Good topic don't know about new music but i know theres an awfull lot of old music out there that you don't hear because it's non digital and on vinyl, i've got hundreds of great old albums, what about the

The Pine River Valley Boys  Paul kirchner on Banjo Don Loomis on mando

Kentucky Colonels with Roland and Clarence White

Haylo Brown and the Lonesome Pine Fiddlers

Vassar Clements Bluegrass sessions

Messa Grass

The Watson Family

Bill Clifton

The Stonemans

and one of the first albums i ever got Bluegrass Banjo's on Fire by Homer and the Barnstormers

the long standing question never answered  "Who was Homer"????

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in my car i have a 6 cd player.... i have all 'grassy girls... trying to learn the songs!!!

 

lol

 

COOOL>>> love dem grassy girls!

 

gracie

 

Ive been listening to buddy merriam all mornin wow he is good i never heard of him before ...
also on a grascal , LRB and nothin fancy kick...

 

well, i am glad you asked that. because layla just tried to eat my "little birdie" cd (jim and jennie and the pinetops)

i was putting cds away and that one fell on the floor, i was on the phone and didn't notice. how ironic because not only do i love that cd, but it's the one she's howling to on myspace pics..i was all bummed until i realized she only chewed a quarter of it and they must burn from the center (duh?) so it still played!! HAHAHA LAYLA!!

i like bluegrass best of all music, no question, but i don't have all that much the wwb doesn't play. frankly, i have a lot more to learn about it. i like red molly, and a few of the other artists i have met on myspace that you don't already play. just don't have their cd's

i admit sometimes, i still play the moody blues or joni or something from my past. i liked learning about the land where the blues began cd too. but mostly i want to learn more about bluegrass and mountain music. there is just something about good bluegrass music and the people! old time, new, either.

suzie-q

i am lissin' to Allson Brown in the car right now simple pleasures i belive and i have the homer and the barnstormers 78 and that has got to be Roger Sprungs banjo on the cover i'm bettin' he had something to do with it.............mack

mack smith wrote:

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  and i have the homer and the barnstormers 78 and that has got to be Roger Sprungs banjo on the cover i'm bettin' he had something to do with it.............mack

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Interesting Mack BUT i'm refering to the LP of circa 1963 called Bluegrass banjo's on fire it was titled  in the states as Flaming Banjo's i believe, now the cover does have a Banjo on it however it's an archtop with a hide head also the flange holes are circular which is unusual, many have guesed as to Homers identity i.ve heard e'm all but no one as yet produced any evidence of who he was what evidence there is seems to surgest he was a session musician, but what was his real name???? that's the burning question!!!!!

Pete Stanley was the banjo player with Homer and the Barnstormers. 1963 issue"Flamin' Banjos"

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-- Edited by LES at 02:51, 2006-10-07

Saturday 6th Oct 10.03am GMT just spoke with Pete Stanley on the phone Les, definatly and possitvly not him on that album, did'nt think it was i know pete's style quite well and it don't fit the recording

-- Edited by Ray Uk at 10:12, 2006-10-07

Les i'me aware of that article it come from my part of the world North West Blugrass Magazine if you re read it you will see pete Stanley sites this record as a major influence as i do in taking up bluegrass banjo:--

 

Pete in particular became more Bluegrass-oriented, much influenced by Bill Keith (amongst others) and was a great influence on many British 'folkies' to take up 5-string banjo and an interest in Bluegrass. 16 Tons Of Bluegrass was not their first recording release but a recent BBMA survey showed that it was one of the top two influences on the growth in interest in Bluegrass in the UK. The other one was Homer and The Barnstormers' Bluegrass Banjos on Fire (Who were they?)

 

he also sites Bill Keith as an influence and if i might digress Bill is doing a workshop for us on the 17th Oct on line in the banjo lounge:---http://banjolounge.ivocalize.net/ cost is $20 and 25 seats is the max it's filling up fast contact Jim Pankey (Lone Moutain Band)

 

Les Jack Baker swears the banjo player was Curtis Mcpeake i've also got other surgestions that say it was Buck Trent i've e-mailed both of them posing the question the thing is at the end of the day i need evidence opinions count for little, this mystery is the most bluegrass challenging since the "Who was the Flint Hill Flash" mystery, good luck with your digging i'll continue to turn over the stones as i come to them

I have an e-mail response from Buck Trent

 

Quote:---"Buck doesn’t remember  recording that song.  He said  whom ever it is copies him to a tee".

 

Psychograss "Like Minds"

Mike Marshall......mandolin

Darol Anger....Fiddle

Todd Phillips.....Bass

Tony Trishka....banjo

David Grier.....guitar

Right now, listening to JD Crowe's new CD,  and IIIrd Tyme Out, new one.

Sara

Gracie, never considered myself sly, but maybe I am....the last couple days I've been listening to the first Mountain Heart cd, "Mountain Heart". Its got some fine singing and picking. The cd was put out on Doobie Shea records and is not in print anymore but one may be able to get a hold of a copy by some means.

My favorite song on the cd is probably "Roses" and "Cold Kentucky Rain" but I like just about all the cuts on the cd. This is definitely a great first album by a great band.