Foxy Lady:
OPERA NIGHT!! YEAH!! I'M IN.... I'LL BRING
THE WINE OR CHAMPAGNE ALONG FOR
THE ATTENDEES!! 8^)

TexasToest, JIM DANDY:

BRAVO! GREAT IDEA, JIM!!

THEME NIGHTS SOUND LIKE SOME FUN.... AND I AM SURE IT WILL OPEN UP A LOT OF NEW DOORS FOR US ALL TOO!! YES, BILL MONROE IS THE
GRAND-DADDY OF BLUEGRASS FOR SURE. BUT
LET'S NOT FORGET FLATT & SCRUGGS, OR THE
GREAT ERNEST TUBB EITHER!! I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS EVENING'S SELECTIONS.....
HAVE AT IT FOLKS!! I'LL BE BACK, CUL!

TexasToest:

OKAY FRIENDS.... THE SENILE OLD WOLF IS GOING TO TRY POSTING A VIDEO LINK AGAIN!
I WON'T USE THE EMBED LINK THIS TIME AS I DO
NOT SEEM TO HAVE THE HANG OF IT.....

WITHOUT FURTHER ADIEU.... HERE IS A GREAT
CLIP OF "FIREBALL MAIL". AND I HAVE TO SAY,
I TRULY ENJOYED THE PORTION WITH THE DOBRO
ON THIS CLIP TOO!!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0pWnZFrdQFE

SEAWOLF2:

OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IT HAS BEEN NICE TO SEE CLASSICAL MUSIC AND OPERA MADE A LITTLE LESS ELITEIST AND MORE WIDELY LISTENED TO BY PEOPLE MORE GENERALLY. PAVAROTTI HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THAT HAPPENING.

G4 WERE OUT OF ONE OF THE U.K'S X-FACTOR SERIES.

HERE PERFORMING WITH ROBBIN GIBB ~ FIRST OF MAY:

Nirvana:

YOU ARE SO RIGHT ABOUT PAVAROTTI BEING THE IMPETUS FOR BRINGING OPERA AND CLASSICAL MUSIC TO "THE MASSES" NIRVANA!!

NICE POST!!! THANKS!!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0pWnZFrdQFE

GOTTA' LOVE OLD ERNEST BACK IN THE DAY.....
ENJOY FOLKS!!

SEAWOLF2:


OOPS!!! BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.....
THAT WASN'T ERNEST TUBB ON THE LAST POST I MADE, SORRY FOLKS!! IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE,
BUT APPARENTLY I DIDN'T "PICK UP" THE NEW LINK WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO CUT AND PASTE IT!~?
DANG COMPUTERS ARE SO CONFUSING... ARGH!!
LET ME GO TRY AND FETCH THE RIGHT ONE AGAIN FOR YOU.... BRB!!!

HERE IS ERNEST DOING ONE OF HIS BIG HITS:
"WALKING THE FLOOR OVER YOU".

http://youtube.com/watch?v=EEDXNmShNXk

<crossing MY FINGERS HERE....LOL!!>

http://youtube.com/watch?v=JJ_Wt-rKZIs

ONE THING STRUCK ME ABOUT THOSE GALS SINGING THEIR TRIBUTE SONG... THOSE DROP-DEAD GORGEOUS HAUNTING EYES OF THEIRS!!
BEAUTIFUL GALS EVERY ONE OF THEM!! MAYBE
IT WAS THOSE PEIRCING BLUE EYES OF JUNE'S
THAT UNLOCKED POOR OLD JOHNNY'S SOUL???!
WHATEVER IT WAS SHE HAD THE KEY TO HIS HEART, THAT'S FOR SURE!! THEY MADE A TRULY
GREAT COUPLE.... MAY THEY BOTH REST IN PEACE!

ONE OF HER "SIGNATURE" SONGS:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ENS4nD0vRKI&mode=related&search=

YOU KNOW.... NOT ONLY WERE THESE TWO FELLA GREAT MUSICIANS.... BUT THEY WERE
PRETTY GOOD COMEDIANS TOO!! LOLOLOL!!!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=u3Itz0rTiMU

LET'S HOPE I GOT IT THIS TIME!!!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Z0vVUPhXSPs

SOMETHING WEIRD SEEMS TO HAPPEN WHEN I TRY AND CUT AND PASTE FROM THIS DANG
COMPUTER!! NOT SURE WHAT OR WHY.... BUT
IT DOESN'T ALWAYS GRAB THE URL FOR ME,
AND THEN WHEN I GO TO POST IT HAS AN OLD
ONE IN THERE!!!??? ARGH!!! SORRY FOLKS!! SURE
HOPE THIS IS THE RIGHT ONE FOR YOU NOW.....

THE LATE GREAT CHET ATKINS PERFORMING ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR BLUEGRASS TUNES OF ALL TIME: "ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7Svm_Vnntyk&mode=related&search=

(GOOD GOD I HOPE I HAVE THE LINK RIGHT THIS TIME.... GOOD OLD CHET IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE
GUITAR PLAYERS!!)

DO Y'ALL REMEMBER WHO USED TO SAY THAT?!!
AWWWW.... C'MON NOW! I KNOW YOU DO!!! WELL,
Y'ALL GET BUSY NOW AND FIND SOME MORE OF THOSE GREAT BLUEGRASS CLIPS TO POST, OK?
I'LL BE BACK LATER TO SEE WHO REMEMBERS
THAT FAMOUS ONE WORD INTRODUCTION BY ONE OF COUNTRY MUSIC'S GREATEST COMEDY
LEGENDS. CUL FOLKS.... HAVE A GRAND OLE OPRY KIND OF DAY!!

I AM GETTING STRANGE POP-UPS HERE AND NOT ABLE TO ACCESS THE MUSIC TRIVIA QUIZ TODAY. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT'S UP?
TIA

SEAWOLF2: here is the correct link:

http://my.funtrivia.com/tournament/BrainKing-Music-Trivia-Challenge-73433.html

looks like the one above got messed up somehow - I can fix it in a few minutes.

BOY!!  Y'ALL STARTED BLUEGRASS NIGHT BEFORE I GOT UP!  HAHAHA.  I'M HAPPY TO SEE THE ENTHUSIASM ABOUT A GENRE SO WOVEN INTO THE FABRIC OF THIS COUNTRY AND NOW THE WORLD.

SEAWOLF2:   RE "FIREBBALL MAIL"  || WHAT A GREAT VIDEO.  IT'S LIKE A WINDOW IN TIME.  I JUST LOVE THE COMBINATION OF INSTRUMENTS - SO TYPICAL BLUEGRASS.  GOOD CHOICE!  AND ERNEST TUBB TOO?  LOOKED LIKE A TAKE OUT OF HEEHAW.  INTERESTING HOW SETS AND COSTUMES WERE SO CONTRIVED.  MARVELOUS.  CARTER SISTERS - WHAT A FAMILY - ALL SO TALENTED.  FLATT & SCRUGGS - YEAH, I THINK THEY WERE COMEDIANS TOO.  AND WHAT A PART THEY PLAYED IN THE BLUEGRASS SCENE!  "PEARL" - WHAT A PEARL.    (DROPS REFERENCE TO BEVERLY HILLBILLIES IN THE RECYCLE BIN)  "ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL" WITH CHET - ON THE MERV GRIFFIN SHOW?  "ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL" IS YET ANOTHER STELLAR EXAMPLE OF THE BLUEGRASS GENRE.  HOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWDEEEEEEEE - I KNOW.  I CAN STILL SEE THE PRICE TAG HANGING OFF HER HAT, AND THE GINGHAM DRESSES WITH LACE.  WHAT A VISION.  JUST ANOTHER HINT - SINCE I KNOW, AND SEAWOLF2 KNEW I WOULD. 

THANK YOU, SEAWOLF2.  I SEE THE BLUEGRASS STYLE OF MUSIC DIDN'T MISS YOU, AND THAT MAKES ME HAPPY.  HAVE A GREAT DAY!!

*SIGH*  I DIDN'T TOUCH THAT LINK DURING MY EDIT, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU WERE GETTING POPUPS.  WHEN I CLICK ON IT, I GO STRAIGHT ONTO THE SITE.  I COMPARED THE URL WITH THE ONE YOU PUT IN THE BOX, AND THEY ARE IDENTICAL.  DUNNO.  TRY AGAIN AND SEE IF IT WORKS AFTER A REFRESH.

NIRVANA:  RE ROBBIN GIBB || TALK ABOUT A BLAST FROM THE PAST.  PAVAROTTI - YOU'RE SPOT ON.  WONDER WHAT HE WOULD HAVE DONE IF HE'D LIVED ANOTHER 100 YEARS?

GOOD WORK YOU TWO.  I WONDER WHAT THE DAY AND EVENING HAVE FOR US???

TexasToest: It works now because I had already fixed the link. Basically a return got put into the link - probable because it was longer then the box... which I don't think you did it, but the editor and/or system probable put it in there which messed it up - happens often.

coan.net:  Thanks so much.  I guess I'll learn to test even time-worn links when I edit.  You're a prince, thanks a million.

coan.net:
THANKS FOR THE CORRECT LINK!!
IT TOOK ME RIGHT TO TODAY'S MUSIC TRIVIA
QUIZ.... MUCHO GRACIAS!!

TexasToest: LMAO @ Prince Coan!!!

ROY ACUFF PERFORMING "WABASH CANNONBALL" ON STAGE AT THE
GRAND OLE OPRY:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOdvOnLCxxw&mode=related&search=

GOOD OLE GRANDPA JONES:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eO0HRsAVzc&mode=related&search=

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

I just searched "opera" on Youtube and the searchmachine came up with him. I had never heard of him before, but thought he has an extra-ordinairy talent!

What is the Theme today? I perhaps will post a recording from when I had the honor worshiping God with a band when the theme of the Sunday was 'Israel'.. It's not opera though so, don't want to ruin the theme..

Blessings to all,
Josetta

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.

TexasToest:
Johnny Cash & John Hartford: Bluegrass Medley

Jim Dandy: LOL - are they called hillbillies?

Nirvana: Why is this type of music called "Bluegrass"??

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 :-): Wikipedia explains Bluegrass music far better than I can.

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.

Radiant2007 :-): They're a wild band,I have two of their cds,one where they cover KISS and the other AC/DC

TexasToest: I think cajun fits in there somewhere,maybe along the lines of blues relationship to r n r

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! 

TexasToest: I'm a big fan of Zydeco,if you can find anything by a band called Lucky 7,you'll be my hero

Jim Dandy:  Surely you've looked.

TexasToest: Not for a long time,but being BLUEGRASS NIGHT,they came to mind

One of my favorites:

Tigger: who recorded that originally?
I know it was a big hit

My sharing limit has been reached. I love this one. Be patient and get through the first two minutes and it kicks in big time :) Enjoy

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....

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. 

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. 

TexasToest: That was great,and it got me a thinkin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVutfy21PcU

trivia: Why was Jethro's dad famous?

TexasToest: Oh wow i'm listening to music i never really cared for,but i'm enjoying this.Now where's straw hat.