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[edwardofhuncote]

Doc & Merle Watson, with T. Michael Coleman on bass.

As an aside, T. Michael Coleman, especially during his time with the Seldom Scene, is a big reason bass guitars (and bass guitar players) became a little more accepted in bluegrass circles. 

[David Houck]

Nice video, Greg; and thanks for the backstory on Coleman.

I first heard of the Seldom Scene sometime in the 70's.  I remember knowing that they were in the Washington, D.C. area; and they were spoken of in almost mythical terms -  this amazing band that rarely appeared in public.

[David Houck]

Like I was saying on the other thread, Coleman is one of the few bass guitar players to ever have successfully 'sold' the instrument to a larger bluegrass audience that usually doesn't accept anything other than an upright ... His work with Washington D.C.-based headliners The Seldom Scene, (and later, crossover band Chesapeake) put him on a national stage with it.

Could the same be said of John Cowan ten years earlier?

[edwardofhuncote]

"Could the same be said of John Cowan ten years earlier? "

Absolutely, John Cowan was a huge part of the sucess of New Grass Revival, and the newgrass movement... which in my view was 20 years ahead of it's time, but they were never accepted by the traditional crowd, or the second generation bluegrass crowd, at least not how the Seldom Scene were. Was just too hard-edged I think... but then again, that mellow, folksy thing wasn't the fence NRG were swinging for anyway.

The generational/demographic wedge probably had much less to do with his Fender Jazz bass, and more to do with that incredible voice.

Now I gotta' go look for my New Grass Revival cds...

[David Houck]

Nice cover of Sailin' Shoes!

[David Houck]

And the precursor to Newgrass Revival - Bluegrass Alliance.

[rv_bass]

Los Lobos, Cortez the Killer...saw this show last night...

[David Houck]

Thanks for the Los Lobos.  Hope you enjoyed the performance.

[pauldo]

Cortez is a favorite song... that was a nice performance, if the rest of the show had the same energy I'm guessing you had a really nice evening Rob.

[rv_bass]

It was a fun show in a small historic theater with packed crowd, they played a lot of their classic tunes and encored with Not Fade Away into Bertha, which was cool.

[edwardofhuncote]

Not as much listening as watching... 52 years ago today, the pilot episode of "I Dream of Jeannie" aired on NBC.

So I'm celebrating by binge-watching the entire 1st season tonight. 

[David Houck]

   

[hammer]

The Danish String Quartet who I was able to see and hear while in Denmark recently (probably would have never gone to the concert if not dragged there by one of my hosts) plays several tunes here.  Make sure you stay with the program long enough to see the last number and you'll think twice about recycling all of your empties.

[David Houck]

Loved the Five Sheep, Four Goats arrangement.  Scottish was nice as well.

[hammer]

In the process of writing chapters for a text book on inclusive education for teachers in Armenia and needed something to inspire (and keep me awake).

Julian Lage:  I’ll be Seeing You:

Julian Lage with Gary Burton Tiny Desk Concert (amazing): 

Jethro Tull: Live at the Capitol Theater 1977 (needed something a bit less mellow than jazz):

A testament to the music.. .This 2.5 hours of music got me through almost 20-pages of writing.  I just love Ian Andersen's phrasing