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Title: Bluegrass music
Post by: Lily.Arwen on December 08, 2016, 04:05:24 PM
Post by: Lily.Arwen on December 08, 2016, 04:05:24 PM
Anyone here into bluegrass music?
I am actually interested in researching the relationship between LGBT folks and the bluegrass world. Most of my focus has been so far in trying to find professional musicians who might be LGBT. So far I know of one trans person who used to play bluegrass professionally.
I know that a huge proportion of the audience is made up of old rural conservative white dudes, but there are a huge number of folks who are in the bluegrass world who do not fit in.
My main reason for doing this is that at some point in the future I would like to discuss these things with the professional bodies for this music, and try to get them to realise that they have to change their image of being closed and conservative in order to survive. I know that a lot of the professionals in the bluegrass world are very open minded and progressive, but they are still a minority sadly.
I am actually interested in researching the relationship between LGBT folks and the bluegrass world. Most of my focus has been so far in trying to find professional musicians who might be LGBT. So far I know of one trans person who used to play bluegrass professionally.
I know that a huge proportion of the audience is made up of old rural conservative white dudes, but there are a huge number of folks who are in the bluegrass world who do not fit in.
My main reason for doing this is that at some point in the future I would like to discuss these things with the professional bodies for this music, and try to get them to realise that they have to change their image of being closed and conservative in order to survive. I know that a lot of the professionals in the bluegrass world are very open minded and progressive, but they are still a minority sadly.
Title: Re: Bluegrass music
Post by: Laura_Squirrel on December 22, 2016, 08:20:36 PM
Post by: Laura_Squirrel on December 22, 2016, 08:20:36 PM
I like instrumental Bluegrass.
Title: Re: Bluegrass music
Post by: Lily.Arwen on December 23, 2016, 01:02:57 PM
Post by: Lily.Arwen on December 23, 2016, 01:02:57 PM
Who do you like listening to?
Title: Re: Bluegrass music
Post by: Inarasarah on January 20, 2017, 10:13:24 AM
Post by: Inarasarah on January 20, 2017, 10:13:24 AM
I love listening to Bluegrass. Back in the day, I use to go to the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. I met Guy Clark and Taj Mahal there :)
Title: Re: Bluegrass music
Post by: Lily.Arwen on January 27, 2017, 10:02:52 AM
Post by: Lily.Arwen on January 27, 2017, 10:02:52 AM
Telluride always seems to be on the very, very progressive side!
Maybe a tad too much so for my taste. Would be awesome to go just for the house band with Jerry, Bela, Sam etc
Maybe a tad too much so for my taste. Would be awesome to go just for the house band with Jerry, Bela, Sam etc
Title: Re: Bluegrass music
Post by: Inarasarah on January 29, 2017, 10:37:13 PM
Post by: Inarasarah on January 29, 2017, 10:37:13 PM
my friends and I always wanted to make a windmill that when it worked would be a wood cutout of Sam Bush rocking back and forth strumming his mandolin. :)
Title: Re: Bluegrass music
Post by: V M on January 29, 2017, 11:59:15 PM
Post by: V M on January 29, 2017, 11:59:15 PM
I don't tie myself to any one particular style of music, I like a nice balanced array of music which includes various blueass tunes as well as rock and other styles of music
Title: Re: Bluegrass music
Post by: Lily.Arwen on January 30, 2017, 07:50:15 AM
Post by: Lily.Arwen on January 30, 2017, 07:50:15 AM
Quote from: Inarasarah on January 29, 2017, 10:37:13 PM
my friends and I always wanted to make a windmill that when it worked would be a wood cutout of Sam Bush rocking back and forth strumming his mandolin. :)
If it were for Sammy wouldn't have to be weed powered? :P
Title: Re: Bluegrass music
Post by: Inarasarah on January 30, 2017, 04:26:38 PM
Post by: Inarasarah on January 30, 2017, 04:26:38 PM
I assume that was implied ;)
Title: Re: Bluegrass music
Post by: Lily.Arwen on February 01, 2017, 04:42:02 PM
Post by: Lily.Arwen on February 01, 2017, 04:42:02 PM
Tony Rice seems to also have done a lot of weed. Ever read his biography? SO many herbs.
He denies ever having snorted coke, though I have been told this is BS, and he got his collapsed septum repaired by John Starling of the Seldom Scene.
He denies ever having snorted coke, though I have been told this is BS, and he got his collapsed septum repaired by John Starling of the Seldom Scene.
Title: Re: Bluegrass music
Post by: Inarasarah on February 01, 2017, 05:19:46 PM
Post by: Inarasarah on February 01, 2017, 05:19:46 PM
I have not read it, but I am not surprised by much anymore :)
Title: Re: Bluegrass music
Post by: Lily.Arwen on February 02, 2017, 08:38:35 AM
Post by: Lily.Arwen on February 02, 2017, 08:38:35 AM
Having said that, it is not right for me to perpetuate the story without evidence.
Title: Re: Bluegrass music
Post by: xSMITHx on February 02, 2017, 09:37:57 AM
Post by: xSMITHx on February 02, 2017, 09:37:57 AM
I'm living outside Asheville NC where there is a lot of bluegrass (typically played by forward thinking hotties lol). I've grown to like it.
Title: Re: Bluegrass music
Post by: Lily.Arwen on February 02, 2017, 12:44:28 PM
Post by: Lily.Arwen on February 02, 2017, 12:44:28 PM
Seriously? That's great. Do you know of Billy Cardine, the dobro player?
Title: Re: Bluegrass music
Post by: xSMITHx on February 02, 2017, 06:05:00 PM
Post by: xSMITHx on February 02, 2017, 06:05:00 PM
A friend just introduced me to him via an NPR show!
Title: Re: Bluegrass music
Post by: Daisy Jane on February 02, 2017, 08:22:48 PM
Post by: Daisy Jane on February 02, 2017, 08:22:48 PM
I love me some bluegrass. In Minnesota the crowds at shows tend to be hippies in their 20s and 30s. We have a good local scene. Not sure about any performers in the genre that are LGBT though.
Title: Re: Bluegrass music
Post by: Veda on February 09, 2017, 12:30:34 AM
Post by: Veda on February 09, 2017, 12:30:34 AM
Quote from: Lily.Arwen on December 08, 2016, 04:05:24 PM
Anyone here into bluegrass music?
I am actually interested in researching the relationship between LGBT folks and the bluegrass world. Most of my focus has been so far in trying to find professional musicians who might be LGBT. So far I know of one trans person who used to play bluegrass professionally.
I know that a huge proportion of the audience is made up of old rural conservative white dudes, but there are a huge number of folks who are in the bluegrass world who do not fit in.
My main reason for doing this is that at some point in the future I would like to discuss these things with the professional bodies for this music, and try to get them to realise that they have to change their image of being closed and conservative in order to survive. I know that a lot of the professionals in the bluegrass world are very open minded and progressive, but they are still a minority sadly.
I remember a group called 'Snake Root'... They were a local band and I don't think they produced any music that would have been recorded in large amounts, but it had a good place in the locality. As I remember the lead singers were at some point a lesbian couple, but that was just a rumor... One tune I remember was 'The Alligator Stomp' which was very fun to dance to... For your research try out the Northern Appalachian range and New England.