Originally posted by Rosco Benson:
Good thread!
[snip] The KZ-45 addresses BOTH of these issues.
Skunkabilly,
Bluegrass RULES! I especially like Blue Highwayand the Seldom Scene. Great music and darn few (if any) pukey liberal prima donnas involved.
Bob Hoover is perhaps the smoothest areobatic flyer I've ever seen. Whether in the P-51 or the Super Shrike, he is always a treat to see fly. He is a nice gentleman too.
Yessir! Wings, strings and things that go 'boom'. The finest things in life AREN'T free! Cessna = $150,000, banjo = $3000, Wilson CQB = $1800. Your first and second amendment rights = priceless.
I spoke at length with a Wilson rep on the phone (very nice folks, they won't hang up on you if you aren't buying anything from them, and are very helpful at answering questions) and the guy I spoke to said the external extractor may not be the best answer. He felt that maybe not all the bugs with it were hammered out and felt I'd be better off with the traditional CQB slide (I asked about sending back a CQB and having a KZ slide put on it). Still, I would like an external extractor.
Rosco (isn't that sheriff's deputy from Dukes of Hazzard with the dog?
), Blue Highway came out to California to play last August, Rob Ickes is awesome. The guy I learned Dobro from had a few lessons with Rob.
Wonder why they are called Dobros? 'Cuz they cost a lot of dough, bro'!
Yes, I agree that most of the bluegrass people are conservative. You'll get a few liberals, espeically the people who cross over from the folk-type stuff and the jam bands, though I hate their politics and don't necessarily agree with the necessity of becoming chemically challenged, I respect their musical abilities. A lot of the liberals in bluegrass came into bluegrass from other genres (mainly folk).
How many folk musicians does it take to change a light bulb? Only one, but the rest of them will sing about how much better the old one was.
Seriously, I think Earl Scruggs himself was anti-war and I have a picture of him in a banjo book with a dove and peace sign strap. But he's Earl and he can do anything!