We can request a theme? How 'bout Messianic Music from Israel next?

Thank you.
Shalom, Josetta

Jim Dandy:  Hahaha!  Yes, I've seen recent pictures of him.  That must have been great seeing them together.

This also looks like having African influences. Last year i was in Nigeria (on Missiontrip) and danced for 2 hours with people in a rural village in the bush - nobody spoke English, but we danced the stars from the sky.. looks like this! Even women with babies on their back!

TexasToest: I was lucky to catch Arlo and Pete Seeger when they toured together years ago.Pete would just sit on the stage as Arlo sang and visa vera,very casual.Arlo's hair had gone pure white by that point,he looked like God,or at least how God looked the last time I saw him.

Radiant2007 :-):  Yes. we had a grand old time last night, shared some memories, and favorites with one another.  I wish you could have stayed up all night, but it is all well chronicled here for your enjoyment today.

Bill Monroe is considered the father of Bluegrass music.  His home state was Kentucky, and Kentucky is where the blue grass grows.  Blue grass is actually not native to North America.  It was brought here from Europe, where it grows prolifically all over.  Why it is called blue grass, I don't know, and I can't really find a reason.  But, it is a deep green grass, and maybe in some circumstances that green can seem blue to the eye.

Zydeco has it's roots in Cajun music, which developed predominately in Louisiana.  But, it's Cajun music with a twist, there is bluegrass, jazz, blues and rock influences in it.  Yes, it is played mostly in the southern U.S., but since communication has gotten so much better, it is enjoyed by millions all over the world.  Anyone care to waltz?  Yes, it is often in 3/4 time.

Woody Guthrie was a song writer from the U.S.A.  His music is pretty grass roots folk.  It doesn't belong to Bluegrass at all.  His son, Arlo Guthrie, has also enjoyed some fame as a singer/songwriter in this country, with the songs "Alice's Restaurant Massacree", and "The Motorcycle Song".  He's uproariously funny, and if you haven't heard any of his music, you should make an effort to find it.  Maybe on Pandora, I don't know.

TexasToest: This is a favorite too! And yes, i can relate to just take your instruments and jam.. Great! Thank you for sharing all this lovely music. I always liked Irish music.

TexasToest: Love it! Also the Cajun food that comes with it!!

WOW! Brill!!!

32 NEW posts!! Wonderful... sits and clicks on Alison Kraus while reading the Wikipedia about Bluegrass *grin.. Of course I have heard about Bluegrass and I like the banjo and the country style.. just was wondering where the name 'bluegrass' came from.. I used to be befriended with a guy here in NL who loved Zydeco, so I even know a bit how that sounds... do they play that in the south of the US? Louisiana? Alabama? Woody Gutthrie, is that a famous name of Zydego music? Guess I need to do also a Wikipedia on Zydeco... I also want to learn more

Jim Dandy:  Hahahahaha!  Porn star moustache indeed!  You're in rare form tonight!

Jim Dandy: 

Here he is without the stash ;)

Tigger: He is quite good,and who can resist that porn star moustache

Very nice, Tigger.  He's a barefoot picker too, my kind of boy.  Makes me want to take some lessons.

Jim Dandy:  No lie!  And, they were well enough spaced that they all got to make buckets of money with it.

TexasToest: WOW,they sure milked that one

Jim Dandy:  You're spot on, 1999.  Kraus did it in 1988.  But, Whitley took it to the top of the Billboard Charts.  This is all in Wikipedia, I'm not that much of a trivia bug.  

TexasToest: Really? I know Ronan Keating had a huge hit with it in the late 90's or early 2000's.I was dating a girl around then who was nuts about it,well,she turned out to be nuts period.When I saw his name I made the connection.

This is his Grammy Award performance,the opening guitar reminds me of Boston's More Than a Feeling for some reason
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuJrEBtmM1Q

Keith Whitley in 1988

Let's dive for it, see if we can find out.

Tigger: for some reason Vince Gill comes to mind,I'll check

Jim Dandy: who recorded that originally?


I'm not sure on that one :)

Hahaha!  Sounds like a girly-man's name.  And, thank you.  I'm happy to know at least 1 person doesn't think of me as ignorant.  Well, there might be 2, but certainly not more than 3.

TexasToest: You're far from ignorant,it's not common knowledge,his nicname was SLAPSY MAXY

Jim Dandy:  Well, I certainly didn't know that.  I hate being ignorant.  Thank you for informing me of that fact.

TexasToest: This was his old man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVe0gpl5FeI

Haha!  That just might be the most played song of Flat & Scruggs'.  Hmmmm, You stumped me!  Why?

Here's another mainstay of the genre  Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Armd

TexasToest: Oh wow i'm listening to music i never really cared for,but i'm enjoying this.Now where's straw hat.

TexasToest: That was great,and it got me a thinkin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVutfy21PcU

trivia: Why was Jethro's dad famous?

OK, as long as we're doing the classics, this song falls in that category.  And, lest we forget that Bluegrass  is the music of the people, this is how this music is played most of the time, just a bunch of people get their instruments out after supper, and jam. 

Tigger:  Wow!  I had forgotten about the Flectones.  Life really gets in your way, doesn't it?  Well, I heard Bluegrass, of course, and jazz, and Celtic, and the music of India.  It all fit.  One of my favorite instruments is the tabla.  It's really an exciting sound.  Thanks so much for that, it's now on my favorites list.  Off I go to Amazon to see what I can find.  Hahaha! 

You know you don't have to embed stuff, you can do links.  I do links, because the files play better on YouTube. 

Well, here's something from my experience.  This band played the Kerrville Folk Festival one year I was there.  The Kerrville Folk Festival is known all over the U.S., and Canada as a must-do event.  It's 2 weeks of music and music work shops all day every day come rain or come shine.  We go, pitch tents, and stay there, rain or shine for the whole time if we can spare it.  Of course, mother nature cooperates, and it rains buckets.  At night, after the stage entertainment ends, people build campfires, pull out their instruments, and jam.  The artists who are there for the duration too come out, and join in, so it's a great opportunity to meet the people who entertained you, and trained you, and to watch them in action close up.  The artists like it best if the people around the campfires join in.

One year, this band, Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Zydeco Band were there.  Just as they took the stage the rain started.  The stage is covered, so the show goes on regardless.  Buckets, I'm telling you, on our heads, running around our feet and ankles, and nobody left.  We just danced and sang in the rain and had a wonderful time.  Queen Ida talks about the roots of Zydeco in this video.  So, give a listen....

My sharing limit has been reached. I love this one. Be patient and get through the first two minutes and it kicks in big time :) Enjoy

Tigger: who recorded that originally?
I know it was a big hit

One of my favorites:

TexasToest: Not for a long time,but being BLUEGRASS NIGHT,they came to mind

Jim Dandy:  Surely you've looked.

TexasToest: I'm a big fan of Zydeco,if you can find anything by a band called Lucky 7,you'll be my hero

Jim Dandy:  I agree with you on that.  Maybe we should dive for some to see if it fits.  But, my suspicion that Bluegrass has at least been born out in Wikipedia.  Since I believe it in my heart, Wikipedia must be right.  RIGHT?  Hahaha! 

TexasToest: I think cajun fits in there somewhere,maybe along the lines of blues relationship to r n r

Radiant2007 :-): They're a wild band,I have two of their cds,one where they cover KISS and the other AC/DC

I've been listening to my Bluegrass station on Pandora (which you may share if you are of a mind to), and remembered that Allison Kraus is a very talented bluegrass musician.  So, I went looking for stuff of hers.  I found this filmed at Union Station on the Grand Ole Opry. 

I got interested in who the child was who picked that mandolin like it had accompanied her in the womb.  Her name is Sierra Hull.  She is all grown up now, and here she is with, I think, her father (regardless, one heck of a picker).  BOY!  Can they ever play those instruments.  On second vewing, I wonder if the dobro player isn't the guitar player in this video.

Radiant2007 :-): Wikipedia explains Bluegrass music far better than I can.

Jim Dandy:  Your knowledge of music just amazes me sometimes, and you just topped yourself.  That's some GREAT stuff there.  Thanks for posting it.

Radiant2007 :-):  Oh, this is going to be exciting.  Our little friend from the Netherlands is going to be in culture shock tonight.  Hahaha!

Bluegrass is American music and it is a melting pot, just as this country is.  You can read a more indepth history of the genre in Wikipedia.   You will find that Bluegrass has some Scottish and Irish sounds, as well as other countries.  This was one point I wanted to make tonight.  Bluegrass is not about ignorance, and hillbillies, it is a celebration of the melding of many cultures.  Thank you for asking the question.

Nirvana: Why is this type of music called "Bluegrass"??

Jim Dandy: LOL - are they called hillbillies?

TexasToest:
Johnny Cash & John Hartford: Bluegrass Medley