The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #75537   Message #1327592
Posted By: Barbara Shaw
15-Nov-04 - 02:33 PM
Thread Name: Why Bluegrass musicians don't like folk
Subject: RE: Why Bluegrass musicians don't like folk
Oh, one more thing I forgot to mention. I do a lot of songwriting, so I'm a bluegrasser but also one of those "singer/songwriters" I complain about. Of course, MY songs are never about my navel or the cookies I baked or things mundane. I have indeed written protest songs as well as fairly cerebral pieces that might do better without any music at all, and I have also written my share of sappy, boring, down-home lyrics put to forgettable melodies. Some of these songs are performed by our bluegrass band, so I call them bluegrass.

What's my point?
Music is as music hears?
All generalizations are wrong?
I'll go now...