" So really it all comes from one big old root, if you go back far enough."
* (laughs) Deja'vu ... just worded different. I agree. We're a melting pot and we've skattered to where the jobs are.... until retirement. <grins> " Michigan to work for auto manufacturers..." * (raises hand) That's me. :o) But you can hear echoes of their musical heritage in all of it, even if they were born in San Diego or Dearborn, Michigan. * (bug eyes) Dearborn?? <grins> I've not yet been honored to hear Arabic Bluegrass, but it show'would be an adventure. I find most "southerners" in Michigan stay toward "southern" Michigan (ie: Monroe County). But... nothing would suprize me .... my son cooked today. Lol. " I can love & relate to the music Muddy Waters or John Lee Hooker, even though I didn't grow up in a one-room shack on an Alabama cotton plantation. " * OH! Now you're talking! I could listen to them all night long! "but man there are some great pickers & singers out there that are tuned into the soul of the music & really know how to do it right who were raised up a long, long way from Dickenson County." bw * Yup. And really, some of the *BEST* pickers and bowing have been from people (especially ole'timers) who have never left the comforts of their little neighborhood. Talent can be found in the most unpredictable, obscure places. Young and old. R' Bluegrass Bulletin Board brought to you by the fan club of Dr Ralph Stanley & His Clinch Mountain Boys subscribe or unsubscribe at http://drralphstanley.com/
