tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733404.post115868991489904298..comments2024-01-08T05:50:04.098-05:00Comments on baxter sez: "Hey, big boy," continued...Alison Piepmeierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17972854288403934814noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733404.post-1158800556680656322006-09-20T20:02:00.000-05:002006-09-20T20:02:00.000-05:00What is the minimum bluegrass lineup? Suddenly I'm...What is the minimum bluegrass lineup? Suddenly I'm having ideas about a project. Would four people work, or is that too few? I'm thinking bass, banjo, fiddle, rhythm guitar. All would sing. Is that enough, or would we need another soloing instrument (mandolin/Dobro)?Kenneth Burnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15252529691032736458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733404.post-1158766107961782822006-09-20T10:28:00.000-05:002006-09-20T10:28:00.000-05:00The article I'm procrastinating on, which has noth...The article I'm procrastinating on, which has nothing to do with Roni Stoneman, banjos, flatpicks, G licks or the Waffle House.Kenneth Burnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15252529691032736458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733404.post-1158760212768749982006-09-20T08:50:00.000-05:002006-09-20T08:50:00.000-05:00kenneth:re: "g lick:" cute, cute...re: "strumming...kenneth:<BR/><BR/>re: "g lick:" cute, cute...<BR/><BR/>re: "strumming with a flatpick:" I was suprised to see the other day that the old crowe guy plays a "gitjo." six strings, tuned like a guitar, built like a banjo. And he does strum it with a flat pick. I'm also surprised i hadn't figured that out by listening. (i just thought he was a lousy banjo player.)<BR/><BR/>re: stringbean: wasn't he a "two-finger" player? (like early ralph stanley...) i also imagine that string's not lasting long as bill's sideman had more to do with them being both equally tight-fisted than sting's playing style. <BR/><BR/>also, i don't think people begrudge crediting earl as being the three finger king. (although to portray it like he just came outta no where with that stuff would be un-fair. Lots of folks were toying with it.)<BR/><BR/>re: Roni stoneman. She came a garage sale we had at my folks house ...like, two summers ago, maybe, before we were getting ready to move...and bought an old washburn guitar with a hole in it. she said it "sounded real good." (i think she lives down there on cabin hill rd.)<BR/><BR/>re: "article:" what article? an articvle that you're procrastinating on or something to do with banjos and the like?<BR/><BR/>alrighty. fun fun fun!Alison Piepmeierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17972854288403934814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733404.post-1158727143910463902006-09-19T23:39:00.000-05:002006-09-19T23:39:00.000-05:00Whoops, make that Roni Stoneman. I really should w...Whoops, make that Roni Stoneman. I really should write this article.Kenneth Burnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15252529691032736458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733404.post-1158726738867726352006-09-19T23:32:00.000-05:002006-09-19T23:32:00.000-05:00One last banjo thought -- did you see ex-"Hee Haw"...One last banjo thought -- did you see ex-"Hee Haw" comedienne Ronnie Stoneman picking banjo on the Jerry Lewis Labor Day telethon? She was radiant and lovely and played a mean "Foggy Mountain Breakdown." She was on at like four in the morning, so you may have missed it. (Hail TiVo.)<BR/><BR/>She looked like <A HREF="http://www.castlerecords.com/images/Ronnie_Stoneman_WEB.jpg" REL="nofollow">this</A> back in the day, but now she looks more like <A HREF="http://z.about.com/d/nashville/1/0/w/H/rstoneman.jpg" REL="nofollow">this</A>. I heart Ronnie Stoneman.Kenneth Burnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15252529691032736458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733404.post-1158726366221307232006-09-19T23:26:00.000-05:002006-09-19T23:26:00.000-05:00I should have explained, for those who don't know,...I should have explained, for those who don't know, that Stringbean played banjo in the clawhammer style.Kenneth Burnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15252529691032736458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733404.post-1158705597512304092006-09-19T17:39:00.000-05:002006-09-19T17:39:00.000-05:00I think you're absolutely right that the banjo is ...I think you're absolutely right that the banjo is the pivotal instrument, and I'll go further and say that for music to be considered bluegrass it really should mostly have banjo played in the "Scruggs" style. (I'm hoping those quotation marks will head off certain very compelling objections over who invented the style.)<BR/><BR/>I know Old Crow and King Wilkie, but I don't think they're really bluegrass, because they don't mostly feature Scruggs-style banjo picking. I've heard some King Wilkie with frailing and some Old Crow on which the banjoist seemed to be strumming with a flatpick.<BR/><BR/>After all, Stringbean didn't last long as a Blue Grass Boy. Of course, in the grand scheme of things, neither did Earl Scruggs. But I bet Stringbean attracted more interesting groupies.Kenneth Burnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15252529691032736458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733404.post-1158701321843592882006-09-19T16:28:00.000-05:002006-09-19T16:28:00.000-05:00Re bluegrass groupie jokes: I'm at a loss. Might o...Re bluegrass groupie jokes: I'm at a loss. Might one involve a G lick? Okay, I'm all done here.Kenneth Burnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15252529691032736458noreply@blogger.com