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Bluegrass music is a genre of American roots music that developed in the 1940s in the Appalachian region of the United States. [1] The genre derives its name from the band Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys . [ 2 ]
Steve 'n' Seagulls live at Wacken Open Air 2015. Steve 'n' Seagulls is a Finnish country band, playing bluegrass versions of well-known hard rock and metal songs. [1] The band became known in the summer of 2014 with the publication of videos on YouTube.
Folk music " Shady Grove " ( Roud 4456) [ 1 ] is a traditional Appalachian folk song , [ 2 ] believed to have originated in eastern Kentucky around the beginning the 20th century. [ 3 ] The song was popular among old-time musicians of the Cumberlands before being widely adopted in the bluegrass repertoire. [ 4 ]
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Traditional bluegrass, as the name implies, emphasizes the traditional elements of bluegrass music, and stands in contrast to progressive bluegrass.Traditional bluegrass musicians play folk songs, tunes with simple traditional chord progressions, and on acoustic instruments of a type that were played by bluegrass pioneer Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys band in the late 1940s.
The record earned the Lawrence County native and Kentucky Music and Bluegrass Hall of Famer one of his 15 Grammy Awards, cemented the scholarly string music command of his Kentucky Thunder band.
Here Today is a bluegrass album by five American musicians David Grisman, Emory Gordy Jr., Herb Pedersen, Jim Buchanan and Vince Gill, released in 1983 on Rounder Records. [2] This was the only album this group recorded and each continued separate careers in bluegrass, newgrass, and country music.
Wells, a bluegrass teacher, asserts that the tune is a standard in the bluegrass banjo repertoire. [13] Tony Rice recorded an influential version of the tune on the album, “Manzanita.” The subsequent Mark O’Connor recording is a more progressive improvisational interpretation.