Any bluegrass fans?

Jorma Kaukonen "Blue Country Heart" -DSD Mastered SACD
Doc & Merle Watson "Pickin' the Blues" -Analogue Productions Gold CD
David Grisman "Tone Poems, vols. 1-3" -Acoustic Disc HDCD

Bluegrass isn't only picked by whitey. Check out John Jackson on the Arhoolie label (highlights from his three excellent Arhoolie lps are available on one cd) to hear how one of the more underappreciated blues greats mixes bluegrass (as well as ragtime, country, and other genres) with an outstanding finger-picking, piedmont blues style (on banjo and acoustic guitar).

Lots of bluegrass boys here. Don't miss the Alison Krauss/Union Station live double CD, as well as Patty Loveless'bluegrass release titled Mountain Soul. Real shivers up and down the spine stuff on that one. Wires and Wood is another good one. And of course the Oh Brother soundtrack which covers bluegrass, old-timey and country blues. Lets not forget the Linda Ronstadt/Dolly Parton/Emmy-Lou Harris Trio and Trio 2, either.

Don't know if she falls sollidly into Bluegrass, but I love any and all of the offerings from Gillian Welch who is always accompanied by incredible guitarist David Rawlings. See them live if you can. The earlier albums are probably just a bit more true to her bluegrass roots:

Hell among the Yearlings
Revival

Marco

Don't miss the wonderful, truly classic "Old and In the Way" CDs, all recorded live in 1973 and featuring an ad hoc bluegrass group of all stars--Vasar Clements, Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, John Kahn, and Peter Rowan--who perform like they'd been working together all their lives. And don't be put off by the early recording date: a Nagra recorder and the very best associated equipment was used by an expert recording engineer to deliver sound that is superb and absolutely natural. Rarely has live concert sound and excitement been captured so well. These are absolutely delightful, toe-tapping CDs, all three of them. I've tried them on many listeners who didn't think they cared for bluegrass, and who after hearing them wanted to know where they could buy them. If you're only going to get one, I'd recommend the original "Old and In the Way" CD. (The two excellent follow-ups are "That High Lonesome Sound" and "Breakdown.") If you don't respond to these, you're probably ready for your box.