What happens when a coked out rock star tries bluegrass.

[fentonjames]

this might be the worst thing ever. don't say you werent warned.

[George R. Lane]

What was that noise I just heard. Oh, that was just Big Mon rolling over in his grave.

[JeffD]

He' just being who he is. Who he has always been.

Good playing.

[Steve Ostrander]

"Here's the B part...." Thanks for the warning, Dave.....

[fentonjames]

is that mike jorgensen on mandolin? i know that's sam bush's banjo player, scott vestal.

[tkdboyd]

John Jorgenson on mandolin, Stephen Dudash on violin, and Charlie Chadwick on bass. Don't know the others. But those three are some monster musicians, some of the best Gypsy Jazz you'll ever hear. Of course they probably made more money doing the Pick'n on VH, than all they GJ recordings. They have bills to pay...

[Daniel Nestlerode]

Brad Davis on guitar (the tall guitar player)

[lukmanohnz]

Ouch, ouch, ow ow ow..... I've actually enjoyed a few of the Pickin' On <insert popular rock band name> series. My kids gave me the Coldplay one. Did NOT expect to like it but much of it worked. Definitely won't be adding VH to the collection. Ouch.

[Lynn Dudenbostel]

Scott Vestal on banjo (Sam Bush Band) and Ron Ikes on dobro (formerly Blue Highway).

[Scott Tichenor]

this might be the worst thing ever. don't say you werent warned.

This doesn't bother me in the least. I think it's quite decent, actually. YouTube is stuffed fulled of much less talented people holding mandolins, banjos, guitars and bass fiddles trying to be rockers and thinking they're cool. And to be fair, there's more than a few very prominent bluegrass stars--current and past--that have done hard time for dealing or substance abuse behind bars or died of related causes. But if they stand erect on stage and play well I suppose they have everyone's admiration.

Hint: substance abuse by musicians--people in general--is not limited to rock and roll. Widespread in all kinds of music, yes, even acoustic music. Sorry if that busts your bubble but I personally find an anonymous post calling someone a coked out rock star pretty offensive in and of itself, but probably not beyond posting guidelines. Carry on.

P.S. I love this guy below, and I happen to be of the opinion he's very talented.

[Ron McMillan]

A very tight band of excellent musicians. It's not my cup of tea, but then most of traditional bluegrass isn't either. The scorn from purists is as predictable as it is uninteresting.

[fentonjames]

didn't mean to offend, scott. my point was dlr made an overall error. true, he had a great band backing him. but he certainly was, altered. he didn't know which way to look when somebody was going into a solo. and his frank sinatraesque stage presence was...odd. yes, abuse is bad and stretches genres. this was likely a prime example. i wonder how it would have been if he was in a different frame of mind, with some of the early vh energy for his stage presence. overall, it was kind of sad.

[montana]

Different strokes for different folks.

[darrylicshon]

I used to really love slayer thought the banjo guy was pretty good

[Willie Poole]

Quite a few years ago bluegrass musicians had a bad rep as drunks, dope heads etc, since then a lot of pickers have tried hard to change that belief, myself included, I don`t even allow my band members to drink a beer on stage, before and after a gig I don`t have any control over that unless he shows up a little drunk then I can change the band members around on the instruments and still fill the contract, I have planned this all out just in case, so far I have never need to alter anything...

[fentonjames]

the stage isn't the place to party. people are paying you to be there. it's a job. you wouldn't get wasted at the factory, law firm or repair shop either. if you want to drink, that's what informal jams and backyard parties are for. not the gig. being pro means being pro.

[T.D.Nydn]

Good for Roth. That isn't that bad at all,I rather liked it. I heard that Steven Tyler is putting together a bluegrass band(I want to apply to be his mandolin player) . What makes you say he's "coked up"? These rock stars nowadays live cleaner than you probably do!

[allenhopkins]

Liked it too. Not my cup of (herb) tea vocally, but the picking was uniformly top-notch. Roth is -- well, Roth -- and you weren't expecting Del McCoury, were ya?

So, let me once more add my favorite inappropriate bluegrass hybrid, Black Grass by Bad Bascomb (and I do own the LP):

[Denny Gies]

Another ouch...............

[Bill Kammerzell]

Liked it too. Not my cup of (herb) tea vocally, but the picking was uniformly top-notch. Roth is -- well, Roth -- and you weren't expecting Del McCoury, were ya?

So, let me once more add my favorite inappropriate bluegrass hybrid, Black Grass by Bad Bascomb (and I do own the LP):

Quite a unique interpretation. I need to save that, for the next practice. I'm certain that can be performed sans brass. Possibly a blue harp? Thanks!

[AlanN]

Didn't we groove to this some years back? I dug it then, I do now. And it's Rob Ickes.

[brunello97]

I'm kind of with Scott and Allen on this. I admit I'm not much of a BG head so it may not seem so sacrilegious to me. DLR isn't going to make anyone forget Jimmy Martin but it all seems in good spirit.

The picking on the song "head" is actually pretty clever.

Mick

[MikeEdgerton]

I found it refreshing. I like it when folks mix the instruments in other genres. I don't really understand the dislike.

[Jim Bevan]

Ya, I found it enjoyable too (or at least not offensive), all in good fun etc., and I don't quite get the OP's thumbs down.

Slamming Roth for not being a good bluegrass singer seems to me to be as closed-minded as slamming the band for not being able to rock (maybe more -- it is a rock song, after all and heck, it's even his rock song).

[Scott Tichenor]

Wrote this over a 18 months ago about using the internet to make negative attacks on people and products. Still applies. Thanks to this thread 1% of the total views on that video have now come from this thread. Watch the numbers increase. Can't be stopped now. May have to toss a link to it on the home page, Facebook and Twitter because it's becoming hot news.

So that I don't waste anyone's time reading that, we can just cut to the chase: Strung Like a Horse