A great Newsletter. I listened to all the videos of your aforementioned artists and then got lost in the many other musical videos of the same genres. I had to stop at the How to Learn to Yodel! Anyway it is funny that I had to discover bluegrass etc on my own as an adult even though my Dad was born in East Tennessee and my Mom's Dad was from a West Virginia farm. Dad chose to listen to classical music and classical guitar. Mom was a "modern " girl and loved Frank Sinatra. The closest I came was the folk music of the 60s and 70s. Most of all I was pleased to find your music here in good ol' Utah. So for now Thanks and have a great day. Now I will go and practice more yodeling and hope the cat doesn't scream.
Hello Hal, this certainly sent me down memory lane, and reminded me of my stepfather Lloyd Armstrong, who played Bluegrass music in the 40's amd 50's with his brother floyd Armstrong, also known as the Armstrong Twins. I use to spend hours with him playing music and listening to his stories about his early experience's and the people he new in the world of Bluegrass music. He and my mother left little Rock Arkansas in the 90's and eventually settled in Cedar City Utah, he along with my mother are buried in Parowon Utah. You can find some of their music on youtube. I did go on Amazon and buy the Kindle version of American Country Music by the way, and I'am looking forward to reading it. Thanks for the article.
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A great Newsletter. I listened to all the videos of your aforementioned artists and then got lost in the many other musical videos of the same genres. I had to stop at the How to Learn to Yodel! Anyway it is funny that I had to discover bluegrass etc on my own as an adult even though my Dad was born in East Tennessee and my Mom's Dad was from a West Virginia farm. Dad chose to listen to classical music and classical guitar. Mom was a "modern " girl and loved Frank Sinatra. The closest I came was the folk music of the 60s and 70s. Most of all I was pleased to find your music here in good ol' Utah. So for now Thanks and have a great day. Now I will go and practice more yodeling and hope the cat doesn't scream.
Hello Hal, this certainly sent me down memory lane, and reminded me of my stepfather Lloyd Armstrong, who played Bluegrass music in the 40's amd 50's with his brother floyd Armstrong, also known as the Armstrong Twins. I use to spend hours with him playing music and listening to his stories about his early experience's and the people he new in the world of Bluegrass music. He and my mother left little Rock Arkansas in the 90's and eventually settled in Cedar City Utah, he along with my mother are buried in Parowon Utah. You can find some of their music on youtube. I did go on Amazon and buy the Kindle version of American Country Music by the way, and I'am looking forward to reading it. Thanks for the article.