have the same problems.

You see when it comes to musical instruments, you have to practice.

I've been playing guitar for 34 years and I'm still learning.

Just keep trying. It will come.

**Bren** · 19th September 2007, 21:24

I have been listening and loving country for years....actually got to see Toby Keith and Willie Nelson in Texas 3 years ago...I love the stuff.....Bluegrass is great when i am in the mood for it.....any southern rock goes down well with me...

Some of my faves in the country/bluegrass /folk /Southern Rockgenres...
Country
Toby Keith
Trace Adkins
Little Big Town
Ryan Adams
Hank Williams Snr, Hank Williams III
George Strait
Kenny Chesney
Clint Black
SHeDaisy....
...just to name a few

Bluegrass
Bill Monroe (classics are so good)
Kentucky Colonels
The Dillards
Ricky Scaggs

Folk
Allison Krauss
Bob Dylan
Gillian Welch

Southern Rock
CCR
Marshall Tucker Band
Doobies
Molly Hatchett
Allman Bros
Grateful dead
canned heat
Kentucky headhunters
Lynard Skinard
ZZ Top

**Hitcher** · 19th September 2007, 21:42

Originally Posted by linuxrunner

I have been listening and loving country for years....actually got to see Toby Keith and Willie Nelson in Texas 3 years ago...I love the stuff.....Bluegrass is great when i am in the mood for it.....any southern rock goes down well with me...

Now that's a great play list! Add some Bonnie Raitt, Dixie Chicks and Jo Dee Messina and we're away!

**Curious_AJ** · 19th September 2007, 21:45

I just have to say, Bob Dylan for the WIN!!

and as for guitar, yeah, it takes practice!! been at it for about 7 (probably more) years now, and plodding on I guess... what I find hard are bar chords sometimes.. just that my wrist gets incredibly sore after a while. but PRACTICE makes good (not perfect, coz nothing is perfect... heh)

**heyjoe** · 19th September 2007, 22:14

Mandolin? Acoustic guitars?

Have u heard of a band called Blackmore's Night. This is led by former Deep Purple guitar wizard Ritchie Blackmore accompanied by vocalist Candice Night and a backing band. Their music is Renaissance-inspired folk rock and was a (later in life) dream goal of Ritchie's when he was interviewed back in 1975 when he departed Deep Purple to form his new hard rock band at the time called Rainbow along with Ronnie James Dio.

This renanissance style music of today is quite a stark contrast to Deep Purple's famous hard rock anthems such as 'Smoke on the water' and 'Black Night.' Ritchie Blackmore is a classically trained guitarist.

Blackmore's Night albums include:
- Shadow of the Moon (1997)
- Under a Violet Moon (1999)
- Fires at Midnight (2001)
- Ghost of a Rose (2003)
- The Village Lanterne (2006)
- Winter Carols (2006)
- Past Times with Good Company (2002 live album)

**Curious_AJ** · 19th September 2007, 22:18

oh really? oooh, sounds interesting.. i love deep purple!

as for the "mandolin? acoustic guitar?" question... for me it's both... and electric guitar.. ^_^ they're all my babies...

**Hillbilly** · 20th September 2007, 04:25

Just had a quick look at this thread. Good on you! I'm a fan of bluegrass and play guitar.
(Gretsch Rancher) and my flatmate plays 5-string banjo. If you like lotsa bluegrass, check out the usenet newsgroup alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.bluegrass as well as the country newsgroup. I'm a big fan of Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, the Dillards, and the Stanley Brothers.