From: marpete@alltel.net   
      
   All's I know is that it started for me in January of '64 when I got home   
   from the Navy and found my brother already immersed with a banjo playing nut   
   up the Chapman Dam road a couple miles. We did see Flatt 'n Scruggs about   
   1959 at the Youngsville, PA Fair but it took a few years to sink in.   
      
   All three of us brothers - and a brother-in-law who's now an ex- have been   
   pickin' ever since. I did finally buy a music stand and printed out a bunch   
   of the tunes I'm currently doin' since my memory fails me at times. It's   
   tough performing in front of a bunch of pickers. They'll let you know if you   
   blow a line or leave out a verse!   
      
   Patrick   
      
      
   "Ian MacLure"  wrote in message   
   news:Xns96E8F36772C08ibmsvpalorg@129.250.168.15...   
   > bogul  wrote in   
   > news:Xns96CD5FCD757A8bugulbugus@216.196.97.142:   
   >   
   >    [snip]   
   >   
   >> But 50 years after mandolin player Bill Monroe, often credited as the   
   >> father of bluegrass, broke from country traditions at the Grand Ole   
   >> Opry and melded breakneck instrumentals with unique melodies,   
   >   
   >    50? Try 60.   
   >    Ricky Skaggs gave a short sidebar on that very subject at a   
   >    concert this evening(*). He says 1946 is generally recognised   
   >    as the beginning of Bluegrass as a genre.   
   >    Monroe found his sound. Flatt met Scruggs....   
   >   
   >> academics are coming around.   
   >   
   >    Dagnabit!   
   >    There goes the neighbo(u)rhood.   
   >   
   >    IBM   
   >   
   >    ( * Cal Center for the Performing Arts, Escondido, CA. A gem   
   >        of a hall in a rough setting. )   
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