I'm in a bluegrass fascinated phase of my life right now. It's really fun, but sometimes depressing music to listen to, but it's extreme musicianship leaves me wanting more. If you can look past the twang that this genre is known for, you may find yourself lost in the stories and the skill of the great raconteurs that have created before us.
Tennessee Rocky Top is a very well known bluegrass tune. In this video, you can see classic bluegrass instrumentation; acoustic guitars, mandolin, fiddle, banjo, bass, and multiple vocalists. Bluegrass styled vocal harmonies definitely have their own characteristics that make it easy to differentiate between say rock styled harmonies or blue harmonies. This is a really great video to hear the vocal harmonies we're accustomed to hearing with bluegrass. There's always the "high lonesome tenor" with other accompanied singers. And of course, this aspect of the music has influenced SO much, such as Simon & Garfunkle, The Doobie Brothers, The Civil Wars, etc.
Last night, my band decided to do an open mic appearance at Mr. Laffs in Davie. We saw two other bands there that went on before us, and just wanted to say that they were really quite good. Didn't catch the names of the bands, but there was a rock cover band and a blues band. Had a really good time, even though we had a large number of technical difficulties, one being a drummer missing in action.
Tomorrow! MY BAND'S SHOW AT DEKKA! 7:30! WHOOT!!! I'm very excited for this! Gonna go get some much needed rest.
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