Hi Guest, JTT. Hope you've got a sense of humour. Please try to excuse the "rabid" Bluegrassers amongst us. (I'm one of 'em) We tend to see this very specific musical form almost in religious terms. We can go on for hours (or years) at a time discussing the minutiae of Bluegrass. ie: at what actual moment in time "IT" happened! Most of us seem to agree that it was when Earl Scruggs played his first banjo roll with Monroe, Flatt, Wise and Rainwater.

I have no idea why we care SO MUCH about this music....but we do. And boy, can we sound "stuffy" to others who see all string music as being similar. Other than that, we're mostly pretty normal humans.

No offence meant. Good luck in your musical journey.

Rick