Groovegrass- from the horses mouth

1999-02-09 Thread Jeff Wall
Wow, Don. Sorry the album bummed you out so bad. We made that one back in Feb. 1993. Warner Brothers decided it was a bit too wiggy for them to put out back then. As far as the vocals go, I'm about as much a lead singer as Junior Samples. I had other GrooveGrass Boyz singing all the lead

Re: Groovegrass- from the horses mouth

1999-02-09 Thread Don Yates
that I *had* a record. You can rest assured though that if I did, I sure wouldn't want to hear it.g Anyway, I'm glad to hear that GrooveGrass has evolved since the recording that I just heard. I'll keep my eyes open for more, but so far all I've heard is the GrooveGrass 101 album (which you don't

Re: GrooveGrass

1999-02-09 Thread Wynn Harris
Jeff Wall said: 5. The stated purpose behind Groovegrass is to introduce Bluegrass to kids who would never otherwise hear it. This seems to resurect an old thread regarding the lack ofpopularity and high dollar sales in the Americana market, does it not? If country/alt.country purists aren't

GrooveGrass

1999-02-08 Thread Don Yates
All right, I finally got a chance to hear the GrooveGrass album (which is now being released by Warner Bros), and I have to say I'm underwhelmed. I'm open to odd musical fusions, but this attempt to fuse bluegrass and funk falls mostly flat. It just sounds like two disparate kinds of music

Re: GrooveGrass

1999-02-08 Thread stuart
Don Yates wrote: All right, I finally got a chance to hear the GrooveGrass album (which is now being released by Warner Bros), and I have to say I'm underwhelmed. I'm open to odd musical fusions, but this attempt to fuse bluegrass and funk falls mostly flat. It just sounds like two

Re: GrooveGrass

1999-02-08 Thread stuart
stuart wrote: . but I'm not listening to Parlor James, Old Dreams, which I just picked up. This is the future of alt. country. Well, maybe not. . That's *now* listening too. I'm really digging this. Have they been raked over the P2 coals yet? For those who havent heard of them, it

Re: GrooveGrass

1999-02-08 Thread Jeff Wall
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