Jim Dandy: What a nice visit.  Thanks for that!  Did you sing along?

Jim Dandy:  Whose calendar?  Yours or mine?

Jim Dandy:  Hahaha!  Thanks for defining that.

Then, I think we should.  Everybody has a favorite TV show theme.  Theme Song Theme Night.  What a name!

Jim Dandy:  Sure!  Do you want to really?

Foxy Lady:  Hahaha!  Sounds like a match made in heaven.

Foxy Lady:  Oh, great! That is very generous of you, and I know she will be pleased.

Jim Dandy:  I guess you're right about that.  I just don't like liking men who abuse women, that's all.  But, how can you not love Jerry Lee?  Is it the curse of the creative?  Somehow, I can't put those two in the same file. 

Jim Dandy:  Hahaha!  No lie.  Actually, there is a movie about Jerry Lee Lewis, and his cousin is portrayed in it.  I saw it, and even though Lewis could be as sweet as candy, he could also be a total idiot.

I haven't seen John Prine in years.  This was Philadelphia Folk Festival 2004

Jimmy Swaggart

Jim Dandy:  Of course Jerry Lee is always great, no matter what.  He has a cousin who was (I think) a televangelist, and I think it was Jim Bakker.  Am I mistaken about that?

This is kinda neat:  Drums

Jim Dandy:  You are a surprise a minute!  Not a bad band at ALL!!

Radiant2007 :-)  N'night, sister.  I'll see if Foxy Lady will let me push Opera back a week for you.  OK?

Yes, that song is kinda going around in my soul right now.

Jim Dandy:  I can't wait to see this.

Long story - just feel it.

Radiant 2007 :-) You don't have to wait for theme night.  But, I'm not sure where to find such music, and will have to do some research.  It will be at least 2 weeks before we have your genre, we have opera ahead of you.

SEAWOLF2:  THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT, AND YOU CERTAINLY HAVE SOME GOOD POINTS THERE.  I MUST LET YOU KNOW THAT I AM NOT THE BRILLIANT MIND BEHIND THEME NIGHT, WE CAN ALL THANK NONE OTHER THAN JIM DANDY.  DOES EVERYONE THINK ONCE A WEEK IS GOOD, OR TOO OFTEN?  I DON'T WANT IT TO GET DULL, BUT AT LEAST IT WOULD GIVE US TIME TO RESEARCH THE GENRE AND BE READY.  SAME NIGHT?  OR DIFFERENT NIGHTS?  GIMME FEEDBACK, PLEASE.

Radiant2007 :-):  That was lovely, thank you.

Radiant2007 :-):  Not necessarily.  We want it to be a random thing, I guess.  Any other ideas?  Should be pin it to one night of EVERY week?  

Jim Dandy:  Mine too, Dandy-pie.  And I don't know why my Siisy Riisy didn't do that, except she hasn't learned to read my mind, plus it was another way she could tease me mercilessly.  Hahahaha!

My dear Eriisa:  No one told me that to be the main mod here I had to live at my machine, and take it to the bath with me.  I was perishing, and had to feed myself, and get cat things.  I do apologize for my absence, I should have known better.  Hahahaha!  *slave driver*

Jim Dandy:  I SEE YOU HAD ALREADY POSTED WHAT I SAID IN  THE LAST WINDOW.  THANK YOU, YOU EXPRESSED IT FLAWLESSLY.

Radiant2007 :-):  Of course you may post Opera, etc.  I believe quite a few of our contributors like classical music, and Opera.  It's just they don't often post that kind of music.  It is sad that they don't.  So, post away!!!

No, it is not bluegrass night, that was Tuesday.  But, it's always welcome here.  Now, we are open to any music you'd like to contribute, within the confines of common decency, of course.

I just listened to the lyrics.  It's a sweet song/  To me, a song with lyrics is about those words anyway. 

I didn't have a wedding song like that.  I had a compadre play an organ thing before the ceremony, and in the middle where someone usually sings.  It was her choice, and frankly, I don't remember what she played - I was comatoest anyway.  My gosh, that was 37 years ago.  Most of you weren't even born then.  Hahahaha!

Jim Dandy:  Um...I think you're walking against the traffic.  Hahaha!  

rednaz23:  I think first we need to know if the music will be in the background, or in your face.  Will there be dancing?  What kind of dancing?  

I missed your Kiss post until just now!  Since the picture was static, I came back to play some games while I listened.  I think I like them better without all the trappings.  But, that's just me....right now.....tonight.  Ya never know what tomorrow will bring.  They are an astounding band, you are right.  And, it's great that they inspired you to play drums. 

Hahaha!  What's a century or two between friends?  Yes, they do.  They're just flat good.

Jim Dandy:  You're the only man I've ever known who can talk as much (more?) as I do, and still have things to say.

Radiant2007 :-):  Beverly Hillbillies was a really popular show here, Josetta.  Most of us have seen every episode 30 times, but since Flatt and Scruggs do all the music, I'm going to let it stay.  Flatt and Scruggs are DEFINITELY bluegrass.

Jim Dandy:  Listening....what's your fave album?  I'm already looking for 801 for you.  It's on my list, anyway, you want me to put Lucky 7 there too, better be specific.

Radiant2007 :-):  It does, of course, have some African influence.  Because of the high population of slaves in the south, the fact that the Mississppi was a major waterway, and the delta was a great place for slave ships from Africa and the Carribean to land, there are a LOT of Blacks in that area.  But, Acadians (reduced to "Cajun") were French, and they came down here from Canada.  So, it's it's own melting pot.

Jim Dandy:  Hahaha!  Yes, I've seen recent pictures of him.  That must have been great seeing them together.

Radiant2007 :-):  Yes. we had a grand old time last night, shared some memories, and favorites with one another.  I wish you could have stayed up all night, but it is all well chronicled here for your enjoyment today.

Bill Monroe is considered the father of Bluegrass music.  His home state was Kentucky, and Kentucky is where the blue grass grows.  Blue grass is actually not native to North America.  It was brought here from Europe, where it grows prolifically all over.  Why it is called blue grass, I don't know, and I can't really find a reason.  But, it is a deep green grass, and maybe in some circumstances that green can seem blue to the eye.

Zydeco has it's roots in Cajun music, which developed predominately in Louisiana.  But, it's Cajun music with a twist, there is bluegrass, jazz, blues and rock influences in it.  Yes, it is played mostly in the southern U.S., but since communication has gotten so much better, it is enjoyed by millions all over the world.  Anyone care to waltz?  Yes, it is often in 3/4 time.

Woody Guthrie was a song writer from the U.S.A.  His music is pretty grass roots folk.  It doesn't belong to Bluegrass at all.  His son, Arlo Guthrie, has also enjoyed some fame as a singer/songwriter in this country, with the songs "Alice's Restaurant Massacree", and "The Motorcycle Song".  He's uproariously funny, and if you haven't heard any of his music, you should make an effort to find it.  Maybe on Pandora, I don't know.

Jim Dandy:  Hahahahaha!  Porn star moustache indeed!  You're in rare form tonight!

Very nice, Tigger.  He's a barefoot picker too, my kind of boy.  Makes me want to take some lessons.

Jim Dandy:  No lie!  And, they were well enough spaced that they all got to make buckets of money with it.

Jim Dandy:  You're spot on, 1999.  Kraus did it in 1988.  But, Whitley took it to the top of the Billboard Charts.  This is all in Wikipedia, I'm not that much of a trivia bug.  

Keith Whitley in 1988

Let's dive for it, see if we can find out.

Hahaha!  Sounds like a girly-man's name.  And, thank you.  I'm happy to know at least 1 person doesn't think of me as ignorant.  Well, there might be 2, but certainly not more than 3.

Jim Dandy:  Well, I certainly didn't know that.  I hate being ignorant.  Thank you for informing me of that fact.

Haha!  That just might be the most played song of Flat & Scruggs'.  Hmmmm, You stumped me!  Why?

Here's another mainstay of the genre  Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Armd

OK, as long as we're doing the classics, this song falls in that category.  And, lest we forget that Bluegrass  is the music of the people, this is how this music is played most of the time, just a bunch of people get their instruments out after supper, and jam. 

Tigger:  Wow!  I had forgotten about the Flectones.  Life really gets in your way, doesn't it?  Well, I heard Bluegrass, of course, and jazz, and Celtic, and the music of India.  It all fit.  One of my favorite instruments is the tabla.  It's really an exciting sound.  Thanks so much for that, it's now on my favorites list.  Off I go to Amazon to see what I can find.  Hahaha! 

You know you don't have to embed stuff, you can do links.  I do links, because the files play better on YouTube. 

Well, here's something from my experience.  This band played the Kerrville Folk Festival one year I was there.  The Kerrville Folk Festival is known all over the U.S., and Canada as a must-do event.  It's 2 weeks of music and music work shops all day every day come rain or come shine.  We go, pitch tents, and stay there, rain or shine for the whole time if we can spare it.  Of course, mother nature cooperates, and it rains buckets.  At night, after the stage entertainment ends, people build campfires, pull out their instruments, and jam.  The artists who are there for the duration too come out, and join in, so it's a great opportunity to meet the people who entertained you, and trained you, and to watch them in action close up.  The artists like it best if the people around the campfires join in.

One year, this band, Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Zydeco Band were there.  Just as they took the stage the rain started.  The stage is covered, so the show goes on regardless.  Buckets, I'm telling you, on our heads, running around our feet and ankles, and nobody left.  We just danced and sang in the rain and had a wonderful time.  Queen Ida talks about the roots of Zydeco in this video.  So, give a listen....

Jim Dandy:  Surely you've looked.

Jim Dandy:  I agree with you on that.  Maybe we should dive for some to see if it fits.  But, my suspicion that Bluegrass has at least been born out in Wikipedia.  Since I believe it in my heart, Wikipedia must be right.  RIGHT?  Hahaha! 

I've been listening to my Bluegrass station on Pandora (which you may share if you are of a mind to), and remembered that Allison Kraus is a very talented bluegrass musician.  So, I went looking for stuff of hers.  I found this filmed at Union Station on the Grand Ole Opry. 

I got interested in who the child was who picked that mandolin like it had accompanied her in the womb.  Her name is Sierra Hull.  She is all grown up now, and here she is with, I think, her father (regardless, one heck of a picker).  BOY!  Can they ever play those instruments.  On second vewing, I wonder if the dobro player isn't the guitar player in this video.

Jim Dandy:  Your knowledge of music just amazes me sometimes, and you just topped yourself.  That's some GREAT stuff there.  Thanks for posting it.

Radiant2007 :-):  Oh, this is going to be exciting.  Our little friend from the Netherlands is going to be in culture shock tonight.  Hahaha!

Bluegrass is American music and it is a melting pot, just as this country is.  You can read a more indepth history of the genre in Wikipedia.   You will find that Bluegrass has some Scottish and Irish sounds, as well as other countries.  This was one point I wanted to make tonight.  Bluegrass is not about ignorance, and hillbillies, it is a celebration of the melding of many cultures.  Thank you for asking the question.

Radiant2007 :-):  You did great work, Josetta.  We all enjoyed it.

Tonight is Bluegrass night.  The theme on theme nights will be announced at the first of the bulletin board above, so you won't be lost.

Eriisa:  Oh quit being a gork.  If he's a prince for fixing that link, he's a prince.