A Guide to Bluegrass History by Subgenre

[@op8388]

Marcel you should have this available as a pdf/poster, it's fantastic!

[@talon1623]

Yeah, a poster would be great.

[@bytecarter]

I'd definitely buy that

[@brokencreek]

Would happily pay some $$ for a pdf. of that inforgraphic.

[@controlsmithful]

Yes, a large poster. Good fund raiser material. I’d pay!

[@kellyzimmerman3117]

A poster would be awesome of the graphic.

[@LibbysBluegrassVideos]

Great video! Impressed with how well you put it together. I think mentioning Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver was one of the most important points - for anyone new to bluegrass wanting to get into more, there's no better band to start with!

[@Toteke]

Dude, as someone who's been learning banjo for a couple years but didn't grow up with bluegrass, this stuff is a godsend for keeping me in the loop with what other people talk about.

[@als1023]

Excellent graphics and content ! So glad you did this, you have a wonderful perspective and a very detailed knowledge based inventory that shows your love and respect for the whole genre. It is such a thrill to see my album collection scrolling across the screen and some discs I need to buy ! Hope all is well !! You seem a long way from the start of the channel on the wet coast. All the best, from Vancouver Ilsand !

[@davidweitzel7729]

Great job! Looking forward to the graphic being poster-sized merch in your store.

[@blissisnow]

What, you didn’t mention Ricky Skaggs? Please. Also, the influence and continuing popularity of Old Time (yes, it’s a genre) music on Bluegrass. Thanks for getting a good start on the history of bluegrass!

[@stevenmoorebanjo]

Good stuff! It's great because there is a flavor out there for everybody, and you start to develop a taste for other flavors when you find hints of familiarity in the ones you haven't tried yet. Keep pickin'!

[@gam1471]

I've always thought that an important step came when songs by writers outside bluegrass were adopted, and this comes over well in your presentation - a first class job!

[@aufidiusbassus2231]

what a fantastic, useful resource for those like myself wanting to dive deeper into Bluegrass! Liked and subscribed.

[@theferdymayne]

Gotta be one of my favorite videos on KZbin. Great stuff brother 🫡

[@ifolkinrock]

As a bluegrass picker and a fan of the Secret Base channel, I commend you for your graphical representation of history.

[@patferris3640]

Great presentation from the history to the graphics. Your knowledge of the genre as well as your comedic dry humor make this an award-winning presentation!

[@ajdneuro]

Thanks for all of the new tunes to check out!

[@EliGilbertBanjo]

wow can't believe you didn't mention

[@LessonsWithMarcel]

I was going to but then I

[@fiddleman22]

I mean, I'm not sure you can get a more succinct interpretation of bluegrass music in under 20 min. I'd be interested in a poster of the info graphic for sure. Very well done!

[@LynnwoodBrown]

Loved it! I grew up listening to and loving almost all these sub-genres and never could have teased them all out. Thanks for laying it all out. Makes sense.

[@DaveBest-io5xv]

I've come to appreciate a wide variety of music over the decades including bluegrass, New Grass and onwards. The downside, if you can call it that, of liking all kinds of music is you only have two ears and 24 hours a day to enjoy it. You've created a 'railway journey' for me where I can get off at any station, i.e. bluegrass artist; stay a while, get to know these folks, get back on board, head off to the the next station and get to know them better. A bluegrass railway journey.

[@ChrisHenryVideos]

lot of good work here! a brave and bold endeavor that will no doubt help a lot of folks understand the subjects better. really nice production aesthetics too - love the fox in the graphics!

[@jamesakers1175]

That was an excellent presentation Marcel.The history is rich with the bands and influential performer's that made Bluegrass the soundstage for the players of today.Thanks.!

[@mandoshane]

well done Marcel! this will become a classic indispensable tool in the bluegrass cannon! thanks for the effort you put into this.

[@orvillejohnson7235]

I know you didn't have room for everyone but how the heck could you leave out Alison Krauss? She's won more Grammies and sold more records and had more female imitators than all these other folks put together! I'd suggest that she created a subgenre you might call Acoustic Pop or something like that. From about 2000 until she started hanging out with Robert Plant, if you asked the average dude on the street "What's bluegrass?" he'd say Alison Krauss. Her influence is huge!

[@1deadtoe707]

A weeks worth of information in 18 minutes. Pretty awesome.

[@AlexEatsKittens]

The subtle Pythagoras nod for Haney got a laugh from me. Nice touch.

[@petenewman6014]

We’ll done Marcel!.. yes, should mention HotRize.. ;)

[@Bluecat33]

Very well done ! Interesting history

[@colecovington9804]

We need this as a pdf or poster available to buy!!

[@Ithumpify]

Thank you so much for this tutorial on bluegrass music. I've been a bass player since the late sixties in Memphis but my experience has been playing rhythm and blues. Of course back in the day I was aware of Flatt & Scruggs and players like Clarence White. Marty Stuart and the superlatives have pulled me back into that kind of music and especially players like Billy strings. It's the most honest music out there that I can think of

[@ValeryTalma]

What amazing work!

[@donniejoes5092]

Awesome. We love you in South Wales UK. :)

[@thesouthernidiot1246]

Poster would be pretty cool. Mighty Poplar is a bluegrass band will be another one to add, and Caitlin Canty’s new album seems to fit too.

[@5150show]

Dude you are a star

[@Skillminus5]

My first impression of Bluegrass was a Jam grass Video Roll in my Sweet babys arms of 1991. Its so cool to see how this all begun.

[@TheRealJ_Hizzy]

Very cool vid marcel! Definitely agree this should be required viewing for newbies, as a colorado native i was almost giddy when we got to jam grass, and to learn how those bands i grew up on (yonder mtn, string cheese, ect) fit into the progression of the genre. i was also happy to hear that the stanley bros called it "mountain music".... i've always said that about my own playing and it kinda feels legit now lol history is the best!! also the mix on "born lonesome" is really incredible, thanks for the recommended listening!

[@randygildersleeve4528]

Well done Marcel! This subject would make a great 1-2 hour documentary on Public Television, or perhaps a podcast series.

[@thadeggen2442]

Marcel- love your humor!

[@BTT279]

Great breakdown! Amazing to see how the genre evolved over time. I have so much new music (to me) to listen to now!!!!

[@zampano00]

Wow! Informative and enjoyable...puts a lot in perspective. Well done Marcel!

[@ragesoss]

awesome vid, Marcel! i just happened to go to a store with a small record section right after watching this... and found Markology for $3. listened to it last night, what a record!

[@gordonbrackett7220]

Good morning Marcel! Great segment!

[@ricknielsen4160]

What a great video. Dunno how you do all this. The content is superb, the production is superb.

[@itsgabbycameron]

This video is so good I'm referencing it in my Master's thesis in a section about progressive bluegrass and politics :)

[@jimlee871]

Fantastic summary, @LessonsWithMarcel ! I suggest album guides like about CA bluegrass subgenre, which can be split into musical family trees based in L.A. and in S.F.

[@cawarnick]

Amazing job, Marcel! Truly amazing!

[@randcamp1790]

This is awesome -- a huge thank you for your scholarship and passion.

[@Wqsmh]

Thank you! you’ve helped me a lot! I‘ve just put many albums you recommended here into my playlists!

[@TedToob]

Full appreciation for this deconstruction of the genre. Hate to be this guy - but fully ignoring Old & In the Way is a glaring omission. Sure they didn't innovate but their influence on an entire generation of players was significant. You did mention the band but I'd assert that O&ITW was at one time the largest selling Bluegrass band on the planet until Allison Krauss & Union Station outsold them.

[@adekatim3315]

Thanks Brother

[@SRartz25]

Awesome video!

[@harmonirat]

Fantastic! Thanks for the map. Great job.

[@charlestew8792]

Great presentation and very educational of where we were, where we are and where we are going. Thanks. c2

[@thaneglenn]

Masterful job! Thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@hot88s23]

Visit the Old Fiddlers Convention in Galax, Va., second week of August.

[@we7438]

Nice job, Sir! Made some connections for me I didn't know

[@sneddenc]

So good.

[@jerrysbrain]

before i was aware of bluegrass, "mountain music" is the term i would use to describe what i would later find out is bluegrass so thats interesting that the stanley brothers used that term

[@robertewalt7789]

My father, from the Bluegrass Region of KY, didn’t like my listening to bluegrass music, saying it was hillbilly music. But Bill Monroe was from western KY, not bluegrass central KY.

[@jclimenh]

Awesome!

[@vladimirsmirnov5584]

Огромное спасибо! Очень полезное информативное видео! Шикарная графика! Невероятная работа! )))

[@Ravenscaller]

Wonderful

[@PeterCat1111]

This needs to be on a poster... not just any old poster but a nice poster (think HalfHazardPress quality)! Also, wonderful video and April 1st is right around the corner if there's time for it.

[@dirtyhiggins5484]

This was great. The Brothers Comatose are a band you guys should check out here on KZbin. They aren't huge but have some very good songs.

[@artlessing]

So where does Rushad Eggleston , goblin cellist virtuoso , toured with Billy Strings, fit in? Looking to find more weird grass.

[@RockReynolds]

Good video! Lots of research. --- A genre that may be worth mentioning, is what I consider to be the "Granddaddy" of "Bluegrass", "Old Time Fiddle", with special attention given to Michael Cleveland. --- "Old Time Fiddle" is probably closer to "Bluegrass", than some of the other sub-genres mentioned. --- A reason to mention "Old Time Fiddle", is that your audience may have opportunities to participate in "jam sessions", which still occur. --- Best of all, "Old Time Fiddle" can even be played without fiddles these days! Back in the early 1900's, only fiddles were used. Bill Monroe not only increased the tempo, Monroe brought the mandolin to the front as a lead instrument. Right on Monroe's heels, Earl Scruggs introduced the 5-string. Soon afterwards, Doc Watson and Clarence White turned the flattop from a rhythm to a lead instrument. So now, "Old Time Fiddle" tunes can be played by EVERYBODY, regardless of instrument. --- The most famous "Old Time Fiddle" band was the "Skillet Lickers", out of Atlanta, Georgia, who had a prime-time radio show in the mid-1930's. The Skillet Lickers can be traced back, to the most famous Fiddle Contest in history, the "Georgia Old Time Fiddle Championship", which ran from 1913 to 1935. In 1913 they called the music "old" time! Many of the early fiddlers were OUTRAGED, when they discovered, that Music could be written on paper!!!

[@martinaardans645]

Wow. That was an amazing bluegrass history lesson. I also think you should have posters available in your merch list. I can only imagine how much time that took to put together, you never fail to amaze your mother.😊

[@BlindTom61]

Kody Norris and his group are a time machine to the real-deal stuff. And their fan base is growing like kudzu on a hot Georgia night.

[@joelspaulding5964]

Phenomenal

[@FloydZappalin]

He recommends some killer albums.

[@EdGrassmaster]

Really solid video that lays it all out very thoroughly. The only minor critique I might have is that some of the subgenres mentioned are, in my opinion, distinctions without much of a difference. Progressive bluegrass and newgrass are pretty much synonymous. Sure, they have some minor differences, but not really enough to classify them as separate things. Same goes for traditional vs. neo-trad. But that’s just my one cent.

[@mattmayhem33]

Cadillac Sky shout-out!

[@Tornado1861]

Thanks for the cool video! I think The Dead South coined the term 'Blue Trash' for their version of alternative bluegrass.

[@DevlinDomini]

Doug Dillard - Great guy.

[@anthonykost2254]

Brilliant! So much work and so well presented. Id love to know what tool you used to create or too. Cheers

[@matthewatkinson7558]

Del del del

[@davidweitzel7729]

Exactly. Del! Mention the boys and not daddy? Blasphemy. :-) Come to DelFest Marcel while the legend still walks the earth. :-) Also, Ricky Skagg’s return and his string of lead guitarists that just keep collecting IBMA Guitarist of the Year honors. Including your buddy, the gifted & gracious Bryan Sutton.

[@inbetweennames4438]

Transatlantic Sessions is conspicuously missing from this history. TS was perhaps one of the most important 'suggestions' injected into the Bluegrass future. Can you please do a video on TS?

[@andrescarrasco2384]

AWESOME Thanks ==============

[@keyofb9513]

Devil Makes Three is incredible

[@coffeeblues1857]

Great rundown. Love Devil Makes Three, but I would say they are more old time than bluegrass. At least in their earlier records…well now.. 🤔 shit idk… well I already wrote this comment so I’ma leave it here ✌🏽 great vid

[@missychrissy060]

wow. the quality of this video is fantastic!! this is such a great resource for all us new bluegrass fans! i’ve just gotten into it this year and have been looking for more info on what’s what in the genre. such clean editing too!! lots of kudos to you for putting this together ❤️❤️

[@edsiefker1301]

What you're calling "Progressive Bluegrass" is another wave of New Acoustic.

[@joshevans3452]

Great history. Might have dropped Old and in the Way as a progenitor of jamgrass (even though the albums are mainly traditional in sound). Railroad Earth should get a nod on the Jamgrass front. They are not quite first generation jamgrass (formed in 2001 - so maybe gen 1.5) but they are every bit as good as SCI and LoS.

[@Famdoc1000]

Outstanding presentation. University-worthy. I'd have given Molly Tuttle and Billy Strings a bit more attention, as they are filling venues, winning awards and clearly bringing new fans to bluegrass.

[@SFLET-up9ll]

Loved it.

[@gregfelice1969]

Amazing.

[@ursafan40]

This is an extraordinary summation. The subject could use a 2 hour video, but what he does in 18 minutes is surprisingly thorough. Thrilled he mentioned one of my favorite bands in any genre, Cadillac Sky.

[@chuckrrose]

Amazing!!! Only thoughts are need to mention the integration of dobro into the traditional genre, and the development of vocal style... but what an impossible task...! Kudos.

[@coolhandluke2310]

Bluegrass sung from the heart thru the nose.😂😂😂

[@jeskersz]

Would you be okay with me posting this information publicly (maybe on reddit?) with KZbin links to the songs you suggest in each section? I feel like it would help more people be willing to give the music that we love a shot, and I absolutely adore what you've done here.

[@jeskersz]

I'd give proper and enthusiastic credit to you of course.

[@LessonsWithMarcel]

Go for it!

[@grassZgreenNgreenZaBitBlu]

I think the poster is not out yet because Marcel is ashamed he didn't mention Hot Rize 😜

[@russellzauner]

I got a baritone "mandolin" (27.5" scale lol) to start a djentgrass band but maybe I'll just call it powergrass instead

[@fuckcensorship69]

i wish you werent joking

[@joeygibson8444]

Can I buy this poster?

[@beudi1988]

Amazing video, thanks a lot! Is this sheet somehow available as a pdf? Cheers

[@aintgottime2bleed78]

I’m a Duffy / Starling guy

[@banjomandoguy]

Well done timeline, however I'd see another group somewhat different than newgrass, but more of a melding of folk and bluegrass, with groups like Seldom Scene, the Osborne Brothers, and even the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band popularizing bluegrass instrumentation to young people in the early 1970s.

[@Peter-fu7jl]

I'm partial to AltLilSmokiesGrass and NeoWatchhousegrass

[@logofthelex2668]

I know there are too many groups to cover but you leave out Alison Krauss and Union Station? Yeah, I guess you can't please everybody. For me, Alison cracked the door and let a lot of people into these sounds back around the turn of the 21st century.

[@WorldCrafterPrime]

Yeah but where does Del fit into all this??

[@russellzauner]

mash is a double entendre because it means sour mash and mash the throttle ha ha ha three if you count mashing the audience's minds

[@GPJACKSOGA]

Wise guy eh? What about Bascom Lunsford?

[@fdlman93092]

I feel like we lost something along the way. I ain't knockin' progress, but it hurts me some to say, that Georgia mules and country boys are fading fast away.

[@jbdmb]

Yes now i can pose at bluegrass festivals with more than chewing straw and my cowboy boots

[@douglasimel1192]

Wow, you didn't have room to mention Norman Blake? You must have been following the narrow view (minded) of Bill Monroe.