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03 May 07 - 09:50 PM (#2042841) Subject: Understanding Bluegrass w/Yogi Berra From: Uncle_DaveO UNDERSTANDING BLUEGRASS ACCORDING TO YOGI BERRA Interviewer: Yogi, can you explain bluegrass? Yogi: I can't, but I will.... 90% of all bluegrass is half improvisation. The other half is the part people play while others are playing something they never played with anyone who played that part. So if you play the wrong part, its right. If you play the right part, it might be right if you play it wrong enough. But if you play it too right, it's wrong. Interviewer: I don't understand. Yogi: Anyone who understands bluegrass knows that you can't understand it. It's too complicated. That's what's so simple about it. Interviewer: Do you understand it? Yogi: No. That's why I can explain it. If I understood it, I wouldn't know anything about it. Interviewer: Are there any great bluegrass players alive today? Yogi: No. All the great bluegrass players alive today are dead. Except for the ones that are still alive. But so many of them are dead, that the ones that are still alive are dying to be like the ones that are dead. Interviewer: What is harmony? Yogi: That's when the note that you should hear now happens either before or after you hear it. In bluegrass, you don't hear notes when they happen because that would be some other type of music. Other types of music can be bluegrass, but only if they're the same as something different from those other kinds. Interviewer: Now I really don't understand. Yogi: I haven't taught you enough for you to not understand bluegrass that well. |
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03 May 07 - 09:57 PM (#2042845) Subject: RE: Understanding Bluegrass w/Yogi Berra From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca Unc, that is SO profound |
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03 May 07 - 10:22 PM (#2042864) Subject: RE: Understanding Bluegrass w/Yogi Berra From: Beer Holly F...... are we talking about the same Y/B that caught and coached in baseball?? What the hell was he smokin? Where did you get this information Uncle Dave? Great story. Beer (adrien) |
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03 May 07 - 11:08 PM (#2042883) Subject: RE: Understanding Bluegrass w/Yogi Berra From: kendall Sounds more like George Bush to me. |
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04 May 07 - 04:26 AM (#2042973) Subject: RE: Understanding Bluegrass w/Yogi Berra From: Geoff the Duck It makes more sense than any other time someone has tried to explain bluegrass to me. Quack! GtD. |
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04 May 07 - 04:27 AM (#2042974) Subject: RE: Understanding Bluegrass w/Yogi Berra From: Geoff the Duck I expext Boo Boo played Old-Time. Quack! Geoff. |
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04 May 07 - 04:40 AM (#2042980) Subject: RE: Understanding Bluegrass w/Yogi Berra From: Ron Davies Dave-- Fantastic! Is it yours? |