Bluegrass

The Music Of Larry Siegel
Larry Siegel: Being "A Chord In God's Love Song."
I was first introduced to Larry Siegel's incredible music eleven years ago, when a friend loaned me one of her long-playing record album's. (Remember those?!) I fell in love with the music immediately! Since then, I've had the wonderful opportunity to hear Larry in person several times, and now own all but one of his CDs. So what's Larry Siegel's music like, you may be wondering? Larry uses varied musical styles, from folk to bluegrass, contemporary pop rock, calypso and more. Having a wonde...

Bluegrass
Bluegrass Rocks!
Bluegrass music is a type of American roots music, that was inspired by immigrants, strongly rooted by Irish and Scottish immigrants who settled in Appalachia. Traditionally Bluegrass consisted of mostly stringed instruments, like the fiddle, banjo, mandolin, accoustic guitar, stand-up bass and a resonator guitar, popularily known as a dobro. Modern Bluegrass often incorporates electrified instrumens, drums, harmonica, autoharp, piano and/or accordian. Bluegrass first became popular in the m...

Bluegrass - The Patty Loveless Chronicals
Patty Loveless: I Did
Want some WOW! in your life? I'd like you to meet Patty Loveless... She was born Patricia Ramey on Jan. 4, 1957, in Pikeville, the county seat of Pike County, Kentucky. As a young girl, she listened to the Grand Old Opry on a radio propped in the kitchen window and first saw live music when her father, a coal miner, took her to see Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs at the Polly Anna Drive-In. It wasn't long until she began sharing her own big voice by singing -- in another room because she was t...

New Bluegrass
Contemporary Bluegrass
Legends like Bill Monroe and The Stanley Brothers created the roots and forged the future of bluegrass music. Generations of musicians and singers followed in their foot steps, taking inspiration from them and adding their own expressions and techniques. It is these people who this page is here to honor the best of the newcomers to bluegrass music. Many of these people will become the bluegrass legends of tomorrow! If you are looking for some new bluegrass music to listen to check out the gr...

Who Sings a Better Gin and Juice?
Snoop Dogg VS. The Gourds
I am not that into rap. I'm just not. So, who would have thought that I would crank up "Gin and Juice" when I'm driving or working out? Well, perhaps The Gourds did. The Gourds are an alternative honkeytonk band that did a cover of Snoop Dogg's "Gin and Juice", which is absolutely amazing. I believe it far surpassed the original. But that's just my opinion. What's yours? By the way, if you are thinking "I thought Phish did that song?", then you have been sorely duped by some moron who misla...