Mark-

Visited your site; good MP3 selections, nice drawing of you too.

I'm not sure about your definition of bluegrass. If two people (a duet) can't play bluegrass how many does it take? Would that be the Guitar, Bass, Banjo, Mandolin and Fiddle (I know Monroe didn't really include the dobro)? And what if a member of the 'big five' is missing? If our bass player misses a gig are we a "bluegrass band" anymore?

Since the electric bass is used frequently does that eliminate the acoustic music part of the definition of bluegrass.

I personally define the "Classic 1945 period" of bluegrass by the development of three-finger style banjo playing, not necessarily by Monroe himself.

I think if we get a good definition, we can go forward and backward from there.

-Richie