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    Actually, I don't think that I would classify John Renborn
    as Bluegrass but I haven't listened to him in a long time
    either.   As I recall his style is probably closer to
    traditional folk music.  If his style is what you have become
    attracted to then you might also enjoy John Fahey, Fairport
    Convention, Pentangle, and even Steeley Span.  Leo Kottke
    would also fit into the vein.
    
    Since I haven't heard the record to which you are referring,
    John Renborn/Stephan Grossman, I really made some guesses based
    on my experience with Renborn more than Grossman.
    
    Basic bluegrass artists that you might find enjoyable are:

    	Doc Watson, Tony Rice,  David Grissman, the Kentucky Colonels
    	(with Clarance White), Muleskinner (also with Clarance White),
    	Country Gazette, and a miriad of others that I can't recall
	at the moment.
    
    The David Grissman and Tony Rice stuff is a cross somewhere between
    traditional bluegrass and jazz with some heavy influence from Django
    Reinhardt.  Really superior stuff.  The Doc Watson's, Country Gazette,
    Kentucky Colonels stuff is more traditionaly rooted.  
    
    My highest recommendation goes to anything that contains Clarance
    White.  This guy was truly phenominal.  The style he developed was
    truly unique.  Folks like Tony Rice and Mark O'Conner have been
    coping his style for years.
    
    Hope this helps.
    
    =ken

    More straight bluegrass: 
    I recommend you try Dan Crary for some excellent flat (and not
    so flat) picking.
    
    Also, you may want to get on the mailing list of Kicking Mule
    records, an outfit started by Stephen Grossman. Many Renbourn,
    Pentangle, obscure, etc. records. I'll try to get an address.
    
    - Geo

	You may also want to try Roundup Records out of Cambridge,
	Mass.  They are the catalog arm of Rounder Records.  They
	carry all kinds of good stuff on lots of independant labels.

	If you want I can send you the address to get on their mailing
	list.

	-gary

    Recommend you check out Homespun Tapes, Woodstock, N.Y., for bluegrass
    instructional material.  They have the pre-eminent players teaching
    their favorite licks.  I've gone through some of their series...mostly
    R 'n R related...and it was great!
    
    I have the address should you desire to pursue this avenue.
    
    Regards,
    Johnny Jupiter
    

	Also check out FRETS and GUITAR PLAYER magazines.  Especially
	FRETS.  Good articles and adds as well as a classified section.
	They also do record reviews.

	-gary

    G,day,
    
    	It sounds as though there is a lot for me to discover. For my
    refference, could you guys send me those addresses you mentioned.
    
    	Thanks again for your replies.
    	
    	Colin.

	I could send you subscription forms for the roundup catalog
	and quarterly magazine as well as ones for FRETS and Guitar
	Player.

	-gary

    G'day,
    	
    	For all those wishing to donate to the Wayward Aussie's
    Subscription Form Fund (that's you gary) my mail stop is
    SNH / A-1	(DECtime, Sydney, Australia)
    
    Cheers,
    Colin.

There is a spot up in the corner of South Carolina, you know, right there where
Georgia and North Carolina meet in the mountains. It's right near Whitewater 
Falls (which is pretty neat itself), but anyway . . .

There is a little old country store down the road from Whitewater Falls, not 
10 miles from where Georgia and North Carolina meet, where the folks gather
from miles around to pick and sing every Saturday night (I reckon during the 
summer only). They set up a couple or three mikes and everybody brings their
guitar, banjo, or mandolin and gathers around the gas pumps and start pickin'.

They got only one rule: BLUEGRASS ONLY. No folk (revival, most bluegrass is 
folk music), no rock, just pure unadulterated Bluegrass.

If you like Bluegrass and you ever come down to Charlotte or Atlanta in the
summer, it would be worth the side trip to catch this. Get up in that area and
ask folks for the exact location. 

...or better yet...

If there is any interest. When I get back to SC, I'll check with one of the
Bluegrassers and post better directions here. 

John Frazer

    
    
    There is a monthly publication called "Bluegrass Unlimited", it
    can be subscribed to at the following address.
    
    Bluegrass Unlimited, Inc.
    Box 111
    Broad Run , Virginia 22014
    
    I believe yearly is $15.00
    
    ew
    

    re .9
    
    I can also recommend the Everett Brothers pickin parlour in Suwanee,
    Georgia on a Saturday night.
    
    The first time I went there, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver were passing
    through a did a set. All we had to do was contribute about $5.
    
    I also saw one of the finest mandolin players I have ever seen -
    only a young guy, but boy could he play.
    
    The Everetts play at bluegrass festivals in the south and I suspect
    have quite a reputation.
    
    How I wish we had this sort of thing in the UK :-(
    
    andy