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Just asking for a friend!
The uke is not the issue!
Loved it, Mike! Put a smile on my face.
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Originally posted by banjo bill-eThe uke is not the issue!
Bill ..... beat me to it!
Is it the costumes? The Barbara Streisand picture on the wall?
Youtube has several other allegedly "Bluegrass" covers of that QUEEN hit, if you care to look.
If we can self-identify as to gender we should surely be allowed to self-identify as to genre. If they say it's Bluegrass then it's Bluegrass.
Chris Jones now has a ukulele/banjoist in the band - Grace van’t Hof. Check it out.
youtu.be/ImlSkXZEMmM
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Originally posted by chuckv97Chris Jones now has a ukulele/banjoist in the band - Grace van’t Hof. Check it out.
youtu.be/ImlSkXZEMmM
The place where they're playing in that video looks very familiar. Several years ago my wife and I visited a place that looked exactly like that. Near Asheville, NC I think. And I remember talking with a guy that worked there. He had a cheap banjo in his office. I asked if I could play it. He let me and I think I played Cripple Creek.
Yup. That's the place. Estes-Winn Antique Car Museum.
Good eye, Jeff..... didn’t think it was Alabama, NY.....
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Originally posted by J e f fquote:
Originally posted by chuckv97Chris Jones now has a ukulele/banjoist in the band - Grace van’t Hof. Check it out.
youtu.be/ImlSkXZEMmMThe place where they're playing in that video looks very familiar. Several years ago my wife and I visited a place that looked exactly like that. Near Asheville, NC I think. And I remember talking with a guy that worked there. He had a cheap banjo in his office. I asked if I could play it. He let me and I think I played Cripple Creek.
Not surprised ...... Asheville sounds about right!
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Originally posted by chuckv97Chris Jones now has a ukulele/banjoist in the band - Grace van’t Hof. Check it out.
youtu.be/ImlSkXZEMmM
Outstanding Chuck ....... again, it ain't the ukulele!
String band music. It has percussion instrument rendering it pseudo grass.
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Originally posted by BanjoLinkquote:
Originally posted by chuckv97Chris Jones now has a ukulele/banjoist in the band - Grace van’t Hof. Check it out.
youtu.be/ImlSkXZEMmMOutstanding Chuck ....... again, it ain't the ukulele!
You can say THAT again...!
Really, Mike, if you want opinions, you should have posted this in the Bluegrass section. You might get more opinions than you bargained for!
I don't think any acoustic stringed instrument prevents it from being bluegrass (as long as it's not overpowering). They are playing in cut time, They are singing in nice harmony, there's a banjo, mandolin, and guitar. All telltale signs of bluegrass. It could do without the percussion instrument, that thing really takes away from the groove, I would categorize this as bluegrass. Great bluegrass? Nope, but bluegrass nonetheless. Their wardrobe says questionable powers of decision making.
Edited by - Good Buddy on 01/21/2021 22:59:19
Bluegrass ?????.....sounds more like New Christy Minstrel hootenanny.
Bluegrass is going the way that Country is taking.
“It’s all rock and roll to me” quote:
Originally posted by AndrewDIf we can self-identify as to gender we should surely be allowed to self-identify as to genre. If they say it's Bluegrass then it's Bluegrass.
My guess is that at least 99.9% of the world population don't know what bluegrass is. And don't care either. For most people non bluegrass bluegrass is bluegrass. I certainly like bluegrass much more when it's not bluegrass.
I guess I shouldn't be so ashamed to wear my llama suit....
I prefer to hear people singing, not screaming. Other than that..... no problem with the uke or the percussion (I presume it's a drum, can't see what it is). Not my idea of bluegrass, but it does have a banjo, so....
I've played plectrum banjo and recently begun 5-string.
If it's fun to hear, it's fun to hear, "authentic" or not.
Like that silly little old man, Mike Gregory, once said:
"Different strums for different chums!"
According to their Facebook page they classify themselves as an Indie Folk Rock band.
I'm betting that some banjo players "wince" when it is considered a "must" instrument in bluegrass. I think the banjo, like the other stringed instruments, can be adapted to other types of music. Some banjo players started playing bluegrass music because it was the only option available when they started playing.
I liked bands like the "Seldom Scene" and "Newgrass Revival", but the label seems to sometime be misapplied. I guess I should not be surprised. The same thing has happened in "country" music. Big $$$ aren't in Bluegrass or traditional Country music.
Bluegrass badly needs some new songwriters. In addition, it should stop having performances out in the middle of nowhere. How many of todays young bluegrass singers have every seen a log cabin ?
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Originally posted by chuckv97quote:
Originally posted by BanjoLinkquote:
Originally posted by chuckv97Chris Jones now has a ukulele/banjoist in the band - Grace van’t Hof. Check it out.
youtu.be/ImlSkXZEMmMOutstanding Chuck ....... again, it ain't the ukulele!
You can say THAT again...!
What banjo?
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