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Neala commented on Kristen Grainger's blog post 'Better Than No Grass At All'

I get the idea that Kristen's point maybe is that people who don't like bluegrass think it's retrograde not musically progressive and outdated, and a poor man/woman's sort of music that view encouraged by it's image of…

Mar 17, 2010

Phil Hood commented on Kristen Grainger's blog post 'Better Than No Grass At All'

I'm a big tent bluegrass kind of guy. And, I've played bluegrass and even once edited a magazine that covered a lot of bluegrass artists (Frets). Things are the way they are so we should be able to get over the haters and laugh at…

Mar 16, 2010

Rick Reiley commented on Kristen Grainger's blog post 'Better Than No Grass At All'

I loved the article! I like Bill Monroe, Nickel Creek, gospel and generally the whole big tent. Thank you for your work and your words!

Mar 16, 2010

Kathy Boyd & Phoenix Rising commented on Kristen Grainger's blog post 'Better Than No Grass At All'

Thanks for the morning laugh Kristen!

Mar 16, 2010

Easy Ed commented on Kristen Grainger's blog post 'Better Than No Grass At All'

I liked this post Kristen. I didn't like this comment: "If you mean bluegrass as practiced by the late Bill Monroe and Jimmy Martin, and current practitioners like Ralph Stanley, Del McCoury and Rhonda Vincent, I love it. If you mean that…

Mar 11, 2010

Trish Chenard commented on Kristen Grainger's blog post 'Better Than No Grass At All'

"Real bluegrass bands wear suits, play non-amplified instruments into a single microphone, and do at least one gospel song in four-part harmony per set. ." Not to stir the pot, friend, but this comes off as a closet bluegrass hater. It is…

Mar 11, 2010

Craig Young commented on Kristen Grainger's blog post 'Better Than No Grass At All'

Then there are the stereotypical bluegrass snobs that will happily sit back and watch their music and tradition fade into the sunset. This is because they can't appreciate younger players with just as much virtuosity and imagination to take the…

Mar 10, 2010

Katelyn Hackett commented on Kristen Grainger's blog post 'Better Than No Grass At All'

Tom's right. Humor is the anti-smart ;)

Mar 10, 2010

Katelyn Hackett commented on Kristen Grainger's blog post 'Better Than No Grass At All'

Hahaha. Thanks Kristen, this was hilarious!

Mar 10, 2010

Paul Dionne commented on Kristen Grainger's blog post 'Better Than No Grass At All'

Hi, people who can stereotype a genre of music are not worth frettin' over IMO....

Mar 10, 2010

Better Than No Grass At All

Years of expensive therapy have enabled me to admit the following: I are a bluegrass musician.There are the ill-informed among us who assert that, if music is the universal language, bluegrass speaks with an accent that suggests missing teeth. This really hurts my feelings. I have nearly all my own teeth, and so does my brother Skeeter who, now that we’re married, is my husband.Now, now — stereotypes hurt everyone, especially if you have the type of stereo I do, from the 1970s, with an AM/FM…See More

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Better Than No Grass At All

Blog post by Kristen Grainger Mar 10, 2010

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Kristen Grainger commented on Mike Buchman's blog post 'I have seen the future of acoustic music... Wintergrass 2010 report'

What great writing, really enjoyed this. And hey, kudos to Oregon bluegrass families - between the Dewhirsts, Adkins, Hargreaves, etc., you can't hardly swing a dead cat around here without hitting some talented young picker...

Mar 10, 2010

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Better Than No Grass At All

Years of expensive therapy have enabled me to admit the following: I are a bluegrass musician.

There are the ill-informed among us who assert that, if music is the universal language, bluegrass speaks with an accent that suggests missing teeth. This really hurts my feelings. I have nearly all my own teeth, and so does my brother Skeeter who, now that we’re married, is my husband.

Now, now — stereotypes hurt everyone, especially if you have the type of stereo I do, from the… Continue

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