Bluegrass and/or Old-Time

[kiteboysi]

you could try these baskery ( would have posted a link but not allowed!!!) not really bluegrass but in that style with upbeat twist. have seen them a couple of times and are excellent live. three Swedish sisters, that like to have fun on stage. full of energy.
Also blueground under grass(sorry no link) very good as well.

[Busmum]

That all said, the typical bluegrass song structure (1-4-5) is absolutely punk rock! The songs are short, high energy, and deal with gritty subject matter. Or... Punk rock is absolutely bluegrass, technically, I guess. 

ah, sweet, sweet vindication! i have maintained this notion for years, and generally have to put up with the eye-rolling, and "... o-kaaaaay... she's gone nuts again..." treatment!

i'm a punk fan too... but find after a head injury several years ago, it's hard to listen to sometimes. in any event, a hot bluegrass lick blows punk away, imo!

talk about a soul recharge-- woot!

[BikerDude]

Awesome! Thanks for the musical tips, Biker Dude! I'll check them out later on, while putting off silly, much less important job tasks.

Have you been to the Grey Fox bluegrass fest (formerly called Winterhawk)? It's a nice crossover festival - enough bluegrass to satisfy bluegrassers, but plenty for the hippies to dig on, man. I prefer the smaller, more hillbilly music-oriented ones myself, mostly cuz I don't like huge crowds.

Festival weekends are so much fun!

Bluegrass fest are very Dude.
We have several in the area here and they are really great. Camping and bluegrass music all day.
I prefer the more Hippie ah I mean 60's type fests but the bluegrass fests are no slouch.
The mountain folk know how to party. No doubt about it.
Some music sort of spans the gap also.
I'd recommend Railroad Earth and Tea Leaf Green.

http://iclips.net/watch/rre-jam-cruise-8


Also for pure bluegrass Yonder Mountain String Band...

http://www.archive.org/details/ymsb2011-02-04.spyder9.flac16

We have been to Grey Fox. Didn't make it this year. We went to Mountain Jam a couple weeks before.
We have to choose our battles because the amount of babysitter time we can arrange on weekends is limited.
There is also a great one over in Woodstock Vermont. Many of the same musicians along with some even bigger names.
I love big crowds. Multi day music and camping fests. Huge happenings with magnificent Dudeish vibes all around.

[BikerDude]

I must confess, the Dead is where I tend to part ways with many of my bluegrass compeers around here. I can't abide them.

I have always said that I love everything about the Dead except the music.
The community and crowd. The shows. The taping policy and the vibe are all the best ever.
The music I can mostly take or leave. I must say they are much better live.
Even Further, the latest version of what is left of the Dead are way better live.
But overall I never can make the leap to being a real dead head.

[Hominid]

"I went to see the Dead live"... made me snicker.

My $0.02 is that Allison Krause (sp?) and Union Station have done a lot to raise the bar, makin' Bluegrass a little more mainstream.  They make me tap my foot to beat the band... Them boys can pick them strings mighty good... and shoosh - she's one looker!