As long as I’m pondering genre crossing performances I might as well include Bluegrass (Hat Tip: Loan Star Parson):
I’m shocked how cheerful bluegrass sounds even when the lyrics are pure darkness. They were jamming with banjos and sweet harmonies and I wound up tapping my feet happily to lyrics like this:
“Hush little baby, don’t say a word
And never mind that noise you heard
It’s just the beasts under your bed
In your closet, in your head”
That sounded happy when it was “bluegrassified”! Is there nothing that bluegrass can’t make sweet? Here’s the original, which I will always love. I’ve heard it played live in all it’s thundering magnificence and it was awesome:
One comment related to yesterday’s post linked to playing music with Tesla Coils. I didn’t know such a thing was possible. I feel I was denied critical, need to know, information!
I present for your enjoyment Seven Nation Army as originally played by The White Stripes, but now played by a mad scientist using raw electricity:
Tesla Coils.
Regular performances (BC- Before Covid) at Baraboo, WI. A stone’s throw from here. Explains why I’ve never attended. Familiarity breeds whatever, etc.
The Seven Nation Tesla video rocks! Thanks!
The Two Rivers Bluegrass Festival in Harrison, IL draws in talented musicians from all over the place. Dunno plans for this year, yet.
Selo I Ludy has a version of Enter Sandman featuring an accordion.
HEY! What the hell happened, that could detonate an auto tranny? Torque converter? Everybody out here in Curmudgeonville wants to know. Thanks, sorry about reality, I have limited powers to fix it.
Careful diagnostic analysis suggests the problem is that it’s a fuckin Dodge and made in Detroit. That’s the only answer I’ve gotten from anyone.
Bummer eh?
“What the hell happened, that could detonate an auto tranny?”
From personal experience as a passenger in a Dodge with a 318 and a fellow teen hot-rod driver at a red light: put it in neutral; red line it; slap the shifter into D. In the ensuing silence, we could hear pieces going “tink tinkety tink” rolling down the pavement. Rather impressive, actually.
I suspect the incident played out differently for AC.
Total opposite. I drive like the thing is made of eggshells and debt. Very easy on the machine. It crapped out unladen, on a flat, straight highway, doing about 65 mph. I coulda been doing that drive with a scooter. Clunk, buzzzzzzz, pull over immediately and shut down. Fluid was spewing from the truck and it was tow truck time. No warning. It was perfect as far as I knew right until I was stranded.
Well, yeah, I figgered that. 🙂
A little more variety in your diet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4Ao-iNPPUc
or perhaps this is a bit more to your taste:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO1bGlyHDNU
And one more, for good measure:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8yymm3DtVA
Kurt
I love it. I linked to (non-bagpipe) Thunderstruck myself a while back.
More variety–Dead South. Not covers, but self-described as “punk bluegrass”. I’m annoyed that I discovered them just after everything shut down. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTpTgBudECU&t=3516s