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Thread #55743   Message #868398
Posted By: Rick Fielding
16-Jan-03 - 11:43 AM
Thread Name: Bluegrass revival in the USA?
Subject: RE: Bluegrass revival in the USA?
At about 1 in the morning I saw a complete concert on PBS by James King. So......I dunno...is that part of a revival? Will ANYONE actually go out and buy an album from one of the most evocative singers in bluegrass today, just from that show? Hope so.

By the way, King is in his mid forties , decidely NOT sexy (unless you like fat bald little guys, and has been touring for twenty five years. He played Ontario a couple of times recently, and I can tell you that the money he and his band earned was pathetic for someone of his stature. A mere fraction of what a "down from the mountain" act would get.

But my god he's real. What a TV program!

Cheers

Rick