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GRASS ANYONE?

I mean Blue Grass,as in music.
I have expanded my musical tastes a bit into "pop country" Its "ok" but I would rather concentrate on some awesome Blue Grass music.
Any suggestions for some great music??
HEE HAH!!
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bdp24
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Vegasears has good ones. Also anything on which Jerry Douglas (Dobro) plays. And The Del McCoury Band.
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Hi, David ...

Check out the Maple Shade site. Pierre offers CD's that he's recorded. He has an excellent bluegrass disc that contains some really kick-ass bluegrass players ... and the sound is superb. 

You'd be looking for "Tony Williamson and the Williamson Brother's Band."  Title of the CD is: Still Light of The Evening"  Here's a link:

 http://mapleshaderecords.com/genres/country_main.php

Happy toe tapping. 
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I agree w/ bdp24, the Del McCoury Band is great.

And w/ oregonpapa about Tony Williamson....., we really like this disc.

The Earl Brothers play great bluegrass.

The High Bar Gang has a really good disc out now.

However, bluegrass is best live and outside.

rockadanny
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The Del McCoury Band is responsible for the best lunch "hour" I've ever taken. Years ago I traveled to a customer's site in Philadelphia to train them to use our software. Walking around downtown one evening I ended up in a record store (Tower?) and noticed The Del McCoury band was performing there live in the store for free the next afternoon. Since I was in charge of the class I scheduled lunch the next day from noon to 2:00 pm (or something like that), telling the class I had a conference call to attend. They were happy to get a two hour lunch so did not object. Next day just prior to noon I ran out the building, bought an apple on my way to the store, and ate it while Del and his band performed some terrific music in the store. To this day it was by far my most memorable lunch hour ever.
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In my Top 10 All-Time Best Shows is Steve Earle and The Del McCoury Band at The House Of Blues in Hollywood in the 90's. Steve on vocals (of course) and acoustic guitar, Del and his boys on harmony vocals, guitar, mandolin, stand-up bass, fiddle, and banjo, all acoustic and unamplified. The six men were arranged in a semi-circle around a single large-diaphragm mic, whoever was performing the "lead" part a step closer to the mic than the others. While singing song verses that would be Steve, who when the verse concluded would step back in line with the others. When the fiddle player took a solo he would take a step towards the mic, stepping back in line when it was over. Fantastic music, fantastic sound!
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