Steve-Are you saying that because Duelin' Banjos was composed by Smith that it's not bluegrass? Would that also be true for "Rocky Top," a country song composed to sound like a bluegrass song?
Does that also mean that you think 3-finger style banjo playing isn't necessarily a defining component of "bluegrass"? If any style banjo pickin' is OK then when did "bluegrass" start?
I mean how many mudcatters does it take to define bluegrass? (Three- one to give an opinion and two to say that's not the way Earl did it.)
-Richie