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I'm not one to shove music in anyone's face, but I've got to give a shout out to a great band from my home town of Duluth, MN.

*If you don't appreciate the goodness that is Bluegrass, go ahead and leave the thread. You won't like it*

I've gotten an advanced copy of their new album, Stars and Satellites, and I'll just go ahead and say "BUY IT!" (April 10th release date, but you can pre-order now). They're a great group of guys and they happen to make some incredible music. If you haven't heard of them, I recommend you check them out. Good 'ol American music! (funny side story, they were a punk rock band, until they had their instruments stolen...so they now play the 'grass)

New track, Walt Whitman
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=chRU2jYiTMw[/youtube]

New track, Midnight on the Interstate
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=MUg32TsNdJY[/youtube]

Wait So Long
http://youtu.be/Xjdkc14-zwQ" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Victory
http://youtu.be/FT8gaiNVqOM" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Codeine
http://youtu.be/mOV4PKZgqOo" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Good stuff! One of the commenters called it "frenetic picking". I'd agree with that.
+1 on MN too. (I was born in Bloomington).

hi-power wrote:Good stuff! One of the commenters called it "frenetic picking". I'd agree with that.

Good stuff.

From the title of the post, I was expecting terrapin carnage!

Not music, bluegrass or anything else.

I enjoy getting introduced to new music. Thanks for the post pbwalker.

I do enjoy me some bluegrass. Like finding new guys too thanks for sharing.

Check out Cliff Wagner and Ol #7 too...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ebYzNelTLU

Know of any other small time bluegrass guys share em!

texasmusic wrote:I do enjoy me some bluegrass. Like finding new guys too thanks for sharing.

Check out Cliff Wagner and Ol #7 too...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ebYzNelTLU

Know of any other small time bluegrass guys share em!

Wasn't Ol #7 a contestant in a "so you wanna be a rock star" reality show a few years ago?

The Annoyed Man wrote:

texasmusic wrote:I do enjoy me some bluegrass. Like finding new guys too thanks for sharing.

Check out Cliff Wagner and Ol #7 too...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ebYzNelTLU

Know of any other small time bluegrass guys share em!

Wasn't Ol #7 a contestant in a "so you wanna be a rock star" reality show a few years ago?

Haven't seen the show but I picked up on them after they filled in as the prison band on one episode of Justified and I looked em up.

This is a childhood friend of mine from Colleyville, TX. He currently tours with Billy Bob Thornton and also teaches guitar classes. He started playing bluegrass but can also play blues, country, rock & roll, and whatever you call Billy Bob's Boxmasters music.

BIO:
A Grammy Award winning music industry professional, Brad Davis “The Shredder,” has worked with the likes of Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Earl Scruggs, David Lee Roth, Emmy Lou Harris, Pam Tillis, Marty Stuart, Dwight Yoakam, Tommy Shaw, Travis Tritt, Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, Steve Earl, Billy Bob Thornton, Willie Nelson, Waren Zevon, John Hiatt, Sam Bush, Sweet Hearts of The Rodeo, John Prine, The Forester Sisters just to name a few.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... 6HADERTH8w

hi-power wrote:This is a childhood friend of mine from Colleyville, TX. He currently tours with Billy Bob Thornton and also teaches guitar classes. He started playing bluegrass but can also play blues, country, rock & roll, and whatever you call Billy Bob's Boxmasters music.

BIO:
A Grammy Award winning music industry professional, Brad Davis “The Shredder,” has worked with the likes of Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Earl Scruggs, David Lee Roth, Emmy Lou Harris, Pam Tillis, Marty Stuart, Dwight Yoakam, Tommy Shaw, Travis Tritt, Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, Steve Earl, Billy Bob Thornton, Willie Nelson, Waren Zevon, John Hiatt, Sam Bush, Sweet Hearts of The Rodeo, John Prine, The Forester Sisters just to name a few.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... 6HADERTH8w

I closed my eyes while listening to this and saw myself, in my minds eye, at a Grateful Dead concert.
I really don't mean anything negative here... I thought Brad was great... and I've been to a few Dead shows back in the day.

Always enjoy new-to-me music threads.. Thanks.!

RoyGBiv wrote:I closed my eyes while listening to this and saw myself, in my minds eye, at a Grateful Dead concert.
I really don't mean anything negative here... I thought Brad was great... and I've been to a few Dead shows back in the day.

Always enjoy new-to-me music threads.. Thanks.!

Yeah, I was looking for either an Earl Scruggs-type bluegrass video that was decent quality or at least one that he wasn't by himself and hawking Takamine guitars and couldn't find any, so I went with the rockin' one.
I don't know why he doesn't have any similar in quality to the ones in the OP above.

The free song of the week at Starbucks is a Trampled by Turtles song. Midnight on the Interstate.

boba wrote:The free song of the week at Starbucks is a Trampled by Turtles song. Midnight on the Interstate.

Very cool! The more exposure the better!

Album was released today: http://www.amazon.com/Stars-And-Satelli ... 007DD1KGK/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

$5.99 for the entire digital album.