On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Charlie Ball wrote:
> And at the risk of making a fool of myself, also, I can't resist a
> comment. I am a long-time player of Irish music and play regularly in a
> couple of local sessions. These are located in the heart of the
> Appalachian country where Irish music supposedly morphed into bluegrass.
> And try as I can, I can't find any similarities. I suppose a
But remember that bluegrass--which indeed is mostly what you hear in
those parts these days--isn't really the local trad music of the area.
That's what people refer to as old-time music, which has unfortunately
been replaced by bluegrass in most of its old domain. But bluegrass
itself is a modern innovation, just about as old as I am, consciously
invented for the age of radio and stage performance--so the Old World
roots, which it indubitably has, are pretty well hidden by now.