I must agree with my good friend Trip here. Harmonica amplification should not be used at bluegrass jams. As far as volume goes, the harmonica is about the...
not specifically harp related, but interesting nonetheless: From the Chicago Sun Times July 3. ... Bluegrass winning popularity contest over blues July 3, 2005...
Interesting discussion and I agree with a lot of it, but don't put that first shovel of dirt over the blues just yet. It might be at the low point of the wave...
Here, we try to emphasize dynamics to our jammers as a courtesy. If you cannot hear the lead player play his break or the singer sing his song, then you need...
It all rolls in waves as the audiences and music buyers are searching for some new or different. Bluegrass' heyday was in the 40's and 50's. But it was also...
bluegrass is hot now, and there are some extremely talented young individuals and new on the scene bands that deserve any recognition they get. ANd like Ricky...
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Recheck the article. Rounder isn't in a rut. They simply reported a shift in sales between blues and bluegrass. Rounder sells both. Both Rounder and Sugar...
Hey Cara, Yea...............I remember when I was a kid bying records from Rounder out of the back of a van at the Union Grove Bluegrass Festival in NC....
Trip recently posted that "harmonicas are barely tolerated at these jams." How true. Although I have been getting more & more opportunities to play harmonica...
Bill, I'm sure that every musician feels the same way from time to time...........You felt that you "nailed" Salt Creek and I'm sure you most likely did. You...
Hey Bill, I'm curious, on your solo on Salt Creek were you playing the melody basically note for note or were you improvising or both? The reason I ask is...
I'm gonna have to disagree with my fellow harper Charles on this one. These are indeed old songs and need to be treated with respect and reverence if you want...
Bill, you may be too sensitive. Sure there are people who don't like harmonica just as there are people who don't like opera singers or classical violinists. I...
... these jams." How true. ... harmonica at our jams in the DC area, I am well aware of the truth of this statement and (as a fairly thin skinned person) am...
Rounder and Sugar Hill have supplied me with some great music. I think my Tim O'Brien album is from Sugar Hill, and of course all my Alison Krauss albums are...
Maybe I'm dense as a hedge post, but I've not noticed much of this attitude against harps. Perhaps those players were trying to keep the sound down and not...
Thanks for all the encouraging thoughts. In answer to your question, Trip, I played Salt Creek pretty much note for note. I'm a great believer in staying...
go Bill. I say life's too short too concern yourself with too many pointless negatives. Sounds like you're putting the time in. If some don't get it, what...
Exellent point, Rex. I have loved Bluegrass long before I ever thought of taking up the harp. I used to travel to any bluegrass fesival within 200 miles....
I know this is a bluegrass list, but does anyone know websites where I could get free music for common Cajun tunes. Harmonica tab would be great, but regular...
Just got back from a great weekend. the Greenwood Furnace Music Festival. Three days of continuous music workshops and jams. Bluegrass, Gospel, Old time,...
... There seems to always be two groups in any traditional music form, Irish, Old time, or Bluegrass. There are those who are preservationists ( keep it and...
hi harpers, ive been woodsheding a lot lately so ive not gone out to see others play much, but i did go out sat. nite to see some old friends play, at one...
I hear what you're saying Rex and Buckskinner, I guess every music has its share of fans/players that are traditionalists/purists, folks who like it the way it...
Sorry Trip.........your right.......I have a hard time expressing myself correctly during these discussions. If you want to keep it pure, that's fine. I...
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