Happy New Year! This is my first entry as the new editor of the birthday list; Ken has passed the torch after long service on birthday duty. Please join me in...
Mmark I hate to say it,,,, But You are just Plain wrong,,,, Bluegrass would not exist without the blues. Period!!!!> ... cheek, I ... the notes ... blugrass ...
Happy New Year to all ... and WELCOME to our new Nwbluegrass list members who have signed up in the past week or so. We haven't caught most of your real names,...
Mark, I have to agree with you on this point - often too many notes in a break. They may all fit the chord and timing structure of the tune and indicate...
A great 2006 to all, Just like the title of the CD, posting this album review has also been a 'long time coming." Sorry it's taken me so long to let you all...
Load Bill up on cold medicine and I'll definitely be there just to watch folks trying to dance to the speed of a called who is either hyped up by cold drugs or...
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!! I personally don't believe in resolutions, but if you're the type who does, please resolve to continue to support live music! 6...
Last night (New Years Eve) at Marks gig whenever someone I talked with found out I played bluegrass they IMMEDIATELY mentioned the River City Festival and...
That's an interesting question, Kathy. I will say that our ad agency guy, when he put together the billboard, chose Rhonda and he's a guy that's learning...
Everyone knows that sex sells. But it is quality that gets repeat business. Having a pretty person will stop the traffic perhaps long enough to send the ...
... I figured I would get that response. And I agree. The blues is the basic building block for a lot of our music today. Rock, rap, country, jazz, etc. So you...
Thanks Greg, Actually I need to look no further than our very own Jake Jolliff. He has the uncanny ability to include more musical styles in one break than...
I am going to have to respectfully disagree. It's all about marketing today. And in the music entertainment business, image is in many ways more important than...
If they can't pick, looks don't matter, if they can it's just a bonus. I would never be enfluenced by a picture to buy a CD or go to a concert, never in a...
It's the same the whole world over, Kathy. Publicity costs money, especially if it's high-powered publicity. Radio and TV spots, newspaper ads, websites, ...
... Happy New Year to you, too, Ken. And thanks for the great job on Bluegrass Birthdays for ever so long. I can remember times when it was the only post,...
Ed, et al; Thanks for the kudos about the Bluegrass Birthdays. This was a project that I took on, without invitation perhaps 4 years ago. I have learned a lot...
... Ah, it all depends on who you are listening to. I submit the much-quoted and sometimes-maligned Bill Monroe for starters. While he could fire off long...
... "All I say is you, the aspiring bluegrass soloist, are better off for learning what the blues is about and how to play some because that is where the ...
Bluegrass birthdays for Monday, Jan. 2, 2006: Pat Martin (1955) Wayne Taylor (1955) Milestones: George Gruhn, Tut Taylor and Randy Wood open GTR in Nashville...
G'morning, Lots of interesting topics on nwbg as 2006 begins. Thanks to all who have supported this list over the years. I'd also like to extend my special...
... How was the turduckin ? Dave, Overpriced and kinda spicy. Even if John Madden likes them, they're still just a novelty, but they make pretty good...
Thank you, Eddard, for the excellent comments re the short attention span of the average consumer. One of my daughter's thesis was on tv commercials plus other...
Opened up my copy of the very non-bluegrass oriented magazine "Spirituality and Health" the other day and who should I find under the music reviews but our...
First chance I have had to set down at the computer since joining the site which I came across at the Rivercity Bluegrass site. Just wanted to introduce...
... I agree with you. It appears my point of playing blues within a bluegrass tune has been lost. For that I apologize for being unclear. ... Once again, my...
... Gary, Welcome again to Nwbluegrass. Thanks much for the intro. I wish that everyone joining up on the list would offer a few introductory words like you...
