A little while back I got on a bluegrass kick. I even learned a little bit of dobro (see https://roymusicusa.com/2021/06/28/seven-year-twitch-a-long-strange-trip-and-the-debut-album-of-wire-wood-steel/). While I wasn’t a complete stranger to the history of Bluegrass, I was aware that there were big gaps in…
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“Rollin In My Sweet Baby’s Arms”: A Guide To Bluegrass History By Subgenre
Tagged with: bluegrass, Guitar Fretboard
Posted in Country/Bluegrass, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Country/Bluegrass, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Holiday Haiku 2022
This year has been hardWith music it’s been betterSo let us play on (music in link below) Jingle Blues
Holiday Haiku 2021
We Bid You GoodnightA Song A Deadhead Knows WellHappy Holidays Wire Wood & Steel · We Bid You Goodnight
Tagged with: bluegrass, Country, Gospel, Grateful Dead, We Bid You Goodnight
Posted in Classic Rock, Country/Bluegrass, Grateful Dead, Jam Band, Uncategorized
Posted in Classic Rock, Country/Bluegrass, Grateful Dead, Jam Band, Uncategorized
“Seven Year Twitch” : A Long Strange Trip and The Debut Album of Wire Wood & Steel
I realized this month that I’ve been writing this blog for seven years with at least two post a month without a break. Why have I done this for that long? Because I’m a music nerd and one thing that…
“Set Out Running” . . : Friend Of The Devil by Wire, Wood & Steel
I have previously posted about a new music project I’ve started called Wire, Wood & Steel (see https://roymusicusa.com/2020/05/11/what-i-did-on-my-permanent-vacation-new-music-project/ and https://roymusicusa.com/2020/09/03/wire-wood-steel-an-new-acoustic-music-project/). After some delays I finally started recording and I thought I would share the first song, an instrumental cover of…
Guitarist Tony Rice 1951 – 2020
On Christmas Day, 2020, guitarist Tony Rice passed away at the age of 69. Rice was a pivotal figure in bluegrass guitar. His music spanned from traditional bluegrass to jazz-influenced New Acoustic music to songwriter-oriented folk. I first became aware…
Tagged with: bluegrass, David Grisman, Dawg Music, guitar, Jerry Garcia, Tony Rice
Posted in Country/Bluegrass, Improvisation, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Country/Bluegrass, Improvisation, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Wire, Wood & Steel – An New Acoustic Music Project
I had previously announced the start of a new music project that would focus on acoustic music called Wire, Wood & Steel (see https://roymusicusa.com/2020/05/11/what-i-did-on-my-permanent-vacation-new-music-project/) starting with a video of myself playing an original song on the dobro. I’ve now added…
Tagged with: Acoustic Music, bluegrass, Country Music, Dobro, Progressive Bluegrass, Wire Wood & Steel
Posted in Country/Bluegrass, Improvisation, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Country/Bluegrass, Improvisation, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“What I Did On My Permanent Vacation” . . : New Music Project
Like many at the start of their self isolation, I thought this would be a good opportunity to be productive. There were projects that were on my ‘to do’ list: organize papers, clean closets . . . Yeah, that hasn’t…
Tagged with: Acoustic Music, bluegrass, Country Music, Dobro, Progressive Bluegrass, Wire Wood & Steel
Posted in Country/Bluegrass, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Country/Bluegrass, Music Appreciation and Analysis
A Haiku For The Holidays 2019
A Song For Those Here And For All Those Who Are Not Let Us Play For All
Tagged with: bluegrass, Country Music, Jamband, The New Jazz Spasms, Wil The Circle Be Unbroken
Posted in Country/Bluegrass, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Country/Bluegrass, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“That High Lonesome Sound” . . : A Very Quick Intro To The Dobro
The dobro is a strange and (IMO) really cool instrument. “Dobro” itself was originally a brand name of resonator guitar. A resonator is the hubcap looking apparatus that sits in the middle of the instrument and gives it its unique…
Tagged with: bluegrass, Country, Dobro, Earl Scruggs, Jerry Douglas, Josh Graves, Mike Auldridge, Rob Ickes
Posted in Country/Bluegrass, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Country/Bluegrass, Music Appreciation and Analysis
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