Howdy Erik, Agreed...if I don't like a tune, it's my own doing, nobody else's. If I don't like a performance of it, as Brian says, it's usually my performance that I don't like. David Grier says that there are no songs that suck, just that MY version sucks. Too funny, and conveniently, impossible to argue with that logic. My interest or lack thereof in songs/tunes absolutely influences my execution of them. Those songs that always bring the house down, and there's a reason for it. As I mentioned earlier, if we could find out what that thing is, we'd all be millionaires. I suspect that a major factor in it is that the tunes are familiar to the masses.
I don't particularly care for all of Monroe's output either. I find "Tombstone Junction" to be downright silly, but most everybody I've run into thinks it's cool, so kick me in the shins. Whatever. Nelson, nobody here EVER said Skaggs can't play/sing. To the contrary, I'd say he's got an awful lot of chops to work with. Taterboy On Feb 4, 12:14 pm, MinnesotaMandolin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there, I'm a long-time lurker brought out of my shell by this > discussion. > > My band plays 98% original music with a few covers. We only play > traditional fiddle tunes as string changing songs when someone pops a > string. Most of the guys aren't much interested in learning new ones > so we've been playing Whiskey before Breakfast, Red Haired Boy and Old > Joe Clark for literally years. It always brings the house down. I'm > sick to death of WBB but just the other day we did it to great aplomb. > So the question is who's really got the problem with WBB? I do, that's > who. > > how little are the other guys interested? I can't even get them to > fake Jenny Lynn with me and it's only got one chord! We worked up > those three fiddle tunes early in our career and there you go. > > cheers, > erik > > On Feb 4, 11:27 am, Val Mindel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Say hi to Chirps for me. He has great tunes. He plays a really good > > Greensleeves (not the tune you think), with the G run down to E. And > > is no slouch on mandolin. > > > On Feb 4, 8:20 am, Dasspunk <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > There are two tunes that I refuse to play any more. Blackberry Blossom > > > and Whiskey Before Breakfast. These tunes are butchered daily at jams > > > everywhere and make my skin crawl. I don't mind when folks play > > > them... it's fine beer break music. > > > > But if the point of having a repertoire is to know songs that you can > > > play with others, then those two are probably at the top of the > > > list. > > > > Eek! I just looked at that list on mandozine... sure enough, those are > > > some of the most popular tunes I've ever heard at jams. And of course > > > my two *favorites* are on there. Whatever... learn 'em all and decide > > > for yourself which ones you like. > > > > I'm currently learning a couple tunes for a dance I'll be playing this > > > weekend with Mr. Lynn Chirps Smith. I absolutely love Snake River Reel > > > and his tune Mississippi Palisades. Also on tap are Cumberland Gap (OT > > > version), Little Dutch Girl (which Sadie Compton does a nice version > > > of) and Squirrel Heads And Gravy (which I'm finding difficult to > > > transfer to mandolin). > > > > Brian > > > > On Feb 3, 1:16 pm, mistertaterbug <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Nelson, > > > > It seems to me that the list varies depending on where a person hangs > > > > his hat (which includes geographical location, chosen era of > > > > 'bluegrass', and age group). Dennis comments in jest. I told him once > > > > that if I had to listen to "Red Haired Boy" once more time I was going > > > > to go out and kill something. There are a few more on *that* list as > > > > well. I will say though, without looking at anyone else's list, that > > > > some of the more common oldtime fiddle tunes seem to hold up across > > > > the board, plus there are a few Monroe tunes that seem to carry over. > > > > I don't think I have a really good grasp of what might be an up-to- > > > > date list of popular 'bluegrass' tunes because I engage so heavily in > > > > eclecticism. > > > > > Bugs > > > > > On Feb 3, 1:04 pm, J Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Nelson, > > > > > > Mandozine lists what they consider to be essential mandolin tunes to > > > > > learn. > > > > > Here's the link:http://www.mandozine.com/music/essential/ > > > > > > Jason- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
