Bluegrass Thread

ziggyholiday said:

There are also a number of hipsters into this scene, sadly.

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What's the problem with that?

That's how you unhipster a hipster.

Introduce them to bluegrass and wait 3 years.

The early dead, really early like American Beauty early, were kinda hipsterish themselves. They quickly outgrew it.

These guys are pretty indie and hipster, but they have some solid bluegrass tunes.

Sturgill Simpson playing bluegrass

jooka said:

Billy Strings starts off the Streaming Strings Tour 2020 tomorrow night with special guest Marcus King.

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Definitely tuning in for this. Marcus King and Billy play so well together.

jooka said:

I ended up missing this, how was it?

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King only sat in for two songs which was a bit of a bummer, but the show was fantastic. Billy Strings is experimenting even more with distortion pedals with his acoustic. Getting wild feedback sounds and such. Some of the jams get really psychedelic - even more than before.

Streamers could also join a Zoom and some true wooks were sharing their video with the home light rig setups and dancing around. It was kinda funny.

I grew up in the same county as Earl Scruggs. He played a local show before his death and I drug the then girlfriend to it, we were the youngest in the audience by 30 years. Fiddle and banjo is just the best.

And then there's Doc.

Sturgill Simpson has gone full old school country and bluegrass with his two latest albums and I'm for it. And Sierra Hull on the mando is a babe.