Marketin Bluegrass Music
OldMan Zeke
on TV
Does th younger generation even get
exposed to Bluegrass??
Pete E. Kruzer
Hell yeah!
O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? won the 2002 Grammy Awards for Album Of The
Year and for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture,
Television Or Other Visual Media. "O Death" won the 2002 Grammy Award
for Best Male Country Vocal Performance. "I Am A Man Of Constant
Sorrow" won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration With
Vocals.
Those kings of cinematic quirkiness, the Coen brothers, fashioned
their film O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? as a contemporary adaption of
Homer's Odyssey, centering around a group of American chain-gang
prisoners. The film's earthy Southern setting makes it a natural for a
bluegrass-oriented soundtrack, for which producer T-Bone Burnett
picked the cream of the country crop.
"Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby," for example, is a summit meeting
of some of the finest contemporary female country vocalists (Gillian
Welch, Emmylou Harris, and Alison Krauss). The old school isn't
forgotten either, as evidenced by a chilling a cappella rendering of
"O Death," courtesy of Ralph Stanley, and by the closing cut, where
the Stanley Brothers issue an elegant plea to heaven with "Angel
Band."
O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack Songs
O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack Album Track Listing
Click on the buttons below to play song samples
1. Po' Lazarus - James Carter & The Prisoners
2. Big Rock Candy Mountain - Harry McClintock
3. You Are My Sunshine - Norman Blake
4. Down to the River to Pray - Alison Krauss
5. I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow - The Soggy Bottom Boys/Dan Tyminski
(radio version)
6. Hard Time Killing Floor Blues - Chris Thomas King
7. I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow - Norman Blake
8. Keep on the Sunny Side - The Whites
9. I'll Fly Away - Alison Krauss/Gillian Welch
10. Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby - Emmylou Harris/Alison Krauss/
Gillian Welch
11. In the Highways - Sara, Hanna & Leah Peasall
12. I Am Weary (Let Me Rest) - The Cox Family
13. I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow - John Hartford
14. O Death - Ralph Stanley
15. In the Jailhouse Now - The Soggy Bottom Boys/Tim Blake Nelson
16. I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow - The Soggy Bottom Boys/Dan
Tyminski (band version)
17. Indian War Whoop - John Hartford
18. Lonesome Valley - The Fairfield Four
19. Angel Band - The Stanley Brothers
KingCountryI
>
> Hell yeah!
>
> O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? <
O Please. : ) Where art the country music in that stinkeroo?
> won the 2002 Grammy Awards for Album Of The
> Year and for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture,
> Television Or Other Visual Media. "O Death" won the 2002 Grammy Award
> for Best Male Country Vocal Performance. "I Am A Man Of Constant
> Sorrow" won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration With
> Vocals.<
O PLEASE! (Again) Could you please list the other nominees in those
ridiculous categories? Secondly, as we've mentioned a MILLION times
before, the Country Grammy Awards are given by people who don't know
anything about country music, which is why I usually refer to them as
the BAMMY Awards.
The last time I checked Vince Gill had won more Grammy Awards than
anyone in Country Music history, and Alison Krause and Del McCoury had
won something like 87 years in a row!!!!!!! Meanwhile Merle Haggard
and George Jones, arguably the two greatest examples of Country music
for more than 50 consecutive years have about one award that they have
to split among each other! : ) Stop wasting our time. You sound like
that other lunatic Bea Arthur, who keeps ranting about Conway Twitty's
"achievements". and then has to include periodicals like "Record
World" to try to make her point.
> Those kings of cinematic quirkiness, the Coen brothers, fashioned
> their film O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? as a contemporary adaption of
> Homer's Odyssey, centering around a group of American chain-gang
> prisoners. The film's earthy Southern setting makes it a natural for a
> bluegrass-oriented soundtrack, <
O PLEASE! (Again) The film's earthy southern setting makes it a
natural for a blues-oriented soundtrack, or at the very least a
Country oriented soundtrack! What you and the idgits like the "quirky"
Coen brothers don't understand, is that bluegrass music is the direct
opposite of what you're describing. Bluegrass is the whitest of music,
and has about as much blues and soul as a piece of white bread. Jimmie
Rodgers is considered the "Father Of Country Music" for that very
reason, in that he added blues to these same lily white , folk songs
brought to this country by the early settlers.
for which producer T-Bone Burnett
> picked the cream of the country crop.<
O PLEASE! (Again) T-Bone Burnett isn't qualified to pick "the cream of
the country crop" . It's like asking Willie Nelson to do a documentary
on the "Rolling Stones" .
> "Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby," for example, is a summit meeting
> of some of the finest contemporary female country vocalists (Gillian
> Welch, Emmylou Harris, and Alison Krauss). <
O PLEASE! (Again) It still comes down to the song. Graet harmonies,
but they might as well have been singing the Menu at Wendy's!
>The old school isn't forgotten either, as evidenced by a chilling a cappella rendering of
> "O Death," courtesy of Ralph Stanley, <
The only thing chilling about Ralph's version, is that he actually
sounds like he's dying while singing it. I half expected to hear a
thud as he hits the floor after the final verse. : ) LOL !!!!!!!!
> and by the closing cut, where the Stanley Brothers issue an elegant plea to heaven with "Angel Band."<
And how fitting is it that you prove my point with your final comment?
Nobody, including the Stanley Brothers immediate family has ever heard
"Angel Band" .
Ralph Stanley was unheard of for 40 years, and since he's one of the
few remaining old Bluegrass performers, they wheel him out and try to
milk him for all he's worth. Bottom line, NOBODY, even those "quirky"
old Coen brothers can name ANY songs Ralph Stanley or the Stanley
Brothers ever recorded, which is why the music died 50 years ago.
Great instrumental music, with absolutely NOTHING to say.
I mean, how many songs about pine trees and death can you sing? More
importantly I guess, how many people want to listen and buy them?
Answer : NONE!!!!!
As I said at the time, bluegrass is a DEAD music, and will NEVER be
popular!!!!!!!!!!!
Blue
Lies! Bluegrass music will always be popular to Bluegrass fans!
You've probably never seen a real pine tree!
Merle Barnes
old pine tree", now that I'd believe! LOL
Take Care
Merle
"Blue" <blues...@windstream.net> wrote in message
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Pete E. Kruzer
> > > Does th younger generation even get exposed to Bluegrass??
Did you read the original question, Esker???
I didn't say that the soundtrack was good, the movie was good, I
merely answered the question. YES, the younger generation
got exposure to bluegrass.
And believe it or not, here in the Pittsburgh area, there are
bluegrass music festivals on the weekends, and they are well attended
by folks MUCH YOUNGER than you are.
KingCountryI
> � � Lies! Bluegrass music will always be popular to Bluegrass fans!
Agreed. But there's only three of them. : )
> � � You've probably never seen a real pine tree!<
Actually modesty has prevented me from disclosing this little bit of
pine tree trivia, but it's a little known FACT, that if it wasn't for
me, George Washington would have cut down a pine tree, instead of a
cherry tree. I was actually a tree-hugger BEFORE there were tree
huggers! : )
KingCountryI
> Well, I wouldn't go that far but if you said he's the one who "cut down the
> old pine tree", now that I'd believe! �LOL
<
See above reply! : )
Besides only a Canadian wouldn't know that Pine Trees are such top
runners, most of the time you don't even have to cut them down.
If you wait long enough, the wind and the rain do it for you! : )
KingCountryI
> I didn't say that the soundtrack was good, the movie was good, I
> merely answered the question. YES, the younger generation
> got exposure to bluegrass.<
But what you don't UNDERSTAND IDGIT, is that the Soundtrack O Brother
has little to do with Bluegrass
MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> And believe it or not, here in the Pittsburgh area, there are
> bluegrass music festivals on the weekends, and they are well attended
> by folks MUCH YOUNGER than you are.<
O PLEASE!! Describe well attended! : ) Ask ANY promoter and he'll
tell you that Bluegrass music is a "niche" music. END OF STORY!
OldMan Zeke
some kinda bug or worm killed most
pine trees this area--but Bluegrass
still hangin on--grin
Blue
Pines all over the place around here, folks'll steal your
pinestraw and sell it to the yankees that move down here.
KingCountryI
> � � �Pines all over the place around here, folks'll steal your
> pinestraw and sell it to the yankees that move down here.<
There goes the neighborhood! : )
You might want to consider moving out of that tent,Bunky! : )
LOL !!!!!!!!!!
Here in the real world, people don't steal pinestraw, just your money
and your women. : )
Unfortunately, they always spend the money and try to give the women
back! : ) LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Only Wal-Mart takes "returns"! : ) LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!
am...@seas7.e4word.com
obviously, but I thought I'd ask why no one metioned Bill Monroe in
the Bluegrass discussion...does no one (but me) consider him as an
icon of Bluegrass music? Not looking to step on any toes just curious.