[from Gunnison, CO] as you might imagine
from their name and my locale, they’re a bluegrass band - it’s a good thing I didn’t review them after their intermission
act at Move the Butte – for one, I would have complained that the upright
bassist is touted as the best bassist in Colorado but never hinted at a slap,
as tainted as I am by Austin – two, they weren’t plugged in and they played the
same song they taught us at the Bluegrass Workshop (Sittin’ on Top of the
World) – anyway, when we heard they had a proper gig lined up and, being
frantic for any old sort of music, we decided to give them a shot – turns out
the full band includes the guitarist and the bassist I am familiar with, as
well as a mandolin, banjo, and fiddle– they’ve got amps and the whole deal so
none of your mealy-mouthed bluegrass – each is a very talented musician – their
fingers moved so fast, I’m classifying them as speed-metal-bluegrass – they
basically reminded me of this CD I picked up in the Appalachian Mountains
proper from a local bluegrass band, Blue Ridge Mountain Thunder, which is a big
compliment from me, because it’s the danciest bluegrass I’ve done ever heard – as
a piece of general advice, you know it’s going to be a good bluegrass song when
it has “breakdown” in the title
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