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Originally posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone
I don't really think of Fleck as bluegrass. It's jazz on banjo. Doesn't do much for me.
If you're talking real, pure bluegrass, look to the old stuff: e.g., Stanley Brothers, Flatt and Scrugs, Bill Monroe. More current, Ricky Skaggs is very good, and cool for passing on the bigger paycheck of commercial country to do what he wants. The more recent Dolly Parton stuff is also very good traditional bluegrass.
Steve Earle has a very good bluegrass outfit; I've seen them play (very well), but I'm not sure which albums go the bluegrass route, rather than the rawk/alt country style.
If you're interested in more bluegrass/mountain music influenced, I like Freakwater.
A copy of the magazine No Depression will direct you to lots of stuff you won't hear about elsewhere: bluegrass, folk, singer-songwriter stuff, etc.
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Bluegrass, huh? Has anyone here ever listened to or heard of "3 Finger Spread"? It was a bluegrass side project of the members Schlong, who was in on the whole Gilman St. scene with Op. Ivy, Green Day and them, but never got much press other than fanzines. Mostly idiot punk, but fun and interesting idiot punk. They also did a complete punk cover of the soundtrack of Westside Story, named, Punkside Story. I think you can still find it on Amazon.
