It seems to be generally frowned upon when non-bluegrass musicians take
bluegrass type tunes (for example, Old 97's covering "My Blue-Eyed Darlin"
- they pretty much destroy the song) and turn them into something else...
Not by me. A song is a song; it's the arrangement that puts it into one
Chad said:
First off, the new JD Crowe record is splendid... and "White
Freightliner" is a dandy as well, on most counts.
I was curious how Crowe would handle that one...and having just heard it
yesterday, it strikes me too as one o f the best of the very many out
there, of this song , which
Chad:
In close, it's my understanding that bluegrass musicians are very
particular about how "their" songs are played.
Jon:
It depends, I guess. "If it helps you, why, I'm for it 100%" is what Monroe
said to Elvis when the latter apologized for reworking "Blue Moon Of
Kentucky." Of course,
In a message dated 1/17/99 3:51:20 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I say,
let the rockers rock it, as Steve Earle and half the acts we talk about
do, as encores...and let J.D. Crowe bring it into the smoother (but still
pretty frenetic, eh?) attack of the grassers.
It seems to be generally frowned upon when non-bluegrass musicians take
bluegrass type tunes (for example, Old 97's covering "My Blue-Eyed Darlin"
- they pretty much destroy the song) and turn them into something else,
Watch your generalizing there, bub. I love that version of that song. In
