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Post by earleg on Nov 26, 2013 9:05:02 GMT -5
A friend posted this on Facebook. It is a John Hurt song but done more? folk or ? style. What style do you think of here?
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Post by Admin on Nov 26, 2013 12:42:22 GMT -5
George, I like the cover, no matter what you call it. MJH played a lot of "Americana" music in his career. Much like Leadbelly, he was a music singer!!! I love MJH fingerstyle and this group has a great guitar picker as well...makes me wish I could get out my old Martin and pick a bit.
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Post by Steven B on Nov 26, 2013 12:42:53 GMT -5
Not knowing much about this type of music, my first thought was that it could be classified as "Americana". It does remind me a little bit of that Gillian Welch lady. The 2 classifications I can already rule-out with 100% certainty are.......Bluegrass......and....Heavy Metal. That performance would not work in either of those set list!
Enjoyed the music. Very talented folks.
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Post by geezer on Feb 20, 2014 16:43:47 GMT -5
One of my favorite music styles. What would it be called? Dunno...Easy Americana? Who cares what it's called as long as you like it? I listen to Bluegrass, pop, 60's rock n roll, "Old Tyme Americana", Civil War era music, fingerstyle guitar...you name it, I like it.
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Post by lroyb on Feb 21, 2014 10:03:08 GMT -5
Gillian's version of that tune is surely Americana. Change the tempo add Fiddle or banjo (or both) then it would work in any bluegrass bands set. That song "foot prints in the snow" has been covered by many Bluegrass artist over the years.
So I go with both. Many songs can be arranged to suit old time bluegrass or americana.
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Post by Admin on Feb 21, 2014 11:22:31 GMT -5
You're right Lee. There's not a lot of difference between bluegrass, americana and even a lot of the early blues. Mississippi John Hurt for example did a lot of "Americana" music as did Leadbelly. When I was playing bluegrass back a few centuries ago, I was amazed to find so many of the old bluegrass standards originated with blues artists in the early 20s and 30s. An example is the bluegrass standard "In The Pines" which was originally a blues standard - "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" also known as "Black Girl" in some circles.
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