Thursday, May 13, 2021

You Might Be A Bluegrasser if...(Vol II)

 ...if your entire gospel repertoire is 98% Doyle Lawson or Paul Williams covers.

...if you've tried holding your right hand in "the claw" to see if you could pick like JD Crowe.

...if you become selectively deaf when someone requests "Man of Constant Sorrow". You're either Ralph Stanley, Dan Tyminski, or you don't do that song.

...if you have a catalog of Monroe stories that you randomly tell to people who didn't ask.

...if you listen to a band tune up to gauge how excited to get for their upcoming set. 

...if you sing "There Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone" and have long been immune to the sadness of that title.

...if you are well aware of Pythagoras' contribution to bluegrass and you can recite the speech that goes with it.

...if you firmly believe every song needs a G run.

...if your Del McCoury impression is better than it was the last time I published a "You Might Be A Bluegrasser", you might be a bluegrasser.