Bluegrass Rules

It's about time to get down to the real stuff.  I've been a fan of bluegrass music from nearly the start.  the first album I ever bought was Led Zeppelin IV, but the second was The Twenty Greatest Hits of Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs.  I was a fan of our local radio program called Bluegrass Saturday Morning when it was in its infancy.  We have many local bands that have gone on make a name for themselves nationally.  The first band is Monroe Crossing doing "Far Side Banks Of Jordan."  The next comes Pert' Near Sandstone which played on Prairie Home Companion in 2008.  I have seen them many times and recorded them a few times as well.  They are fun band.  The clogger is truly amazing.  I have seen him go all night long.  Here is "Wild Bill Jones."  The next two songs are bluegrass standards; "Uncle Pen" and "Cripple Creek."  We will finish this up with my new favorite by Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder called "Get Up John."  There is a version of this on a live disc from the Charleston Music Hall that is nine minutes long.  I saw them perform at a local school right after that disc came out.  These guys are the real deal, and they play some serious bluegrass.

Music for today:

Grateful Dead
February 18, 1971
Capitol Theater
Port Chester, NY
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Grateful Dead
February 20, 1971
Capitol Theater
Port Chester, NY
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Grateful Dead
March 20, 1971
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
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Grateful Dead
March 24, 1971
Winterland Arena
San Francisco, CA
listen here