Gavin Posted July 5, 2013 Posted July 5, 2013 Love that Bluegrass but I want to hear it live......near you Mic...go see George Portz if you want the real deal.....pickings are slim in STL...Liquid Gold...plays some bluegrass type stuff....but mostly fun old country stuff...definite must see... at the Shanti in Soulard or Joe Clarks in Fenton...Some real pro's in that band....Wish the Flying Mules were still together. George Portz is making his annual appearance at Suson Park in S. St. Louis County on the 13th...My wife and I will be there this year. We don't always make it, but the George Portz show at Suson was our first date. Always a great show.
Quillback Posted July 5, 2013 Posted July 5, 2013 This video has a great bluegrass like sound track. Warning:It's possible that the chorus will be replayed in your head all day. Also there is an appearance by a Mountain Lion.
Al Agnew Posted July 5, 2013 Posted July 5, 2013 And you gotta get the two "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" albums by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Some bluegrass legends played with them on those albums.
Justin Spencer Posted July 6, 2013 Posted July 6, 2013 This video has a great bluegrass like sound track. Warning:It's possible that the chorus will be replayed in your head all day. Also there is an appearance by a Mountain Lion. I knew what it was going to be before I clicked on it. My wife got me a guy on a buffalo t-shirt for my birthday, I Love IT! "The problem with a politician’s quote on Facebook is you don’t know whether or not they really said it." –Abraham Lincoln Tales of an Ozark Campground Proprietor Dead Drift Fly Shop
Quillback Posted July 6, 2013 Posted July 6, 2013 I had never seen the "Guy on a Buffalo" vids until yesterday, pretty funny stuff.
Daryk Campbell Sr Posted July 7, 2013 Posted July 7, 2013 Not sure if they qualify as bluegrass , but you might check out Carolina Chocolate Drops. Very good band who play a variety of genres. Many videos on YouTube. Side note, "Guy on a Buffalo" was hilarious. Money is just ink and paper, worthless until it switches hands, and worthless again until the next transaction. (me) I am the master of my unspoken words, and the slave to those that should have remained unsaid. (unknown)
Wayne SW/MO Posted July 11, 2013 Posted July 11, 2013 Rhonda Vincent is awesome. She will be at Starvy Creek in September Jack. http://www.starvycreek.com/ Today's release is tomorrows gift to another fisherman.
David Unnerstall Posted July 11, 2013 Posted July 11, 2013 I would recommend you tune into KDHX 88.1 FM in ST L if you can't get it on your radio you can get it in the internet at there website. They have streaming and archives........Sat morning at 11:00 AM and noon on Sunday. Also a lot of Bluegrass on you tube including Big Smith who was my favorite.......I actually paid money to see them play. KDHX DOES have two good bluegrass shows: The Saturday morning show is a bit more progressive and Walter and Willa tend to be more traditional on Sunday. And the website displays the songs being played. Nobody mentioned Allison Krauss and Union Station. Her voice is amazing, the musicianship is top-notch -- especially Jerry Douglass on dobro -- and Dan Tyminski sang "Man Of Constant Sorrow" in O'Brother.
et84 Posted July 11, 2013 Posted July 11, 2013 Most of my suggestions have already been mentioned, but I'll give 'em to ya anyway: Trampled, Yonder, O.C.M.S., Big Smith, Hillbenders, Infamous Stringdusters, Mandolin Orange, Hot Buttered Rum, Punch Bros, Railroad Earth, Salmon, Sam Bush, Bela Fleck (with or without the Tones), Iron Horse, Devil Makes Three, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Steep Canyon Rangers, Split Lip Rayfield, Crooked Still, Bill Monroe, John Hartford. That should be enough to get ya started. If I could only suggest a few: Trampled, Yonder, Crooked Still, O.C.M.S., Big Smith, and Hot Buttered Rum. "Sometimes it seems like such a hard life, but there's good times around the bend. The rollercoaster's gotta roll to the bottom if ya wanna climb to the top again."
2sheds Posted July 29, 2013 Posted July 29, 2013 Hey Mic, so far you've got a year's worth of great recommendations. Can't resist adding a few with some Ozark connections. Newgrass Revival (Sam Bush & Friends) - particularly the LP "When the Storm is Over" with banjo legend Courney Johnson. You've already got the Dillards recommendation - Important to know that Douglas Dillard is respected as one of the all-time banjo greats. Mitch Jayne was frontman & bass, a friend of the Ozarks and regular in Dent Co around Salem & Montauk. Splitlip Rayfield (Lawrence, KS) is another truly-unique Ozarks-region band. Eric Mardis is one of the most unique banjo pickers you will encounter. Check Out - "Kiss of Death to Cars" for a quick overview of what you can expect and then settle into the LP "Never Make It Home". Don't snooze when Eric is singing, his stories are the stuff of Legion (Mark 5:9). Favorite newcomer in the last few years is Sarah Jarosz (from Wimberly in the Texas Hill Country, near my neck of the woods) who has resurrected claw-hammer banjo, plus some other bluegrass instruments. She is about to release her 3rd LP (having just finished college), but her first - Songs Up In Her Head - remains my top recommendation. No Ozark-fueled mix tape is complete without some John Hartford who spent a lot of time in the Ozarks. Check out the LP "Aeroplane" for some of John's banjo work, but he's better known as a fiddler; take a listen to "Hamilton Ironworks" for a collection of his fiddletune stories while hanging out in Bourbon, Salem, and elsewhere. And for some very accessible bluegrass, "Old and In the Way" with Jerry Garcia on banjo.
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