He's starting to get the jowls of Jabba the Hut--he's always had the personality. <g>
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 7:41 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Right on, Fred....and while this might be a small quibble, I just can't > tolerate that whole "Mama's fried chicken" stage persona. Very, very > tiresome. > > > -------------- Original message from Fred <[email protected]>: > -------------- > > >> >> >> >> Good lord. It may be that Picky-Ricky's greatest talent is that of >> self-aggrandizement. That coupled with his well-known penchant for >> receiving and transmitting the gospel from god himself on stage may >> explain his self-anointing. >> >> There's no doubt the man can play and sing but how can one take him >> seriously when he WAS the problem he decries back in the '80's? I mean >> he gets down on the whole "urban cowboy" thing but has he seen his own >> video--the one where Bill Monroe plays Uncle Pen to Ricky's corporate >> exec? Oy gevalt. What a putz. This schmuck carries like 8 guitars in >> his band and calls it "digging deep into the tradition." >> >> That's actually something that bears notice too, this death-grip on >> tradition that so many bluegrassers seem to employ as if it were a >> post-mortem stamp of approval from Bill himself. It seems to me that if >> bluegrass is a living, breathing art form then it needs to grow and >> evolve in different and often strange and unnerving ways. You don't >> have to like it but you have to respect it. Only art forms that are >> dead and buried repeat themselves endlessly. >> >> Going back to the vaults of tradition and then inflecting it with one's >> own personality and interpretation is a viable way of breathing new life >> into a genre art form. Going back to the vaults of tradition and saying >> "this way and only this way is right" is embalming and turns the vaults >> of tradition into Lenin's tomb, fit only for periodic review. >> >> >> >> Dasspunk wrote: >> > I got a 404 error from Mike's link. Here's one that should work: >> > >> > http://tinyurl.com/dhuvja >> > >> > It's always been clear that Ricky wants to be the heir for Bluegrass. >> > Luckily, want of a thing don't make it so... It would also seem that >> > he suffers from self loathing... >> > >> > "I can't get excited about (the music on country radio). It's all >> > cookie cutter like they are trying to build one car for everyone." >> > >> > Brian >> > >> >> >> >> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
