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Tut sez:
>perform with them and we did several bluegrass tunes and they were

>terrific. They did a version of "Rank Stranger" that would make the

>hair on the back of your neck stand up. I only wish all the folks at

>Merlefest could have heard it. There would be a lot of people eating

>crow right about now..........Hootie........Hootie.........come

I can easily imagine that.  I wish I'd have been there.

I've been a fan of theirs since their first major album and Darius Rucker
(sorry - there ain't no Hootie in the band) is a whale of a singer.  Always
thought their stuff would go over nicely in bluegrass.

Heaven knows they don't need to play Merlefest or any other bluegrass
festival for the money.  Or for the warm, respectful treatment they get from
many of the hardcore bluegrass fans.  My guess is that they've got a
profound love of the music that maybe, just maybe, we ought to be grateful
for.

Kinda reminds me of seeing Jim & Jesse on the old TNN show "American Music
Shop" with the Desert Rose Band.  John Jorgenson played a twin mandolin
break with Jesse, and had a grin on his face so big I thought his face would
crack.

Most of the time, it's not the musicians who foster these artificial,
arbitrary and ignorant stereotypes about the music.  They just wanna pick...


Archie

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