Matt Benz wrote:
> On the way into work, heard a interview with Ricky Skaggs on the hated
> and snooty NPR discussing his BG music, and preforming examples of the
> "high lonesome" sound with his band, showing the vocal differences
> between say Flatt & Scruggs and the Stanley Brothers. A good piece, tho
> NPR was obviously being condescending and too east coast liberal about
> it. Those bastards.
Ricky tried. A nice comparison of Highway 40 Blues done as a country piece
and as a bluegrass piece, and a nice demo of adding that high lonesome
tenor. After this stirring piece of a cappella singing,
BlandNPRInterviewerWoman asked, "Why would you want to sing like that?" Or
something about as derogatory.
~Greg
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