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grapejuice3000+
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i know this is sort of a repost but who on newschoolers likes bluegrass/attends bluegrass shows? i saw grrensky bluegrass in colorado a couple months ago, several shows coming up that im going to. Who have you seen?
Nov 28 2012 6:49PM
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ejm
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Not a fan, but watching someone rock the shit outa a banjo is pretty sick.
Nov 28 2012 7:10PM
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steezbox
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Love it. I have only seen one bluegrassy show though. Old Crow Medicine Show. Not sure if they constitute bluegrass though. The genre elitists may call me out on that.
Nov 28 2012 7:20PM
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Stose
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Love old crow medicine show. Came to post them
Nov 28 2012 7:23PM
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ThaLorax
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Love Bluegrass.

Off the top of my head, I've seen (most of these I've seen more than once):
-Greensky Bluegrass
-Head for the Hills
-String Cheese Incident
-Hot Buttered Rum
-Leftover Salmon
-Keller Williams (depending on what he wants to play that night)
-Yonder Mountain String Band
-Whitewater Ramble
-Mountain Standard Time
-Cornmeal
-Railroad Earth
-Infamous String Dusters (I don't remember the show)
-Elephant Revival (more folk, but can be bluegrassy live)

I'm sure I've seen more, that's just off the top of my head.
Nov 28 2012 7:33PM
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Pitolairas
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Bluegrass is the tits!!! LOVE IT!
Nov 28 2012 7:37PM
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theabortionator
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Greensky is phenomenal.

In more of the jammy genre I love Leftover Salmon. More of a blend of styles but they rip.


Del Mccoury, bela fleck, railroad earth, Idk a bunch of stuff.


A lot of smaller bands and random tracks that I probably will never even know who they are. I try and get to a bluegrass fest once a year, and def hit up the festivals that keep some of that in their lineups instead of womp womp womp
Nov 28 2012 7:37PM
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theabortionator
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That's a pretty solid list.

Sucks that cornmeal broke up this summer. Don't know how I forgot to add the dusters. Cheese used to be better.

Yonder doesn't do it for me. The banjo just isn't there.

Keller is good if he's playing with people. If he's just sitting there dicking around looping stuff for 2 hours like usual its painful.
Nov 28 2012 7:40PM
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AcidKneeDrop
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i fucking hate bluegrass.. i love almsot all genres of music and i cant stand bluegrass... way to much like old country music... i cant stand that shit.... but hey to each their own
Nov 28 2012 7:45PM
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TACO-DOG.exe
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grass is green
Nov 28 2012 7:47PM
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theabortionator
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Give it a few years. You never know
Nov 28 2012 7:48PM
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sirschralpalot.
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I saw Trampled by Turtles a while back and their show was amazing
Nov 28 2012 7:50PM
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ThaLorax
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Really? Only time I've seen Cornmeal was at Summer Camp this summer, which I know you were at too.

Not a Yonder fan either. My roommate makes fun of me for it. Agreed about Keller, he's great when he plays with a band.
Nov 28 2012 7:58PM
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mophead
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check out the Devil Makes Three
cheese kills it too
Nov 28 2012 8:03PM
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fupaface
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I love bluegrass, hands down my favorite bluegrass band is Railroad Earth, however Old and in The Way is definitely a close second.
Nov 28 2012 8:17PM
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theabortionator
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I was really bummed I missed one of his things over the summer. Can't remember who he was playing with but it was a sick lineup.

And that's what I heard about cornmeal. I think members were moving to different places. Would be stoked if it didn't end up happening.

One of my favorite things was 2011 summercamp thursday night. Wondering around and you'd come out to a stage and cornmeal would be on killing it, you walk to another stage and cornmeal was on killing it there. IT seemed like they were fucking everywhere! It was magic.

I do like some of the offshoots. Some 30db and some of jeffs sit ins like one with moe. at the.down in 08. In a string band I'm a banjo guy, that's what I want, that's what I look for. Yonder just doesn't have it. They're an energetic show, I just feel like there are many better bands that don't get noticed while yonder sits on this pedestal.



And to the person above. Didn't get to check out devil makes 3. They were at summercamp, wakarusa and bonnaroo and I somehow missed all the sets. It was a wild 3 weeks but I couldn't believe I missed them 3 times in a row. Oh well.
Nov 28 2012 8:20PM
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grapejuice3000+
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jeez thats a top notch list, i'm seeing yonder on nye, stoked.

anyone ever seen spirit family reunion? theyre one of my favorites and arent coming to colorado anytime soon

Nov 28 2012 8:49PM
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easiestEC
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EXCELLENT THREAD. i fucking love bluegrass.

lets make this an official bluegrass music thread. post some songs!

i would but im on mobile, +k to the person that post theses songs:
40 miles to Denver - Yonder Mountain
Troubled Mind - Yonder Mountain
and anything from the Foggy Mountain Boys or the Steep Canyon Rangers
Nov 28 2012 9:53PM
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roddy116
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i listened to the bluegrass channel on sirius/xm on the way home to school today.
Nov 28 2012 9:56PM
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FLBP
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Saw TBT in Montana in September.  Such a fun show.

Nov 28 2012 9:57PM
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ThaLorax
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How about some Steve Martin and Steep Canyon Rangers?
Nov 28 2012 10:03PM
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Piste.Off
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Check out these groups:
chatham county line
the punch brothers
railroad earth
greenland is melting


I've got to see ymsb, string cheese, greensky, railroad earth, trampled by turtles, jbt, and a few others. Bluegrass concerts just so much fun.
Nov 28 2012 10:10PM
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grapejuice3000+
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agreed and thanks!

i have a couple foggy mountain boys lp's, they really piss off my friends when i play them, not a lot of tolerance for earl scruggs method i guess.
Nov 28 2012 10:10PM
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Errl
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I'm just starting to gain an ear for it. My cousin started playing banjo last year and hearing him jam out on it just sounds so awesome. Makes for a pretty epic combo with the uke'
Nov 28 2012 10:57PM
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alyssssssa
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love me some bluegrass =]

seen string dusters and yonder. seeing punch brothers soon.


Nov 29 2012 12:09AM
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deleted5
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blue grass is bad and you should feel bad.
Nov 29 2012 12:12AM
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Tree60
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I grew up on bluegrass, go to festivals all of the time. Heres some good friends of mine that I play with a lot.





Nov 29 2012 12:20AM
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EricaMN.
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i'm not very into bluegrass, but i love these guys
Nov 29 2012 12:29AM
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Davy.Crockett
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old country is the shit. same with folk. thats just me. took me a little though



But yeah OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW

love that
Nov 29 2012 12:47AM
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_Garagely_
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Holy shit bluegrass is my new favorite music genre.
Nov 29 2012 12:58AM
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steezbox
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Yup, I definitely recommend people to check out OCMS if they have the option. It was a gret show, and there was a lot of good jamming and improvisation going on. I saw them with the Milk Carton Kids and the Lumineers opening, both of which were very good as well. Not bluegrass at all, but some good folky stuff.
Nov 29 2012 12:23PM
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DockEllis
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I wanted to see them in Boze so freaking badly but that show sold out so fast. Huge bummer.
Nov 29 2012 12:50PM
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GIF
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I sorta LIKE BLUEGRASS A LOT
Apr 15 2013 10:09PM
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grapejuice3000+
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thanks for the bump, u dtf?
Apr 15 2013 10:10PM
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DERS.
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live in telluride. never once been to bluegrass festival. ohwell..
Apr 15 2013 10:10PM
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grapejuice3000+
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just fucking go
Apr 15 2013 10:12PM
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SFB
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grass isnt blue you goof.
Apr 15 2013 11:17PM
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colder152000
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ive gotten to see tbt and they kick ass
Apr 15 2013 11:30PM
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t*money
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Got to see Stringdusters, Railroad, and Yonder last summer at red rocks. Greatest show ive ever seen.

Check out Whitewater Ramble as well
Apr 16 2013 12:56PM
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Jeebus.
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I enjoy this thread
Apr 16 2013 1:05PM
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ThaLorax
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Bump because I saw this in my threads and I'm listening to Greensky Bluegrass right now playing their 4/20 show from 2010.
Apr 18 2013 1:59PM
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