The Bluegrass thread

[Zopiclone bandit]

I love me a "murder ballad" and that's a great one

Check this out.

I assume you know who Hedy West is, this is her playing Clawhammer style at her very best.

 

[Zopiclone bandit]

I'm always interested to see the roots that Appalachian music has in traditional Scots/Irish music. There is a long tradition of great songs that have corresponding versions in each. Because the songs got taught orally and passed on from generation to generation, they change a lot, which is pretty cool.

100% True in what you said.

I have always been really drawn to the old time music, Clawhammer Banjo playing style like you said about the music that went with The Billy Boys to the USA.
It's so good to see someone else on here who is into this stuff. Check this link out & let me know what you think.

 

[Zopiclone bandit]

I'm always interested to see the roots that Appalachian music has in traditional Scots/Irish music. There is a long tradition of great songs that have corresponding versions in each. Because the songs got taught orally and passed on from generation to generation, they change a lot, which is pretty cool.
Anyhow, one song I love is "Black Jack Davey", about a girl who runs off with a Gypsy. The corresponding Irish version is "The Raggle Taggle Gypsy". Here are 2 versions,





and then you get the modernized Jack White version!

You into the PROPER Mississippi Delta Blues too?

 

[neversickanymore]

Crested Butte



TRACKLIST1. Down From The Mountain (00:00)2. Black Muddy River (04:37)3. Colorado (10:55)4. Blue Ridge Cabin Home (14:24)5. Ain't Been Myself in Years (17:58)6. Where The Rivers Run Cold (21:34)7. Road to Boulder (24:50)8. New Speedway Boogie (28:23)9. I'll Get Away (35:02)10. Crooked Mountain Top (38:49)11. Highwayman (42:31)12. Starry Night (45:54)13. Underwater Canyon (49:13)14. 3 X 5 (55:17)15. Break Mountain Brokedown (1:00:03)16. Poor Boy's Delight (1:03:18)17. Won't Be Coming Back (1:07:26)18. Bound for Tennessee (1:11:06)19. In The Mountains (Live) (1:14:33)20. Black Rock (1:18:56)21. In God's Country (1:22:28)22. Echoes of Goodbye (1:25:20)23. Gravity (1:29:41)24. Foggy Mountain Rock (1:33:23)25. Thunder (1:35:53)26. Reminds Me of You (1:39:33)27. Cloud Valley (1:43:34)28. Vertigo (1:49:11)29. Cabin In The Hills (1:52:51)30. Mountain Town (1:55:34)31. Sitting Alone In The Moonlight (2:02:01)32. Pearl of Carolina (2:05:54)33. I've Endured (2:09:48)34. Spirits Wild (2:13:22)35. Rise Sun (2:17:47)