The latest issue of "Acoustic Guitar" has a good interview with Steve Earl
and Del and Ronnie McCoury. Not just for guitar nerds.
Um, since you mention it, there's an interview with Del and Ronnie in the
current issue of Bluegrass Now. And to tie into another thread: it didn't
make it in the
Steve looked very dapper
in his gray button-down wool vest and plaid cap. Looks like the McCoury's are
affecting Steve's grooming habits ;-))
Now in the Borders show at D.C. Steve was in a Black T-shirt with
the white letters "The Beatles".
Sorta neat.
Stick
The weakness of the DeMent/Earle duet, from my perspective (i.e., please
don't yell at me), is that the classic precision of the instrumental work
isn't matched in the duet parts. I don't know whether that's a result of
not being able to find a key that would work for both singers in the harmony
I haven't heard this one yet, Jon--and you know I'm looking forward to it
very much, as are a lot of us--but to paraphrase inevitable future
conversations around here, when you say:
the song is so classic-sounding, and the twin fiddles are so well-matched
that to me, it's
jarring to hear a
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and I kinda missed the "Steve Earle isn't bluegrass" thread from a while
back, so if anyone can remind me of what that was all about I'd appreciate
it.
From what I recall, one tentative objection (Jon W?) was to earle's voice,
which was thought not to be a great
Working backwards...
Stevie said:
From what I recall, one tentative objection (Jon W?) was to
earle's voice, which was thought not to be a great bluegrass tool.
Not an objection, an observation. Which I stand by. Thinking about
bluegrass voices, Earle basically hasn't got one. From which
