Jed, I wouldn't encourage Kendall to tell stories about me! He's the guy who walked up to our jam at Thomas Point Beach with Harpgirl (great meeting her!) and proceeded to sing "She Thinks I Steal Cars" to great acclaim. Some of the diehards even sang along on the refrain. Ya call that BLUEGRASS??

I guess the bluegrass I like best is the music we make ourselves. I particularly like old traditional stuff from people like the Carter Family and Stanley Brothers, and newer older stuff like Stecher & Brislin and others, but I can listen to Kendall anytime.

I remember seeing Alison Krauss at Strawberry Park in CT several years ago. She and Alison Brown were changing clothes in the campground's ladies room. This was before they had fancy buses and things were typically very informal. I've lost track of her since she got to be so big, and haven't even heard of any festivals on the East coast where she was appearing. What I've seen of her is on TNN doing good stuff, but more country than bluegrass. She used to play breathtaking fiddle and had an amazing voice. Could still be true, but I haven't seen her lately. The last time she performed at Winterhawk (now Grey Fox) she did one short set of slow songs and then vanished. No coming out to meet the folks at the record booth, as is typical of bluegrass artists. So Peter T, enjoy the show, she's so good, but don't base it all on her. The music that bluegrass came out of is still happening in the fields and parking lots.