Alright, so my last post sounds stupid, I realize now. Some of the messages get caught by the spam filter and I reply only knowing part of the previous stream. Hell, I do that sometimes even when I've gotten them all.
I was saying to someone at the Monroe Camp that Jimmie Rodgers is one of those people whose songs I enjoy more when someone else does them. I think we were discussing Dave Peterson and his wonderful rendition of a blue yodel the night before. He brought a great power and emotion to the sentiment that Jimmie had written about. Anyway, my point is that I know that because I make a point of going backwards in generations from my current musical heroes and explore their heroes recursively. If music did not evolve and if forms did not merge we would not have bluegrass or rock and roll, etc. Luckily for us we can go back and hear the Eck Robertsons, Carter Families, Blue Sky Boys (and the list goes on forever) if we like it better. Otherwise, we can listen to others who have taken their influences and forged their own paths. I love old time music and want to play it. I don't want sometime to break my balls if I don't do it the way they think it should be done. I want to play it the way I FEEL it. After all, we mainly play for ourselves, right? On Sun 10/ 3/10 12:44 PM , [email protected] sent: > 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 tater > [email protected]>Sender: [email protected]: Sun, 3 Oct > 2010 08:46:57 > To: [email protected]>Reply-To: > [email protected]: 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 dassp...@g > mail.com> 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 mark.se. > [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] unsubscribe from this group, send email to taterbugmando+ > [email protected] 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] unsubscribe from this group, send email to taterbugmando+ > [email protected] 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. 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