The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #20237   Message #212237
Posted By: Rick Fielding
15-Apr-00 - 12:07 PM
Thread Name: Sounding Mechanical and Meaningless
Subject: RE: Sounding Mechanical and Meaningless
Well Spake (or spoke, or speaked) Art.

I'm afraid the old time drop thumbers and Scruggs influenced three finger pickers are never going to see eye to eye. Back in my naieve youth I always wondered why the two factions NEVER frequented the same jams. For a while I put it down to political considerations, ie: The Scruggsters tended to be right wing, and the frailers, intellectuals. Then I thought it might be an "organic" thing, 'cause the bluegrassers used plastic and metal picks (and usually SMOKED!!). One day a frailing friend cleared it all up for me..."They drown us out! So fuck 'em!"

Rick(who only tries to drown out bad S-Ss)