The other day I had access to satellite radio. While driving around listening to Del Mccoury’s awesome show on Sirius the friend that was with me asked about Bluegrass, and requested a compilation. This is my response. Since this is for introductory purposes, I tried to stick to classics. Not all the songs are, but the artists are. The only “modern” group I include here is the Del Mccory band. However, since Del played with Bill Monroe, and since the Del Mccoury band are basically the best bluegrass band in the world, I thought it was fair to include.
For purposes of VERY quick explanation. Bluegrass is a form of country of music that resulted when in the 1940’s bands started playing harder and faster versions of string band music. String band music was common to Appalachia and has its routes in old sea shanties, Celtic fiddle tunes, English ballads and such. Bluegrass is named for Bill Monroe’s band, the Bluegrass Boys. Monroe was the “Father of Bluegrass” and was from Kentucky-the BLUEGRASS state.
