From: kateh_1@charter.net   
      
   "Alex"  wrote ...   
   > There's a saying in sceince that sucessors stand upon the shoulders of   
   > their predecessors.  I think the shoulders of Bill Monroe, Flatt &   
   > Scruggs, the Stanley Brothers et all are more than wide enough to allow   
   > the current crop of pickers to build on what they did instead of simply   
   > repeating it.   
      
   My theory on the Survival of Bluegrass :   
   Teach kids traditional bluegrass.  Then, when they know where it came from,   
   how to play it and what it means to us "old-folks".......let them go.   
      
   Personally, I can't *wait* to see what they come up with.......   
   KateH   
      
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