Word: bluegrass
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...high school I attended had a particularly strong bluegrass tradition. Not so strange, you might think. But this was England...
...even had a bluegrass band, made up, "Deliverance"-style, of two pairs of brothers (Davies and Townsend). In fact, they were pretty good - the guitarist actually had a Martin, a rare thing in England. And one of the songs they played was this classic track, written by'50s country performer Dusty Owens and made famous by Roy Acuff. It has since become a bluegrass standard, used by, among others, David Grisman and the Osborne Brothers...
...SHELBY LYNNE, I AM SHELBY LYNNE: Is it country? Is it soul? Maybe the words rhythm and bluegrass best capture the revelatory jolt of songs with which Lynne, a Nashville expatriate, bends two great rivers of American music into a pool brimming with fresh ideas...
...instrument's heaviest hitters are in their prime and have come to play, and the jam session Saturday night is the weekend's highlight. Herby Wallace, Doug Jernigan and Joe Wright, accompanied by bass and drums, tear into a set that ranges from "Sweet Georgia Brown" to the bluegrass standard "Rocky Top" (featuring a scorching ride by Jernigan) to "Johnny B. Goode." As is not always the case with highly technical instrumental displays (think jazz fusion), some actual music is being played here, and very well...
After playing fiddle for the past nine years, Gabriel J. Jostrom '04 has released his first bluegrass CD this month--weaving various styles from Celtic and old-time fiddling to Texas contest tunes...