Magical sounds by some of the greatest musicians on earth resonating through the walls of the Ryman. What could be better?

Seen TBT multiple times but I just want to give some praise to Ryan Young the fiddle player for TBT. He’s insanely good and i think totally unappreciated. He makes the band amazing.

I grew up playing in rock and roll and some country bands as a lead guitar player but could never rise to the level of a competent bluegrass musician.

In a standard bar band you can get away with knowing some licks and chonking your way through cover songs. I have yet to hear a half-ass bluegrass band, it's like every musician is top notch. I'm both envious and bummed that I feel like I'll never be able to rise to that level but will always enjoy listening.

These guys always bring the heat, great show last night!

Holy shit. Jaw droppingly good.

Filmed at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN on January 8, 2022.

I believe this performance is on his new Ryman album.

Last summer, I spent a week on tour with Mountain Grass Unit—one of the most exciting bands coming up in the jamgrass scene. They were extremely generous with their time, diving into their musical backgrounds, the mechanics of playing and touring, and how some of them actually came into bluegrass somewhat begrudgingly.

It's a long read, but it's broken up into chapters, and it gives a fly-on-the-wall perspective of what it was like following them all the way to the Ryman.

Learning mandolin primarily. Eventually want to add a dreadnought but if I'm jamming would probably mainly be playing chords instead of lead since I can do that on mandolin. Would you go with d-18 or d-28 for this case? Could get a mint 2018 d-28 off marketplace right now for $2k which I could afford so not sure if I should pull trigger on that or d-18 is better. Would rather get the right instrument vs getting a good deal but not sure if difference in these recommendations has to do with price difference.

MGU are playing the Ford Band Stage at the Nashville Predators game tonight.

It's Jerry Garcia night.

Taken at last night’s show in Fairfield, CT

16 of 19 tracks off of the original album now live as captured at Ryman show Jan 2022 plus other 4 added to the live show back in the day. These bonus track are:

Blue Mountain Hop

When the Storm Is Over featuring Sam Bush

Dark As The Night, Blue As The Day featuring Sierra Hull and Molly Tuttle

Tennessee featuring Billy Strings

The complete difference table see here :) https://www.reddit.com/r/Bluegrass/comments/1w64cpu/curious_to_compare_track_list_of_new_b%C3%A9la_fleck/

10/15 Charlotte- Dusters were kind of vague about Pandolfi's whereabouts. Kinda doesn't sound great considering all 4 of them said something.

Show rocked, Kyle tuttle was great, Broken Compass sit in was awesome. They all seem thrilled to have Kyle Tuttle. It sort of sounds like he'll be in the band for a little while, if not longer.

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones at Merlefest 1996. I was completely blown away. Jerry Garcia died the previous year and was looking for something to do since no Grateful Dead tour to hop on. Bela blew me away as they brought Peter Rowan and Sam Bush onstage to jam with them. Was anybody else there? What a stunning performance