No, I'm not pickin' on bluegrass. In fact, I'm really enjoying it. Years ago I could "appreciate" the bluegrass style, but really wasn't a big fan. Well, I've changed... a lot. I love the natural tones of bluegrass. I love the many layers of guitar flat-pickin' or finger pickin' along with banjo, fiddle, accordion or squeeze box and the many other flavors added to bluegrass. So, I was super happy to discover the stylings of some great musicians in the bluegrass style but covering rock music.
A friend and fellow music lover recently shared with me a series of music titled "Pickin' On". I guess I've been living under a rock?! How could I never heard of this? The idea is for some really great bluegrass musicians to cover some really great rock artists songs. There are covers of U2, Beatles, ZZ Top, Santana, Stones, Led Zep, Byrds, Dylan, Metallica and many more. There are nearly 100 full albums spanning for nearly 20 years. Now, I'm no bluegrass fanatic, I'm sure those that are will think this music is blasphemy. But I just enjoy it simply for purity of another perspective on a known musical work. A cover plain and simple. Sometimes covers are good, sometimes not so much, sometimes they transcend the original and become the masterpiece. The novelty of an entire album of bluegrass cover of any one of these may get a boring after a few songs for some people. Perhaps the "Best Of" tributes might be a better choice. I do recommend checking it out and trying at least a song or album you think would interest you. There's something for everybody here.
I've heard the U2, Pink Floyd and Crosby Stills Nash and Young tributes. They all have some good tracks, but I found the Pink Floyd really interesting and fun.
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