Comments for Pete's Word http://bluegrasswest.com/wordpress Talk about bluegrass, old time music, and whatever... Sun, 25 Apr 2010 04:35:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Sam Hinton by William Wylie http://bluegrasswest.com/wordpress/?p=164&cpage=1#comment-552 William Wylie Sun, 25 Apr 2010 04:35:40 +0000 http://bluegrasswest.com/wordpress/?p=164#comment-552 Over the last fifty years I've been learning how to play the five string banjo - like the title of the book . Folk music - via guitar , drums , song , fiddle, piano , banjos , and a good number of tin cans . There are certain indelible moments with Mentors who have nurtured me along this crazy journey . Sam Hinton is one of these very Teachers . In 1964 Sam performed at the Topanga Banjo and Fiddle Contest . Mr Hinton had developed the remarkable ability for caricature of wild beasts such as frogs , birds , and dragonflies . Mr Hinton along with Bess Hawes were Judges of the Event. . The Judges placed me in the Advanced " division ". I Frailed a tune I called Sonata . It was nothing short of astonishing to me to receive a prize of a ( Traid Five String Banjo ) from the hands of Mr Hinton . Yep , Mr Sam Hinton is missed by many and will be forgotten by none . The reader is encouraged to find " Vinyl "- for examples of fascinating recordings of /by Sam Hinton . Over the last fifty years I’ve been learning how to play the five string banjo – like the title of the book . Folk music – via guitar , drums , song , fiddle, piano , banjos , and a good number of tin cans . There are certain indelible moments with Mentors who have nurtured me along this crazy journey . Sam Hinton is one of these very Teachers .
In 1964 Sam performed at the Topanga Banjo and Fiddle Contest . Mr Hinton had developed the remarkable ability for caricature of wild beasts such as frogs , birds , and dragonflies .
Mr Hinton along with Bess Hawes were Judges of the Event. .
The Judges placed me in the Advanced ” division “.
I Frailed a tune I called Sonata . It was nothing short of astonishing to me to receive a prize of a ( Traid Five String Banjo ) from the hands of Mr Hinton . Yep , Mr Sam Hinton is missed by many and will be forgotten by none .
The reader is encouraged to find ” Vinyl “- for examples of fascinating recordings of /by Sam Hinton .

]]> Comment on Old Time and Bluegrass Music by Billy Kearney http://bluegrasswest.com/wordpress/?p=56&cpage=1#comment-548 Billy Kearney Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:36:26 +0000 http://bluegrasswest.com/wordpress/?p=56#comment-548 I second Tom's comment - this was funny and meant to be. Geez, Chris, lighten up. I know who you are and I know about your work with the Reed family. I found this blog to be more of a bluegrass poke than an old time poke. And remember, without the revivalists, there would be none of Henry Reed's music out there to share with the world, because a revivalist recorded him. I second Tom’s comment – this was funny and meant to be.
Geez, Chris, lighten up. I know who you are and I know about your work with the Reed family. I found this blog to be more of a bluegrass poke than an old time poke.
And remember, without the revivalists, there would be none of Henry Reed’s music out there to share with the world, because a revivalist recorded him.

]]> Comment on Old Time and Bluegrass Music by Tom Draughon http://bluegrasswest.com/wordpress/?p=56&cpage=1#comment-516 Tom Draughon Mon, 12 Apr 2010 02:01:39 +0000 http://bluegrasswest.com/wordpress/?p=56#comment-516 Some fine "Old Time" musicians just introduced me to this essay, and we all howled with laughter. The essay we read had been augmented to include references to Celtic bands as well. BTW, I have played in Bluegrass bands, with some of the finest OT player in the world including Ralph Blizzard and Bruce Greene, and even done a stint in a Celtic band. I find this to be a light-hearted piece of humor that exaggerates peoples' personal foibles. From the posts above it appears that it hits too close to home for some thin-skinned types. Get a life, wake up, and learn to laugh at yourselves, folks! When you get so serious about your genre of music it takes all the fun out of it. And if it ain't fun, why bother? I thought this was a great piece of wit. Some fine “Old Time” musicians just introduced me to this essay, and we all howled with laughter. The essay we read had been augmented to include references to Celtic bands as well. BTW, I have played in Bluegrass bands, with some of the finest OT player in the world including Ralph Blizzard and Bruce Greene, and even done a stint in a Celtic band. I find this to be a light-hearted piece of humor that exaggerates peoples’ personal foibles. From the posts above it appears that it hits too close to home for some thin-skinned types. Get a life, wake up, and learn to laugh at yourselves, folks! When you get so serious about your genre of music it takes all the fun out of it. And if it ain’t fun, why bother? I thought this was a great piece of wit.

]]> Comment on Early California Bluegrass by Gidget Cooper http://bluegrasswest.com/wordpress/?p=10&cpage=1#comment-422 Gidget Cooper Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:58:18 +0000 http://bluegrasswest.com/wordpress/?p=10#comment-422 There is plain a lot for me to discover outside of my books. Thanks for the great read, There is plain a lot for me to discover outside of my books. Thanks for the great read,

]]> Comment on Old Time and Bluegrass Music by Bob Dunn - Just a Messenger http://bluegrasswest.com/wordpress/?p=56&cpage=1#comment-414 Bob Dunn - Just a Messenger Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:03:49 +0000 http://bluegrasswest.com/wordpress/?p=56#comment-414 As Ron Thomason of the Dry Branch Fire Squad says, "There's a fine line between being able to play Old Time Music, and Not Being Able To Play At All". As Ron Thomason of the Dry Branch Fire Squad says,
“There’s a fine line between being able to play Old Time Music, and Not Being Able To Play At All”.

]]> Comment on Old Time and Bluegrass Music by Pete http://bluegrasswest.com/wordpress/?p=56&cpage=1#comment-413 Pete Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:32:35 +0000 http://bluegrasswest.com/wordpress/?p=56#comment-413 I have got to point out that, to some of us old-timers anyway, "old time music" covered a much wider spectrum than the phrase often seems used for today. Sure, string bands playing for dances were considered old time, but so was the music of the original Carter Family, Uncle Dave Macon, Jimmie Rodgers, the Dixon Brothers, Buell Kazee, and many, many musicians whose music could not in any way be construed as dance music. This tendency to constrain a descriptive term is unusual to my experience. It usually works the other way where an adjective spreads out to such an extent as to become relatively meaningless (eg., "bluegrass"). I have got to point out that, to some of us old-timers anyway, “old time music” covered a much wider spectrum than the phrase often seems used for today. Sure, string bands playing for dances were considered old time, but so was the music of the original Carter Family, Uncle Dave Macon, Jimmie Rodgers, the Dixon Brothers, Buell Kazee, and many, many musicians whose music could not in any way be construed as dance music.

This tendency to constrain a descriptive term is unusual to my experience. It usually works the other way where an adjective spreads out to such an extent as to become relatively meaningless (eg., “bluegrass”).

]]> Comment on Old Time and Bluegrass Music by I agree with WTbanjo http://bluegrasswest.com/wordpress/?p=56&cpage=1#comment-412 I agree with WTbanjo Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:15:50 +0000 http://bluegrasswest.com/wordpress/?p=56#comment-412 And this unnecessary perpetration of stereotypes misses the point of old time entirely ... it was and still is dance music. And this unnecessary perpetration of stereotypes misses the point of old time entirely … it was and still is dance music.

]]> Comment on How to Participate by Pete http://bluegrasswest.com/wordpress/?page_id=39&cpage=1#comment-410 Pete Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:54:27 +0000 http://bluegrasswest.com/wordpress/?page_id=39#comment-410 Thank you Jack. Have a great 2010! -Peter Thank you Jack. Have a great 2010!

-Peter

]]> Comment on How to Participate by Jack Hill http://bluegrasswest.com/wordpress/?page_id=39&cpage=1#comment-409 Jack Hill Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:19:14 +0000 http://bluegrasswest.com/wordpress/?page_id=39#comment-409 Peter... I always enjoy your posts on FIDDLE-L. Thanks, Jack. Peter… I always enjoy your posts on FIDDLE-L.

Thanks,
Jack.

]]> Comment on Old Time and Bluegrass Music by Obie Adobe (estranged cousin of Toby & Moby) http://bluegrasswest.com/wordpress/?p=56&cpage=1#comment-408 Obie Adobe (estranged cousin of Toby & Moby) Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:12:05 +0000 http://bluegrasswest.com/wordpress/?p=56#comment-408 Yes. Yes.

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