the GF has been playing me Old & in the Way over the last few weeks, and I am a fan, and it's on my list of stuff to find and purchase.

crap, she is converting me to a hippie.....
save me!

*cues up Motley Crue - Theatre of Pain*

The first release from Jerry Garcia's short-lived backcountry bluegrass act was this 1973 recording that also highlighted the amazing skills of mandolin player David Grisman. The quintet actually released only this record, recorded at a series of performances in 1973, but the sound caught on with Grateful Dead fans and the record actually built up the group's legacy long after they disbanded. The songs themselves, mostly penned by guitarist Peter Rowan and Grisman as well as a handful of traditional numbers and even a revamped version of the Rolling Stones' classic "Wild Horses," are delivered with the sincere reverence of true bluegrass fanatics. Soaring multi-part harmonies; fiddle, guitar, banjo, bass, and mandolin lines that seamlessly intertwine with a good-time feel; and exceptionally solid musicianship round out the ten-track effort. Fans of the Grateful Dead's jolly throwback tunes should already have this in their collection, but even those put off by the member's psychedelic resumés will find that Old & in the Way is nothing of the sort. This is the sound of purists re-creating the music they grew up with and it's both enjoyable and inspiring to listen to. Like American Beauty and Workingman's Dead, this record showcases Garcia going back to his roots, and it shows that he and his buddies have more than the chops required to live up to their legend.

my GF did the same bullshit when we first started dating
...
the same band even

but a couple weeks later
i went back to hating bluegrass

and eventually
convinced her to start hating it too

how did you do it?

guide me, wise one!!

how can you hate bluegrass?

I knew this would be about Old & In the Way. Great band.

No doubt a viewing of "Grateful Dawg" is in your future. Bluegrass is great. There is so much variance out there. People tend to think its all Bill Monroe style fast picking but, there are tons from psychograss to jamgrass, etc etc. Oddly enough I got into bluegrass through my wife. Her dad played in bluegrass bands, and passed it to her. If you get the chance def check out Seldom Scene. Mike Auldridge (Marylander extrodinaire) is one heck of a dobro player, perhaps the best in bluegrass.

cause its supposed to be green fucktards

Where's the Dovy I once knew?

Personally, I'm really enjoying the new Dov.

Love some Old and In The Way as well. Great shit.

ooooh, behave!!!

hey, i never said that my horizons couldnt be broadened....I'll always choose Long Cold Winter by Cinderella over this for as long as I shall live, but this aint bad. I have room for both.

man, this took me way too many times to get.
fishstick is slow.

i agree on both accounts.

dov, check out some JGB "almost acoustic"...good stuff there too.

i heard a couple bluegrass songs that didn't sound fucking retarded today

the band was called "old crow medicine show"
and i don't even know if they wrote the songs or not
but
anyone heard them?

yup, their album is decent enough. My wife adores them. Good band for the jamband crossover sect. That being said, my wife is a hardcore bluegrass fan, so who knows.

does she take it in the trunk?

I don't know if timmyjoe does, but he won't hate it anymore, now that Dolly Parton has teamed with some bluegrass hands to record "Shine".

nope. And she bathes so yeah!