#bluegrass

I like all kinds of music. I listen to Abigail Washburn, the Punch Brothers, and Marc Johnson, the great clawhammer player. I also listen a lot to Sirius Radio, there's a lot of bluegrass there. ↗

— Steve Martin

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I think there are people out there writing original bluegrass songs, but it's hard to get them out on the air. ↗

— Steve Martin

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The bluegrass community... can be very strict. I didn't know if I'd be welcomed into the bluegrass community or not, but I think they judge you very fairly... I felt really welcome. ↗

— Steve Martin

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Bluegrass has brought more people together and made more friends than any music in the world. You meet people at festivals and renew acquaintances year after year. ↗

— Bill Monroe

#after #any #bluegrass #brought #festivals

Bluegrass is wonderful music. I'm glad I originated it. ↗

— Bill Monroe

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The grand old lady of bluegrass? Well, wouldn't that be a wonderful title to have? I hope I do enough to earn it some day. ↗

— Alison Krauss

#day #earn #enough #grand #hope

I don't really have a favorite bass player. I listen to a lot of bluegrass. But then again, I'm not a typical bluegrass bass player. I was really into the Grateful Dead, and I still am - I don't listen to them too much, but for me they are a big influence. ↗

— Mike Gordon

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It was so much fun playing simple American bluegrass. I got to meet Doc Watson. ↗

— Dan Fogelberg

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I was never into the Bluegrass, Bill Monroe and stuff like that. ↗

— Little Milton

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Speaking more generally about what attracted him to bluegrass banjo, he said it was 'just the sound of the instrument, and then the fire, you know; the speed and all that. I was attracted by the intensity of it, really. And I was drawn to that incredible clarity-- when something is going along real fast and every note is absolutely clear. That, to me, was really amazing-- the Earl Scruggs instrumentals...' But Garcia refused to commit himself to just one style of music. Though bluegrass became his overriding obsession for about two years, he still dabbled in folk, old-timey and blues whenever the opportunity arose and there were players around. ↗

— Blair Jackson

#earl-scruggs #garcia #life