Marcel you should have this available as a pdf/poster, it's fantastic!
@talon1623 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, a poster would be great.
@bytecarter Жыл бұрын
I'd definitely buy that
@brokencreek Жыл бұрын
Would happily pay some $$ for a pdf. of that inforgraphic.
@controlsmithful Жыл бұрын
Yes, a large poster. Good fund raiser material. I’d pay!
@kellyzimmerman3117 Жыл бұрын
A poster would be awesome of the graphic.
@beethovenian Жыл бұрын
Please sell posters of this! It's so well made! I think there would be a lot of buyers. I would buy one right away : )
@RcMcNutt Жыл бұрын
Dude! I need that graphic as a poster in my life! Fantastic presentation brother!!
@zanerkohl Жыл бұрын
Would you mind releasing a full quality image of this presentation? You've done such a good job with the flow and there's so many paths to follow!
@StashWyslouch Жыл бұрын
Beautiful presentation and amazing job. New fans of Bluegrass are so lucky to have you as a resource ! !
@LessonsWithMarcel Жыл бұрын
Thank you kindly!
@Dave-gf3kd Жыл бұрын
WOW!…that is an impressive presentation! As a teacher and educator on different subjects than music, I’m blown away at how well you organized and presented the information. As a guitar player who dabbles in Bluegrass, I realize I knew NOTHING about it! I started attending Bluegrass jams because they were available in the small town I lived in….but I was unaware of the true history or progression of the genre. This should be “required viewing” for all players! Thank you for putting it together.
@blissisnow Жыл бұрын
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!
@dylanhenson7146 Жыл бұрын
This is my favorite thing I’ve seen all year
@ShurtleffSquad Жыл бұрын
Is there a printable file for this graphic? This would look good on a wall in a music studio.
@ClutchAsFvck Жыл бұрын
I would definitely buy that to hang in my house!
@lordofthemound3890 Жыл бұрын
@@ClutchAsFvcksame here!
@Hinzenzo Жыл бұрын
Hey Marcel where can I get that as a poster!? Brilliant, thank you!
@petergiffin9238 Жыл бұрын
Incredible work Marcel! This would make a GREAT wall poster! Might be worth considering! I would love to have one to frame and hang in my music room! Thanks for putting that great presentation out! 🎼😎👍🏼
@orvillejohnson7235 Жыл бұрын
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!
@wodediannao4577 Жыл бұрын
I liked this before watching it. I just know it's going to be good.
@NathanaelFosaaen Жыл бұрын
The names dropped in this discussion feel appropriate to me. My musical roots are in melodic death metal and such, but I've always kept tabs on what's going on in bluegrass and folk music on the side, and the two worlds have been colliding a lot in the last decade or so. There's a band called Wilderun that incorporates Jerry Douglas-esque dobro melodies and I've noticed Billy Strings using arpeggio techniques that are specific to the metal repertoire. Banjo has been featured on tracks like Redneck Vikings from Hell by Aether Realm and Stone Cold Metal by Ensiferum. It's a weird time to live in between these worlds.
@Toteke Жыл бұрын
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.
@fiddleman22 Жыл бұрын
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!
@LibbysBluegrassVideos Жыл бұрын
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!
@EliGilbertBanjo Жыл бұрын
wow can't believe you didn't mention
@LessonsWithMarcel Жыл бұрын
I was going to but then I
@aufidiusbassus2231 Жыл бұрын
what a fantastic, useful resource for those like myself wanting to dive deeper into Bluegrass! Liked and subscribed.
@jimmccarley96095 ай бұрын
Hey Marcel, thanks for the history lesson. Nice to connect some dots. I recently went to a Wernick method jam camp, (super fun), and learned of Pete, and Hot Rize. (Red Knuckles is amazing too!). I am overwhelmed by the shear volume of talent, and great music past and present. I've always loved Allison Krause Union Station, and Doc Watson. The participation part is what has drawn me to bluegrass. The singing, and playing both are really fun. I'm ok if the "gatekeepers" turn their backs now and then. The youngsters are defining the future.
@davidweitzel7729 Жыл бұрын
Great job! Looking forward to the graphic being poster-sized merch in your store.
@gam1471 Жыл бұрын
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!
@aburtch Жыл бұрын
As a long-time bluegrass head I have to say this video is amazing! Such a good job of highlighting the main sub-genres and influential artists. And you saved yourself at the end by finally mentioning Hot Rize. 😂 The key phrase in the entire video is at 5:44 - "Bluegrass musicians who were more open to change thrived." Back in the '90's I got into a LOT of arguments on the bluegrass-L listserve. So many "traditionalists" were hard-line in that anything that didn't sound like the original traditional Bill Monroe style music wasn't bluegrass. I wasn't having it. Music is not static, it's ever-changing and when people push boundaries that's when music gets interesting. Your phrase sums up that ethos perfectly and that's proved to be true in reality with the current popularity of the modern-era fusion bluegrass.
@iuppiter Жыл бұрын
I honestly want this as a poster
@stevenmoorebanjo Жыл бұрын
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'!
@richardnolet2504 ай бұрын
All these recommendations should be a Spotify playlist
@ifolkinrock Жыл бұрын
As a bluegrass picker and a fan of the Secret Base channel, I commend you for your graphical representation of history.
@als1023 Жыл бұрын
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 !
@zornjohn2241 Жыл бұрын
It took me like an hour and a half to get through this video cause I kept having to pause and bookmark tracks and albums in my Spotify. This is 🔥
@NorthernFlavor5 ай бұрын
This video!!! Ahhhh!!! It filled my spirit, sooo many great things! I wish I’d discovered this music before I was in college… but better late than never. Can’t wait to get home tonight & play a lil more mando-mash! ❤😅
@MichaelSvenson Жыл бұрын
My introduction into the genre was with Dawg music through David Grisman and his son Sam. Dawg music changed my life.
@eviking7553 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing! Impressive amount of work to put this together. The Seldom Scene-Live at the Cellar Door still ranks as most influential for me. I would also include Hot Rize somewhere on the list.
@j.douglassizemore792 Жыл бұрын
Born in 1949, I grew-up knowing Bluegrass first hand. Thanks for this concise history.
@theferdymayne Жыл бұрын
Gotta be one of my favorite videos on KZfaq. Great stuff brother 🫡
@josephbrosk4384 Жыл бұрын
I once heard that Bill Monroe described "bluegrass" as "Contemporary music arraigned for these instruments." Now that's a traditional approach! And a shout out to Jens Kruger, best banjo player on the planet!
@Rybanez120 Жыл бұрын
Just a fantastic video for someone like myself who's been immersing myself for a couple years now but haven't been able to make sense of all the different sub-genres or scenes and could is still working through all the essential albums. Thanks Marcel!
@brandonmcduffie3803 Жыл бұрын
I’d totally buy a poster of this for my band room if you ever printed one…
@patferris3640 Жыл бұрын
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!
@russellschmidt4541 Жыл бұрын
hard to digest it all in one sitting...great job bringing it together
@1deadtoe707 Жыл бұрын
A weeks worth of information in 18 minutes. Pretty awesome.
@DaveBest-io5xv Жыл бұрын
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.
@steveelfers3080 Жыл бұрын
This is a gift, Marcel...I didn't know how much I didn't know about Bluegrass!
@petenewman6014 Жыл бұрын
We’ll done Marcel!.. yes, should mention HotRize.. ;)
@aBluegrassPicker Жыл бұрын
Great job! I'm a 66 year old banjo player and was lucky enough to see many of the early bluegrass bands from Bill on... In those days you could jam with them outside their trailers at the festivals.....
@KokowaSarunoKuniDesu Жыл бұрын
I was waiting for you to mention The Seldom Scene. Used to go and see them at the Birchmere in Alexandria, back in the 80s.
@KokowaSarunoKuniDesu Жыл бұрын
And what was it John Duffy was talking about when he called for some "Acid Grass"?
@ajdneuro Жыл бұрын
Thanks for all of the new tunes to check out!
@PickinAndAGrinnin Жыл бұрын
This is amazing. Its hard to chase down those distinctions, and you did with clarity. Would love to see followups regarding breakdowns into those movements, and characteristics of bands today. Props for Cadillac Sky mention and for the toad reference from O Brother. Thoroughly enjoyed the content and the production quality!
@lucasfurseth Жыл бұрын
music and charts- my two favourite things! I need so much more this content, I literally couldn't stop watching this video, thank you!
@sadie376 Жыл бұрын
Interesting... I've known Flatt & Scruggs 'Rocky Mountain Breakdown' since I was a child (no idea how/why, LOL), but until 'O Brother where are thou', Bluegrass music wasn't really on my radar (here in the UK)... Since then, there has been a steady trickle of Bluegrass, Country & Americana (notably Gillian Welch & David Rawlings) & since I started learning guitar again, that trickle has increased... Obviously, artists like Molly Tuttle & OCMS didn't appear out of nowhere, but it's good to see a bit more of the history of the stuff in-between.
@thesouthernidiot1246 Жыл бұрын
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.
@eriksanderson3695 Жыл бұрын
Marcel, this is a fantastic resource! I'm more into trad Irish music, but I was still able to follow along, and mostly agree with you, every step of the way!
@timothywryan Жыл бұрын
Great summary. I was going to mention Hot Rize, so lol'd when you did. I know you can't get everyone and every seminal album. I would however have thrown in Lester, Earl & Doc's Strictly Instrumental. I think that set the tone for the Tony's and Sam's of the world. But, I agree you can't get everyone and everything. Will definitely share this. You must have put hours into this.
@Jonnyrockin718 ай бұрын
Very good use of graphics in a presentation.
@AlexEatsKittens Жыл бұрын
The subtle Pythagoras nod for Haney got a laugh from me. Nice touch.
@FlatpickingJournal Жыл бұрын
i stopped the video and listened to everything man. thanks for this. its what ive been looking for.
@Ithumpify Жыл бұрын
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
@LukeByEar Жыл бұрын
Dude, that was incredibly well done.
@frankd.506 Жыл бұрын
Great job ,honorable mention to Norman Blake who blessed some of the early folk albums of Dylan,,Baez and more, His albums with the late exceptional Tony Rice (add Doc on a couple) along with his solo work really special and Manzanita from Tony and the Allstars, one thing missing ? A banjo if memory serves and a fantastic album ,I was originally drawn in by Tony Rice and never looked back, Wound up at Merlefest a tribute to Merle Watson about 10 years or better to see all of these amazing people still my favorite fest ,Doc incorporated blues early on and I love that style and nothing like Tony tossing in an occasional Wes Montgomery tune 🎶 🥃✌️
@BanjoPikr Жыл бұрын
HAHAHA I was just thinking...."Where's Hot Rize??" you read my mind. Great presentation Marcel.
@yoloswaggins2857 Жыл бұрын
I heard trampled by turtles in a Starbucks 7 years ago, that led to me being obsessed with bluegrass present day. I’ll always love alternative grass for that reason
@billbutcher Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this great presentation. Great information that puts all of these bands and styles in perspective. Keep up the good work!
@Skillminus5 Жыл бұрын
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.
@ChrisHenryVideos Жыл бұрын
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!
@RockReynolds Жыл бұрын
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!!!
@donniejoes5092 Жыл бұрын
Awesome. We love you in South Wales UK. :)
@jamesakers1175 Жыл бұрын
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.!
@randygildersleeve4528 Жыл бұрын
Well done Marcel! This subject would make a great 1-2 hour documentary on Public Television, or perhaps a podcast series.
@fiddlecentric Жыл бұрын
This is a great and truly professionally put-together overview of the BG world. My perception differs a bit in a couple places, though. I see more of a direct lineage down the left side of the chart to the latest hard-edged throwback-style retro-traditionalist bands (is there a name for this yet?) like Po' Ramblin Boys, Carolina Blue, or The Kody Norris Show (groups that owe a lot to the Johnson Mtn Boys, IMO). The other point is the influence of the Lonesome River Band on the overall sound of the Neo-Trad movement. Tim Austin's guitar drove a whole new rhythmic foundation that underlies countless bands' sounds and has dominated nearly every high-level IBMA/SPBGMA hotel room jam for the last 25 years.
@mandoshane Жыл бұрын
well done Marcel! this will become a classic indispensable tool in the bluegrass cannon! thanks for the effort you put into this.
@f5mando Жыл бұрын
Bravo, sir. You did a wonderful job of what seemed an impossible job. Well laid out and explained for anyone to follow and understand. Thank you.
@MichaelMarkGuitar Жыл бұрын
Absolutely outstanding video. I wouldn't want to think about how much work that must have taken. 😂 I love that almost-horizontal line of Neo-traditionalism, New Acoustic Music, and the second wave of Newgrass. Those are my big 3 personally. That also leaves me wondering where I would stick some of the material on Native American, Me & My Guitar, the Singer Songwriter Collection, etc. Tony described it as what happened when he combined the sound he heard in his head from Grisman's music with songs of incredible poetic value. It's tied to grass because of Tony, Jerry Douglas, some mando work on those songs, etc. but I don't even know how I would categorize Four Strong Winds. My favorite genre outside of bluegrass is folk like James Taylor and Gordon Lightfoot, so hearing Tony's spin on that genre is some of the best musical style I've ever heard.
@LessonsWithMarcel Жыл бұрын
Yeah, in something like Me and My Guitar Tony is doing it all. There's fairly traditional stuff like Green Light on the Southern. But the tracks with drums and sax feel very New Grass and the instrumentals like Port Tobacco have a big New Acoustic influence. Not sure you could just drop an album like that in one category.
@berchball20787 ай бұрын
Well done! Very challenging get a lengthy history in 20 minutes. No doubt many artists/bands hit the cutting room floor.
@cavecookie1 Жыл бұрын
Pretty convoluted and intricate story... What a long, strange trip it's been! It's all just bluegrass to this old, worn out brain, don't really feel the urge to get lost in the weeds with all those labels. I just found out the Steeldrivers are gonna blow into my little town at a very small, intimate outdoor venue this August. I'm giddy as a schoolgirl!
@itsgabbycameron Жыл бұрын
This video is so good I'm referencing it in my Master's thesis in a section about progressive bluegrass and politics :)
@TedToob Жыл бұрын
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.
@5150show Жыл бұрын
Dude you are a star
@jimlee871 Жыл бұрын
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.
@LynnwoodBrown Жыл бұрын
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.
@wheatthinnsguy01 Жыл бұрын
This video is like the Bill Wurtz “History of the world, I guess” but with actual detailed facts 😂
@TypingHazard Жыл бұрын
"Monroe is a deadly laser Now there's a Sam Bush" - Bill Wurtz Plays Marcel Ardans
@elliottcrews4997 Жыл бұрын
I appreciate this. I was with you up to around 2000 but then the gaps in my knowledge kicked in. I was aware of some but wasn't clear on where they fit in. I listen to Molly, Billy, Punch Bros, and just picked up the Kitchen Dwellers recent album but need to find Crooked Still and a few others you mentioned. Keep em coming.
@ragesoss Жыл бұрын
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!
@bluegras Жыл бұрын
Great video! Thanks for featuring us in Thailand 😍
@LessonsWithMarcel Жыл бұрын
I thought you'd like that!
@BlindTom61 Жыл бұрын
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.
@martinaardans645 Жыл бұрын
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.😊
@thadeggen2442 Жыл бұрын
Marcel- love your humor!
@djba Жыл бұрын
Thanks for creating this video. I found it very interesting. Do I recall that Leon Russell teamed up with the New Grass Revival at some point?
@jerrysbrainАй бұрын
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
@robertewalt7789Ай бұрын
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.
@Mrsdyer777 Жыл бұрын
Very nice job. There will always be critics, but failing to mention JD Crowe and the New South is a huge over site. That band was a precursor to the Bluegrass Album Band series and launched the careers of Tony Rice, Ricky Skaggs, Keith Whitley, and Jerry Douglas.
@LessonsWithMarcel Жыл бұрын
Mentioned at 7:45
@Bluecat33 Жыл бұрын
Very well done ! Interesting history
@EdGrassmaster Жыл бұрын
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.
@colecovington9804 Жыл бұрын
We need this as a pdf or poster available to buy!!
@TheRealJ_Hizzy Жыл бұрын
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!
@calebmunson1982 Жыл бұрын
What a great presentation! Thank you for taking the time to do so! Awesome vid
@sammarrese-wheeler3308 Жыл бұрын
I’ve been a fan of folk and Bluegrass adjacent music for awhile. I’ve only been seriously into picking and listening to bluegrass for a year or so. I’ve been wondering a lot about Bluegrass history, and this is a really helpful catalogue! I’m curious about your use of ‘Folk Punk’ to describe acts like OCMS. From what I understand, there’s been another genre called ‘Folk Punk’ that stems from classic punk and sounds very different from even the edgier acts like trampled by turtles. Though ironically, since it didn’t really find footing until the late 90’s through today, there has definitely been some convergence between bluegrass elements and the genre.
@ricknielsen4160 Жыл бұрын
What a great video. Dunno how you do all this. The content is superb, the production is superb.
@charlestew8792 Жыл бұрын
Great presentation and very educational of where we were, where we are and where we are going. Thanks. c2
@PremiumKibble Жыл бұрын
This is a fantastic breakdown (no pun intended).
@ahdcehs Жыл бұрын
Great Job!!!! Sharing with everyone I know!!!
@PeterCat1111 Жыл бұрын
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.
@BTT279 Жыл бұрын
Great breakdown! Amazing to see how the genre evolved over time. I have so much new music (to me) to listen to now!!!!