From: BoFrazer@cfl.rr.com   
      
   I know just what you mean.  There's something WRONG about staffing the band   
   with the best that money can buy, to where there are 8 or 10 people on the   
   stage.  I have this same issue when I see Dolly Parton these days.  When   
   Ricky was with Boone Creek or that amazing incarnation of JD Crowe and the   
   New South, the sound from those 4- and 5-piece groups was phenominal, and he   
   was waaaay my hero.  But now, even though there is not an individual picker   
   I have a problem with (quite the contrary, they are the tops), the overall   
   vibe is not quite right.  Look at Alison Krauss and what she can do with 5   
   pieces.   
      
   Maybe my problem is that I have more admiration for band members that must   
   both pick AND sing...   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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