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GracieMuldoon


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COME ON... NAME EM...


 


RIGHT HERE.. YOUR TOP 10 FAVORITE BLUEGRASS BANDS OF ALL TIME!!!


 


NEW OR OLD.. IT DOESNT MATTER... WHO'S SPECIAL TO YOU AND WHY!!


 




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  1. Del McCoury Band

  2. Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & the Foggy Mountain Boys

  3. Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys

  4. Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys

  5. David Davis & the Warrior River Boys

  6. Larry Sparks & the Lonesome Ramblers

  7. Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mtn Boys/Stanley Brothers

  8. The Seldom Scene

  9. David Parmley & the Continental Divide

  10. Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver

HOnorable mention: Reno & Smiley, Country Gentlemen, IIIrd Tyme Out, Nothin' Fancy



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1. Bill Monroe and The Blue Grass Boys
2. Flatt and Scruggs
3. Del McCoury both when it was The Dixie Pals and The Del McCoury Band
4. Country Gentlemen
5. Paul Mullins, Noah Crase and The Boys From Indiana
6. The Bluegrass Alliance
7. The Bluegrass Album Band
8. Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver
9. Hot Rize
10. The Piney Ridge Boys

A top ten list is pretty hard to come up with, these are just bands that popped into my head when I thought about who I listened to, and who influenced me when I was growing up and who I still like to listen to.

Lonnie J. Meeker

aka The Lost Chatter

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Not Lost for long Lonnie!!!


:)


gracie


 



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1.John Reishman & The Jaybirds


2.The Del McCoury Band


3. Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys


4.Stanley Brothers


5.Flatt & Scruggs


6.The Ryan Holladay Band


7.Ricky Scaggs & Kentucky Thunder


8.Special Consensus


9.Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys


10.Rhonda Vincent (and the band that playes with her)


this isn't in any order by the way.



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Hmmm, very hard to choose there's so many, but here we go:


1. Hit & Run Bluegrass


2. Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver


3. Kenny & Amanda Smith


4. David Peterson and 1946


5. Wildfire


6. True Blue (Canada)


7. Heather Ferris


8. Nashville Bluegrass Band


9. Blue Highway


10. The Boohers


 


and that's only the start. LOL



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Well.. first of all a big thanks to TP for putting me on his list..that is just WAY TOO COOL!!  Here's mine and they aren't in order.


Seldom Scene


Jim and Jesse


Johnson Mt. Boys


Flatt & Scruggs


Mountain Heart


Kathy Kallick


The Del McCoury Band


John Reischman and the Jaybirds


Special Consensus


The Rusty Bucket Pluckers



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Only 10? Hmm that is a difficult one. But here goes!


1 Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver


2 Del McCoury


3 Blue Moon Rising


4 Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder


5 Nothin' Fancy


6 Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain


7 Heather & Dylan


8 King Wilkie


9 Moron Bros.


10 Blind Corn Liquor Pickers


There are so many more, but in the intrest of time, any and all bluegrass bands are wonderful.



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Very difficult to list just 10 bands


 


         Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys


         Mountain Heart


         Blue Highway


         Lonesome River Band


         Sam Bush Band


         John Cowan Band


         Drew Emmitt Band


         Flatt and Scruggs


         New Grass Revival


         Hot Rize



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1) Donna Hughes


2) Blue Highway


3) The Johnson Mtn Boys


4) Harvest Wind


5) Blue Moon Rising


6) Ralph Stanley and CMB


7) Bluegrass Album Band


8) Hit and Run Bluegrass


9) New Found Road


10) New Road



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In no particular order except the first...


1.  ANYTHING STANLEY


2.  Larry Sparks and the Lonesome Ramblers


3.  Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver


4.  JD Crowe and the New South


5.  Sammy Adkins and the Sandy Hook Mtn Boys


6.  Paul Williams and the Victory Trio


7.  Blue Highway


8.  Old school Lonesome River Band


9.  Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys


10.  The Orborne Brothers



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1 runaway freight


2 the boohers


3 high ground


4farewell drifters


5 akus


6 johnson mt boys


7 stanley bros.


8 king wilkie


9 carrie hassler and hard rain


10 doyle lawson and quick silver



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some of my favorites too matt!


 



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This is gonna be hard ......only 10 ok here goes


1. Anything Stanley (Dr.Ralph, Ralph ll ,Carter,Jeanie )


2.Matt & Runaway Freight


3. The Bluegrass Brothers


4. J W Carpenter & RT 107


5. Alecia Nugent


6.Don Rigsby & Midnight Call


7. Wildwood Valley Boys


8. Wildfire


9. Rhonda Vincent


10. Larry Sparks & The Lonesome Ramblers


 


now ya know that was really really hard this time of mornin



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It was hard to pick just 10 but here they are:

 

1. The Seldom Scene

2. The Country Gentlemen

3. New Grass Revival

4. Jim and Jessie

5. J.D Crowe and the New South

6. Norman Blake

7. Nitty Gritty Dirtband (when they played it)

8. Uncle Dave Macon

9. Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys

10. The Stanley Brothers



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Thanks for including us Matt.........ya'll are top notch too!

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GracieMuldoon


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dang.. ok.. your favorite bands.. forget the #10....

high ground, runaway freight, and several others.. are some of my favorites too!

trying to get in on all the love floating around here!

;)

love ALL ya HOT BANDS.. and you know WHO you are!

gracie


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 Wow! That's a hard one. I guess I'll list active bands only.

1. Doyle Lawson & Quick Silver
2. Larry Sparks and his Lonesome Ramblers
3. Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Mt. Boys
4. Tony Rice
5. Del McCoury Band
6. Mike Compton
7. Don Rigsby and Midnight Call
8. J.D. Crowe and The New South
9. Karl Shiflett & The Big Country Show
10. Ricky Scaggs and Kentucky Thunder

 No one is better than Mr. Monroe.

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GracieMuldoon


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Just lookin' at these lists.. you can see .. what is so great about BLUEGRASS music...

its the VARIETY AND THE QUALITY!!!


anyone else wanna spout off with their 10?


;)

gracie

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1) Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver
2)IIIrd Tyme Out
3)Blue Highway
4)Larry Sparks & the lonesome ramblers
5)Lou Reid and Carolina
6)Longview
7) JD Crowe and the New South
8)James King Band
9)New Found Road
10)Mountain Heart

My favorites list for now!!

KIM



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All of the above!!!!

But if ya wanna know the truth ---
the best band (imo) that i've had the privilidge to hear,
was Bill Monroe, back in the early 70's.
When Kenny Baker (fiddle), and Jack Hicks (banjo),
were picking for him.



(Bean Blossom, 1973.  Photo from Jim Moss)

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ya'll sure know good music when ya hear it!

anyone else?

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What about these guys?????

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