> That's a *great* story. It makes plenty of sense > with the 'finger popping'. I guess I was having a > bit of a hard time picturing the Stanley's playing > with drums in the background. Lol. They've stayed > true-blue to being "unplugged" and not going > contemporary.
The Stanley Brothers, like the majority of their contemporaries in the bluegrass field at the time (Jim & Jesse, Jimmy Martin, Flatt & Scruggs, to name a few) recorded a number songs with drums. Syd Nathan, who ran King Records, did a number of things to "update" the Stanley's sound, including the use of tape echo & other signal processing, choice of material (including rock & roll songs like Hank Ballard's "Finger Poppin' Time"), de-emphasizing (& eventually totally dispensing with) the fiddle, & putting lead guitar out front. bw ****************************************************************** BUDDY WOODWARD - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - - - - - THE DIXIE BEE LINERS - bluegrass with a buzz http://www.dixiebeeliners.com - - - - - - BUDDY WOODWARD & THE NITRO EXPRESS http://www.buddywoodward.net ****************************************************************** 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/email.shtml
