This was my first introduction to Bluegrass; iTunes calls it Country, AMG calls it "a merger of rock and country", I call it Bluegrass, (where are these lines between genres defined anyway?), and what a great place to start it was. There has always been a sense of hopefulness and clarity for me in this music; the mix of acoustic instruments, the vocals defined and to the point, and all of the artists on this album are greats - Mother Maybelle Carter, Roy Acuff, Earl Scruggs, Merle Travis, Doc Watson, Vassar Clements, and many more.from the
wiki"Its title comes from a song by Ada R. Habershon (famously re-arranged by A. P. Carter) and reflects how the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band was trying to tie together two generations of musicians. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band was a young country-rock band with a hippie look. Roy Acuff described them as, "a bunch of long-haired West Coast boys." The other players were much older and more famous from the forties, fifties and sixties, primarily as old-time country and bluegrass players. Many had become known to their generation through the Grand Ole Opry. However, with the rise of rock-and-roll, the emergence of the commercial country's slick 'Nashville sound, 'and changing tastes in music, their popularity had waned somewhat from their glory years." (
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Rhythm Devils - Chicago - 10-24-06 at Multiply
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