all sorts of good stuff on the new cd
if ya'll don't have a copy yet or are one of those people who don't buy music(a met a person who actually confessed to this last month!)...anyways, here's the quote taken right out of the cd when you open it. thought it should be posted here
Why Bluegrass?
When I listen to music, I want the sound to wash
over me like a wave. I like to imagine the band or
the singer or the soloist in the same room with me.
Preferably, it’s a tiny wooden room that shakes in
time with the music. I want to put my head against
that magnificent upright bass and feel the thumping
drive of each note. I like to imagine sitting on
the floor watching the guitar player curled around
his instrument strumming for his life. How great is
it to hear people in a little bitty room singing
three-part harmony? How great is it to be smack
dab in the middle of that singing?
I’ve been lucky. My lifelong love of bluegrass
taught me how to feel music as well as hear it.
I’ve spent countless hours banging out fiddle tunes
and murder ballads with rank strangers. We never
missed a beat because we spoke only in bluegrass.
I’ve played my own brand of music from Gruene Hall
to Town Hall and loved every minute, but nothing
compares to a tiny room full of bluegrass picking.
So that’s what we did here. We played bluegrass
in a tiny room until it shook and the music washed
over us.
-Robert Earl Keen-
here's a another link from an interview last year
http://www.texasmonthly.com/daily-post/exclusive-qa-robert-earl-keen-explains-why-hes-going-bluegrass-his-new-albumlooking forward to his set!!
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