[Postcard2] Wow

[rickkelly1 at comcast.net]

i think for snotrageous douchebaggery, the only thing that gives bluegrass a run for its money is Old Time music. 
I went to an old time jam once, and they were the biggest pile of assholes i ever saw.... 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Smith" <troutcat at snet.net> 
To: "Americana Music List" <postcard2 at lists.drizzle.com> 
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 3:17:32 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central 
Subject: Re: [Postcard2] Wow 


On Oct 19, 2009, at 3:54 PM, richard fannan wrote: 

> 
> And don't raise the question of drums. Many people get apoplectic 
> on that one. 

It might be fun to poll the listmembers with a question like, "Do you 
prefer that your drummer use a 20 or 22 inch bass drum?" 
I once made the mistake of playing some brushes at a drum set that'd 
been played at a weekend-long bluegrass party without incident, only 
to be coldly informed that drums weren't "required on this one." It 
stuck in my craw for years, despite people telling me that the 
speaker was a snot and unrepresentative of the other fine folks at 
the gathering. I've played with many of them in other situations 
without feeling any attitude, so that was true. Right or wrong, 
however, it did sour my own attitude toward their scene. 
But come to think of it, the insulter was a woman, so maybe she 
wasn't a bluegrass musician either... 



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