My suggestion of my own CD "A Trip to the lakes" earlier in this thread was a little tongue-in-cheek, but I think, in view of the direction the discussion has gone, that it wasn't a bad choice. The far north-west of England(where the "Trip to the Lakes" material came from, with its proximity to Scotland and Ireland, probably represents as good a "centre of gravity" as you could find for the cultural mix that went into the oldtime Appalachian music, and thence to bluegrass. Minus, of course, the black element.