Like it a lot. That old timey Hartfor stuff is among the most prized music in my collection. I can't get tired of it. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
-----Original Message----- From: mistertaterbug <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 08:46:57 To: Taterbugmando<[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Re: a new take on Squirrel Hunters I am far from being in a position to 'correct' anybody on anything due to my own fondness for things oldtimey. I have an occasional soapbox as everyone here certainly knows. While I can certainly agree with you on a couple counts, there is the flip side, another angle that you may be missing. I know a few of these boys, some reasonably well. For this group to be playing "Squirrel Hunters" at all is miraculous in and of itself, considering the vintage of the tune and its' sources. These guys are the next wave of players coming down the pike trying to blaze a trail just like all the rest of us. It is readily apparent that Monroe was looked down upon when he came on the scene for his lack of "respect" for the oldtime school of thinking. As was Sam Bush, Grisman, Marshall, etc I find it refreshing to know that this young crowd (some I have seen around since they were mid-teenagers) mixes in traditional oldtime and Monroe tunes. To me, I think it's cool that the beauty of old songs is not lost on them, they are not worn out with it like a couple generations that came after them that think anything smelling of oldtime and traditional bluegrass is beneath them, that it is not valid or vital music. These guys feel otherwise. They know Thile; they have all Stuart Duncan's fiddle solos catalogued; they really dig Monroe-style tunes. Though their take on the melody and flights of musical fantasy lead them down a different road than I would take, it's encouraging to know that there is a generation of players that are extremely technically capable to play either Thile or Duncan or Monroe and they love them all. 'Nuff said. Taterbug On Oct 3, 9:46 am, Dasspunk <[email protected]> wrote: > I know I should shut up and let folks like what they want but this > particular tune is near and dear to my heart and this rendition stabs > at my soul. Maybe it's because I just returned from a lovely week in > Nashville but saw WAY too many folks in tight printed shirts and > pressed jeans, musically masturbating on each other. Either way, I > don't mean disrespect to anyone's musical taste but rather, I just > want to express an opposing view. > > Squirrel Hunters is an old-time tune that has creeped into the > Bluegrass subconscious... and I'm grateful for it... so much so I > named my band after it. I see this tune as an opportunity for ensemble > play and most definitely not as a springboard for musical coitus. To > see it straightened out with a Bush-style chop in a circle jerk is, > IMO, an opportunity missed. > > B > > On Oct 2, 10:41 pm, Mark Seale <[email protected]> wrote: > > > from some young guns... > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFDNcXxXJLk -- 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. -- 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.
