Re: Speed of bluegrass... is it just me?
Just finished listening to Bluegrass Instrumentals Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys MCA-104 on vinyl a compilation from approximately 1958 - 1963. All great classics. Side one track two Sailors Hornpipe. Rediculously fast by Bill Keith and Kenny Baker, but no Bill! But then.... The next four tracks. Tall Timber, Get up John, Brown County BD, Panhandle Country! Bill could and did play fast. Side two has Rawhide so ....
But quite honestly this recording is not a at all a representative sample of Bluegrass music. As the title says this is Bluegrass Instrumentals. And I like a good instrumental but maybe every 5th or 6th song in a set.
Lotsa great vocals, some beautiful gospel, an old time ballad or two, and a good instrumental mixed in (let those folks loose once in a while), that's the mix for me!
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