Though they've certainly not cornered the market, I've noticed some of them MN old-timers are a bit on the crotchety side... but then again Fred, y'all feel purple is a respectable color for a professional sports franchise. Which is obviously incorrect :)
Still, I can see their point... at least to a point. And while some people are just assholes, plain and simple, most are just trying to honor the style and demand it be shown a little respect. Being a Monroe player, I can absolutely empathize with this feeling... My bright orange, f-style Duff doesn't especially help me when joining unfamiliar circles... but listening and being respectful usually does the trick. I'm very lucky though... many of the circles I join or dances I play, include Chirps Smith. You could look a long time and not find a nicer gent nor as good a fiddler. And it helps that he started as a mando player... and a damn good one at that. Brian On Jan 15, 4:13 pm, Fred Keller <[email protected]> wrote: > <rant mode on; ratcheted up to 11> > > This kind of feedback from the so-called "keepers of the flame" of old > time makes the gorge fairly well buoyant. Who bequeathed them the > music and who told 'em it was a fossil, fit only to stick under glass > in a museum? Real musicians don't often think this way about music nor > did those first-gen folks whom they--and we--admire. > > Here's your mantra: > > Screw 'em > Screw the fiddle mafia that makes six of them vs one of you a good jam > Screw the lock-step jack-booted thugs who keep careful track of who's > playing the wrong notes of the wrong version > Screw the smug know-it-alls who insist on only one kind of old-time > Play what you want and if they don't like...sc--well, you get the idea > > <rant mode off; urge to kill....subsiding> > > ;^)...but only partially > > On 1/15/10 3:53 PM, Topher Gayle wrote: > > > > > Once I was jamming on my mando at a small old time jam, pretty much > > playing backbeats. And after a couple tunes the fiddling gal sneered, > > "how long have you been playing bluegrass?" and that was the end of > > that. > > > So I was a little bit nervous a couple years later when Brad Leftwich > > asked me to accompany him at a dance, with my mando. I asked him what > > he wanted me to do, and he said, "whatever you want, but it would be > > nice to have a rolling strum." I didn't know what he meant, so he said > > something like dum-a-strum-a dum-a-strum-a, a little bit swung, but > > not much. That's kind of a guitar strum for me. I guess he liked it > > because he asked me to accompany him a few more times that week. It > > was really fun! > > > I think it's the same as any kind of social music. It's as loose or > > strict as the people involved want. I personally really like things > > loose. But sometimes that's not the scene. > > > Topher
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