> Someone wondered if
> anybody else had gotten hot-shot bluegrass players to work with them -- so
> I've got to mention Dan Fogelberg, who in the 80s got a who's who of
> bluegrass knights to back him on a record. Forgettable songs, generic
> muzac-ified bluegrass, if I remember correctly.
Some of the songs (though not the performances) were memorable, but they
were covers of bluegrass classics.
> Another point about bluegrass that someone brought up -- how with a lot
> of folks the high, keening vocals are an instant irritant.
It can never be pointed out often enough that "high lonesome" is only one of
a number of bluegrass vocal styles. It is not an accident that the "low
friendly" sound of Flatt & Scruggs was among the most popular - not only
with the public at large, so to speak, but also with many bluegrassers.
Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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