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They were very entertaining

cmaukonen — Sat, 14 May 2011 04:05:32 +0000

In reply to C, Now, that sounds like a

They were very entertaining Eric. I don't think I missed many, if any, concerts. Their name was Tiny Alice. Had one album. Did some in NYC for a couple of years and returned to Cleveland.

Thank you, Flowerchild.

Wattree — Fri, 13 May 2011 21:54:00 +0000

In reply to Eric, I appreciate the links

Thank you, Flowerchild.

Here's a message Dex. He sent it from across time and space just for you:

C, Now, that sounds like a

Wattree — Fri, 13 May 2011 19:17:35 +0000

In reply to I am very much aware of the

Now, that sounds like a group I would have loved to have seen.

I am very much aware of the

cmaukonen — Fri, 13 May 2011 16:23:15 +0000

In reply to Actually, C, Bluegrass has a

I am very much aware of the Jazz and Blues influence in bluegrass. There was a local band up in Cleveland that was bluegrass but they also mixed it up a bit with Jazz and Blues. Which is probably why they did not make it big in Entertainment Inc. AKA the music biz. They simply could not be pigeon holed.

Oh The Carolina Chocolate

cmaukonen — Fri, 13 May 2011 14:09:58 +0000

In reply to CCD's singing Gaelic songs at

Oh The Carolina Chocolate Drops are excillant. As are The Black River Bells and The Bareknuckle Betties. I especailly like That River Bells song Wagon Wheel.

Eric, I appreciate the links

wabby — Fri, 13 May 2011 12:11:06 +0000

In reply to Confessions of an Unrepentant Hood Rat

Eric, I appreciate the links and Eulipion education more than you could know. When young and impressionable, this rock and roll rebel was badly wounded by some extraordinarily awful live jazz played in a crappy little downtown bar in Flint, MI.

I have never fully recovered.

Fortunately, there are people like you and commenters in this thread that can send me to places where I can be cured.

CCD's singing Gaelic songs at

wabby — Fri, 13 May 2011 11:57:33 +0000

In reply to Dizzy Gillespie traced down

CCD's singing Gaelic songs at a bluegrass festival in Arizona. I am in love with Rhiannon's voice.

Dizzy Gillespie traced down

Desider — Fri, 13 May 2011 09:31:12 +0000

In reply to Actually, C, Bluegrass has a

Dizzy Gillespie traced down some South Carolina black church singing to Scottish choirs in the old country - a rather unexpected influence.

Actually, C, Bluegrass has a

Wattree — Fri, 13 May 2011 05:42:09 +0000

In reply to And check out Coleen's

Actually, C,

Bluegrass has a lot in common with jazz - it's indigenous, and it emphasizes improvisational virtuosity. The only difference between the two is the approach to chord progressions, syncopation, and who's playing it. But I can listen to Bluegrass with no problem, because I enjoy excellence in musicianship. In fact, I have listened to it for hours on end. I had a lunatic buddy in the marine corps who was carzy about it. That forced me to make a decision. I either had to tolerate it or give him up as a friend. So I tolerated it, and in time, came to more than tolerate it. But in the interest of full disclosure, he was something of a lady's man, so his many friends in those little tight Wanglers didn't hurt a bit - and they were VERY friendly (but don't tell anybody. It might hurt my street creds).

But I've spent a many nights in those shit-kicker bars, and with good reason - I was such an anomaly that I never had to buy my own drinks. I had a friend name Sherri who worked with me for weeks to teach me the shit-kicker jig. I wasn't serious at first - but if you could've seen the way Sherri's jeans fit her you would have understood why I became serious, real fast. But we ended up actually winning a dance contest together. But somebody took a picture of it and posted it in the unit They never did let me live it down. The 1st Sgt., an old salt from Kentucky, started referring to me as Spade Cooley. He said, "You missed your callin' , Sergeant. The Corps needs to detail you to the United Nations."

Not even an inkling? ;-)

Desider — Thu, 12 May 2011 17:28:33 +0000

In reply to Ahhhhh, a Eulipian! Desider,

Not even an inkling? ;-)