> Speaking of which, has P2 ever talked about the whole California country
> rock style of harmony where it's always in unrelentingly sweet thirds-no
> tension, no dissonance, no variation? Obviously, the Bakersfield thang was
> another kettle of fish, but I find this particular style I'm talking about
> cloying whether it's the Byrds, the Eagles, Desert
> Rose...whoever.
Er, ah, that's your basic bluegrass harmony. Not Stanley mountain music,
bluegrass. Via Chris Hillman, Herb Pedersen, Doug Dillard, Bernie Leadon,
Jim Dickson (producer), et.al. Check out the newly-reissued Scottsville
Squirrel Barkers, the Hillsmen reissue (Sugar Hill), the Dillards comp
(There Was A Time, Vanguard), etc. Where's that dang Budrocket when you
need him, anyhow? He's got a pretty good grasp of the details.
Neil Rosenberg has a couple of pages on the SoCal bluegrass scene and its
influence on/connection to SoCal country-rock in _Bluegrass: A History_, but
I'm too tired to drag it out now.
Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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