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Bluegrass / Country Music - Who Plays??

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    mclaincausey
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    Joined: 12 Apr 2013

    Chill Monroe haha great handle 😂

    I don't pick but I love most forms of Americana. Folk, bluegrass, newgrass, jamgrass, classic, outlaw, and alternative country in particular. Y'all sound great! LMK if y'all ever come out to Colorado!

    Think it, be it.

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      LewisStonehouse
      啓蒙家
      @chillmonroe
      Joined: 11 May 2020

      @chillmonroe I’ve been playing for about 20 years, mostly metal. I’ve recently gotten into bluegrass (hence the D-28) and have been working on Tony Rice’s version of Church Street Blues for the last couple of days. Bluegrass is hard

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        chillmonroe
        Haraki san Student
        @LewisStonehouse
        Joined: 6 Sept 2023

        @LewisStonehouse dude that sounds great! Nice and clean. But yeah bluegrass is super hard. It’s the metal of acoustic music. I came from playing metal too. Here are some great resources just in case you aren’t hip to them yet:

        https://lessonswithmarcel.com/

        https://strummachine.com/

        Lessons with Marcel is killer for tabs and video lessons

        Strum machine slows down or speed ups any song without changing pitch and plays a backing track for you to practice breaks along with a moving chord chart. You can also program in any song that isn’t already in the library with a chord chart builder 🤌🤌

        “The root of all suffering is the giving of fucks”

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          LewisStonehouse
          啓蒙家
          @chillmonroe
          Joined: 11 May 2020

          @chillmonroe thanks dude, and thanks for the links 👌

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            chillmonroe
            Haraki san Student
            @LewisStonehouse
            Joined: 6 Sept 2023

            @LewisStonehouse also not sure if you saw my other post in the guitar section but peep the 1938 D28. This thing is a dang old hoss 💯

            “The root of all suffering is the giving of fucks”

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              LewisStonehouse
              啓蒙家
              @chillmonroe
              Joined: 11 May 2020

              @chillmonroe yeah that thing sounds incredible man 🤜

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                flannel slut
                Raw and Unwashed
                @chillmonroe
                Joined: 21 Feb 2022

                @chillmonroe nice pickin man!! Listened to a fair amount of bluegrass in the early 2000s. The collabs between Jerry Garcia and David Grisman were my gateway

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                  chillmonroe
                  Haraki san Student
                  @flannel slut
                  Joined: 6 Sept 2023

                  @flannel-slut

                  Thanks dude! Hell yeah 🍕 PIZZA TAPES FTW 🍕

                  “The root of all suffering is the giving of fucks”

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                    chillmonroe
                    Haraki san Student
                    Joined: 6 Sept 2023

                    Made a quick video today of an old Norman Blake song called Green Light on the Southern, on my 1934 Gibson Jumbo

                    “The root of all suffering is the giving of fucks”

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                      SKT
                      見習いボス
                      Joined: 26 Aug 2019

                      @chillmonroe Really love your playing man and thanks for starting this thread. I’m not much of a picker but I was raised by a couple of Missouri hippies during the 70’s and grew up listening to a bunch of bluegrass. Some of my favorites are Doc Watson, John Hartford, Flatt and Scruggs, The Del McCoury Band, Tony Rice, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Nickel Creek and Blue Highway. Love Billy Strings, Critter, Julian Lage. Cheers and looking forward to discovering some other new artists in this thread.

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                        SKT
                        見習いボス
                        Joined: 26 Aug 2019

                        @LewisStonehouse great job on that Tony song, one of my favorites

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                          chillmonroe
                          Haraki san Student
                          @SKT
                          Joined: 6 Sept 2023

                          @SKT thanks man, always a work in progress. Not all of us can be Billy Strings haha.

                          And hell yeah man, all those bands are on heavy rotation in this house. Peep these trucker hats I made a couple years back when I had my own bluegrass merch business, before having kids derailed my spare time

                          IMG_0196.jpeg

                          If you haven’t heard of them, I’d recommend checking out the Po Ramblin Boys. The mandolin player is a buddy of mine and they rip so hard in the old Stanley Brothers / Osborne Brothers traditional style

                          “The root of all suffering is the giving of fucks”

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                            SKT
                            見習いボス
                            @chillmonroe
                            Joined: 26 Aug 2019

                            @chillmonroe ha! Love those hats and I’ll give em a spin. Thanks for the recommendation

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                              chillmonroe
                              Haraki san Student
                              @SKT
                              Joined: 6 Sept 2023

                              @SKT oh and dude, speaking of Blue Highway, I got to jam with Tim Stafford at the Henderson Festival a couple years ago. Epic times 🤙

                              “The root of all suffering is the giving of fucks”

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                                LewisStonehouse
                                啓蒙家
                                @SKT
                                Joined: 11 May 2020

                                @SKT thank you! It’s such a great song 👌

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                                  chillmonroe
                                  Haraki san Student
                                  Joined: 6 Sept 2023

                                  Just started taking private lessons from this dude after watching this. He is def my favorite flatpicker and I’m so pumped he gives lessons. This video on its own is a gold mine

                                  “The root of all suffering is the giving of fucks”

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                                    Denman John
                                    Haraki san Prodigy
                                    Joined: 27 Dec 2023

                                    David Grier is a monster picker! Always loved his playing. Have fun with the lessons and I’m sure you’ll pick up a thing or two.

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                                      Denman John
                                      Haraki san Prodigy
                                      @chillmonroe
                                      Joined: 27 Dec 2023

                                      @chillmonroe Nice picking! Is that your ‘38 D28? That thing is a beast. My son is the real picker in the house and is in a couple of Bluegrass bands. I’m a couch picker at best 🤣

                                      Here’s a video of him from a few years ago jamming before a show …

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                                        chillmonroe
                                        Haraki san Student
                                        @Denman John
                                        Joined: 6 Sept 2023

                                        @Denman-John sounds great. Which one is he? Brutal to have the guitar facing the other way and the mandolins facing the camera but you can still hear the guitarist rip.

                                        That was my ‘38 D28. Sadly had to let it go to fund a kitchen remodel. Ended up with the sick 1934 Jumbo I posted above though and man I love that thing

                                        “The root of all suffering is the giving of fucks”

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                                          Denman John
                                          Haraki san Prodigy
                                          @chillmonroe
                                          Joined: 27 Dec 2023

                                          @chillmonroe He’s the young guy on the left playing mandolin 😉 He also plays guitar, bass and a little fiddle.

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