Now you put it like that Captain I agree. Bluegrass is show music, straight forward for the band re tuning, etc, but relying on one man show pieces for the thrills, it's not experimental in any way. Given the origins of the banjo it's surprising it has lost so much of its soul. My own playing is best decribed as 'tries hard' but even I mix rolls, frailing, slide at modest tempos that would have bluegrass afficionados pulling hair out.
I can still see the pleasure in staccato overdrive, without wanting to play my Deering that way.