ST Alpha - "that's kind of a funky distinction. i'd say bluegrass was a subset of country.....nm" (Reading a Post)

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Login
Create Account

Search Dr. S. Talk
TT/ST Wiki
How Well Do You Know ...

RSS Feed

Hosting by DigitalOcean

Support ST on Ko-Fi

Down to Post

Backboards:

Posts: 152

that's kind of a funky distinction. i'd say bluegrass was a subset of country.....nm

Posted by x (aka dmuck) Aug 1 '13, 12:58

i need venn diagram man to make this point

Responses:

Bluegrass (a style of banjo playing using picks on all five fingers) was invented in the 50s before that it was single picked or 'frailed' - zeitgeist Aug 1, 13:06 2
- Bluegrass is a genre of music that originated in the 18th century. Flatpicking, 3-finger (Scruggs) picking and frailing are styles of banjo playing. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 1, 13:18
- Blue Grass starts with Bill Monroe who started in the late 30s. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 1, 13:12
[deleted] 6
- naw. country starts in like the teens with string bands, jimmy rodgers, the carter family et al.... - x Aug 1, 13:04 3
  - [deleted] 1
    - (i cheated. i just finished country music usa by bill c. malone, that covers the first 50 years of country)....nm - x Aug 1, 13:19
  - [bookmarks post] -- nm - mud Aug 1, 13:07
- Yeah. There was a great documentary a while back called Appalachia that talked all about this - con_carne Aug 1, 13:03
- agreed. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 1, 13:00

Post a message top

Replies are disabled on threads older than 7 days.