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DoC and Merle Watson, 1979. (Original Post) The Polack MSgt Jul 2020 OP
Saw them about that time in a small venue that held about 200. Hoyt Jul 2020 #1
I saw them at a festival in September of 79 The Polack MSgt Jul 2020 #2
Yep. Amazing work. I remember Watson saying, "You think an acoustic guitar can't sound Hoyt Jul 2020 #3
Telluride! BluesRunTheGame Jul 2020 #4
It's weird - I liked bluegrass coming up The Polack MSgt Jul 2020 #5
Got into it in my early 20s. BluesRunTheGame Jul 2020 #6
 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
1. Saw them about that time in a small venue that held about 200.
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 11:19 PM
Jul 2020

Great, up close concert for those who like acoustic music.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
3. Yep. Amazing work. I remember Watson saying, "You think an acoustic guitar can't sound
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 12:28 AM
Jul 2020

like and electric,” and then playing close to the bridge for several songs. I play enough acoustic guitar badly, to recognize brilliance.

The Polack MSgt

(13,215 posts)
5. It's weird - I liked bluegrass coming up
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 07:00 PM
Jul 2020

My family played and sang when I was a kid, but after I graduated HS, kicked around and joined the Air Force, I just never really listened to it. I ignored it for more than a decade

When my kids were born in the 90s I started listening again and here it is 30 years later and I am obsessed.

asa young adult, I never even spoke about seeing Doc Watson or the Dillards or any of the artists that I saw around SW PA and the Pan Handle region of WV back when I was a kid.

BluesRunTheGame

(1,634 posts)
6. Got into it in my early 20s.
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 07:08 PM
Jul 2020

BIL introduced me to David Grisman and the Seldom Scene. Then I moved to Colorado and friends turned me on to New Grass Revival and John Hartford.

I haven’t been the same since.

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