Bluegrass Music Bracket Interest Check

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Bluegrass Music Bracket Interest Check

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I'm considering running a bluegrass bracket starting probably around June and am wondering if people would actually be interested in such a thing. I plan on running the gauntlet all the way from the old days of Bill Monroe and the Stanley Brothers to about the year 2000, with a few exceptions. I am also considering a few instances of pitting different recordings of the same song against each other, mostly for the hell of it, but I also think there's a lot to be gained from comparing different recordings of the same song.
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meebles127 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 12:58 am I'm considering running a bluegrass bracket starting probably around June and am wondering if people would actually be interested in such a thing. I plan on running the gauntlet all the way from the old days of Bill Monroe and the Stanley Brothers to about the year 2000, with a few exceptions. I am also considering a few instances of pitting different recordings of the same song against each other, mostly for the hell of it, but I also think there's a lot to be gained from comparing different recordings of the same song.
I would be very interested in such a thing!
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meebles127 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 12:58 am I'm considering running a bluegrass bracket starting probably around June and am wondering if people would actually be interested in such a thing. I plan on running the gauntlet all the way from the old days of Bill Monroe and the Stanley Brothers to about the year 2000, with a few exceptions. I am also considering a few instances of pitting different recordings of the same song against each other, mostly for the hell of it, but I also think there's a lot to be gained from comparing different recordings of the same song.
Absolutely interested!
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Also interested.
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I'm interested as well
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Why would we stop at 2000 and miss out on contemporary bluegrass music? Either way, sounds fun!
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Steeve Ho You Fat wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:08 pm Why would we stop at 2000 and miss out on contemporary bluegrass music? Either way, sounds fun!
This is mostly because I don't feel as if my knowledge of contemporary bluegrass is sufficient to make good judgment calls.
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