Session intermezzo...your input appreciated!!

[Aardvark86]

So yesterday evening I bought a season pass to the lime kiln theater's upcoming concert season in lexington, va. Great outdoor, small venue that features a lot of americana/bluegrass/folk/country

Now the hard part - individual tix on sale tomorrow morning, and i have to decide what other shows to try to get some extra tix for, either by purchasing or trading ones i have.

The menu:

*Hiss Golden Messenger
Trey Hensley
Sierra Hull
*Dan Tyminski
Seldom Scene
Victor Wootten and Wootten Bros.
Robert Earl Keane
Wilson Springs Hotel
Jake Worthington
*Rising Appalachia

Shows marked with an asterisk I already know I'm going to try to double up on. In addition, I'll have a Steeldrivers ticket to trade, for a weekend I won't be here. Thoughts on what else to get, and what to use as trade bait?

 

[Potterlion]

So yesterday evening I bought a season pass to the lime kiln theater's upcoming concert season in lexington, va. Great outdoor, small venue that features a lot of americana/bluegrass/folk/country

Now the hard part - individual tix on sale tomorrow morning, and i have to decide what other shows to try to get some extra tix for, either by purchasing or trading ones i have.

The menu:

*Hiss Golden Messenger
Trey Hensley
Sierra Hull
*Dan Tyminski
Seldom Scene
Victor Wootten and Wootten Bros.
Robert Earl Keane
Wilson Springs Hotel
Jake Worthington
*Rising Appalachia

Shows marked with an asterisk I already know I'm going to try to double up on. In addition, I'll have a Steeldrivers ticket to trade, for a weekend I won't be here. Thoughts on what else to get, and what to use as trade bait?

I can say honestly that the only bands that you mentioned that I've ever heard of are the Steeldrivers (I like their music a lot) and maybe Rising Appalachia. My wife and I own a seasonal home in upstate South Carolina and we have a really nice concert venue only about 10 or a dozen miles from us. They have a lot of classic rock tribute bands (we're going to see a good one on Saturday evening), but they also have a lot of country and bluegrass groups. I like some bluegrass music, but generally don't care for country music at all, so it's easier for my wife to find things that she'd like to see than for me.

 

[Aardvark86]

I can say honestly that the only bands that you mentioned that I've ever heard of are the Steeldrivers (I like their music a lot) and maybe Rising Appalachia. My wife and I own a seasonal home in upstate South Carolina and we have a really nice concert venue only about 10 or a dozen miles from us. They have a lot of classic rock tribute bands (we're going to see a good one on Saturday evening), but they also have a lot of country and bluegrass groups. I like some bluegrass music, but generally don't care for country music at all, so it's easier for my wife to find things that she'd like to see than for me.

Sadly, it's kinda crazy how legendary some of these artists are - Robert Earl and Seldom Scene around forever. Tyminski played for over a decade with Allison Krauss (and of course is the actual Soggy Bottom Boy from O Brother..), Hensley with Johnny Cash and Marty Stuart, and on and on.. And they all play these tiny little venues up and down the blue ridge

I had never really been into Americana music until two years ago when I moved down here. Got season tix last year and it was a really fascinating experience listening to bands you'd not heard of but should have, and figuring out what you like and don't. Rising Appalachia was a group whose concept I thought couldn't possibly work, but I loved it.

Last year we had Ricky Skaggs, Steep Canyon Rangers, Marty Stuart, John Doyle (Irish folk god) among others. I can walk from my house.

 

[Goldbanger]

I just wanted to drop in and give you a like for the use of intermezzo! The Casual Poster.

 

[WexfordWarrior]

I just wanted to drop in and give you a like for the use of intermezzo! The Casual Poster.

 

[BWFight]

If it’s Victor Wooten the bassist, and you like jazz, you don’t want to miss that. He’s a beast on bass.

 

[Aardvark86]

If it’s Victor Wooten the bassist, and you like jazz, you don’t want to miss that. He’s a beast on bass.

it is. that's one where I'll probably just fly solo as I don't know that mrs. a would be into it. Not familiar with him/them, but the write up was incredibly intriguing. not to be used as trade bait.

One of the real revelations to me over the last two years has been how theoretically similar jazz (which I have long loved) and bluegrass (which I am new to) are. Lots of use of structured forms, each with unique harmonics, both emphasize instrumental virtuosity, and both representing a really interesting merging of folk and religious musical traditions. And in the 'newgrass' stuff, there's even an evolution similar to what you saw with 'free-er' forms of modern jazz.

Warming up my fingers this am - i think i'm going to try to double up on HGM, Hensley, Tyminski, Robert Earl, and Rising Appalachia. On the fence re: Seldom Scene

 

[BWFight]

it is. that's one where I'll probably just fly solo as I don't know that mrs. a would be into it. Not familiar with him/them, but the write up was incredibly intriguing. not to be used as trade bait.

One of the real revelations to me over the last two years has been how theoretically similar jazz (which I have long loved) and bluegrass (which I am new to) are. Lots of use of structured forms, each with unique harmonics, both emphasize instrumental virtuosity, and both representing a really interesting merging of folk and religious musical traditions. And in the 'newgrass' stuff, there's even an evolution similar to what you saw with 'free-er' forms of modern jazz.

Warming up my fingers this am - i think i'm going to try to double up on HGM, Hensley, Tyminski, Robert Earl, and Rising Appalachia. On the fence re: Seldom Scene

While my musical background is primarily jazz and blues ( I was a guitarist/bassist in an Army band), I too have an appreciation for the musical virtuosity of many bluegrass players.

Bella Fleck has an eclectic background when it comes to musical genre, but he can play anything he wants to play at the highest level of virtuosity.

If you go hear Victor Wooten you won’t be disappointed. Charles Berthoud is another amazing bassist, and Matteo Mancuso is a generational talent on guitar. Check them out on You Tube.

 

[Aardvark86]

While my musical background is primarily jazz and blues ( I was a guitarist/bassist in an Army band), I too have an appreciation for the musical virtuosity of many bluegrass players.

Bella Fleck has an eclectic background when it comes to musical genre, but he can play anything he wants to play at the highest level of virtuosity.

If you go hear Victor Wooten you won’t be disappointed. Charles Berthoud is another amazing bassist, and Matteo Mancuso is a generational talent on guitar. Check them out on You Tube.

Bella's amazing. Re: bassists, on one of my early drives back to DC, they had the bluegrass awards on the radio, and I heard them nominate a guy by the name of Mark Schatz for bassist of the year. I knew that a former work colleague by that name had a brother in bluegrass. Turned out it was him.