Hey Friends, I hope you enjoy this portion of Butch Robins' interview talking about Bill's developed sense of timing and rhythm. What are your thoughts on Mr. Monroe's sense of rhythm?
So true. Butchs observations on improvisation are very interesting too. I notice that almost nobody is playing a break over a melody anymore, everybody is soloing over chords. In Bluegrass, where there is an abundance in melodies, but precious few chords, bands tend to sound the same if everybody is running scales over chords, neglecting the melodies. There are exceptions of course, but this is one reason why so many bands sound the same to me.
I absolutely agree. It does seem like everybody sounds the same anymore. Another problem is, it seems like every mandolin player wants to be either Adam Steffey or Chris Thile and every guitar player wants to be Tony Rice. I love those players, but it gets old to hear people trying to clone them all the time.
He's a musical genius. I agree that melody and rhythm aren't what they used to be, at least judging by what is mass produced. I like to believe that somewhere out there, great music is still being made. 😊
Julian Lage is wonderful I think if not familiar hes young true genius zero restrictions expressing himself...days of keith jarret, pat metheny, chic, joe pass, guys like lenny breau in between and then Sa bush, david grisman, tony, bela fleck , gerry douglas all being popular space for all of them. Now its tough Billy strings great and so well intentioned and talented but what makes him great in his amazing bend of genre cuts both ways in that I've never heard a pure Bill Monroe, Hot Club France as refrenced django his brother and grapelli. I grew up on high lonesome sound, or david grisman quintet still remember hearing e.m.d first time and that talent tony rice rob wasserman, mark o;connor David is something that Billlys ensemble coudn't and shouldn't sound like all originals just agree:) Hope you like julian Larnell lewis is wonderful drummer too but regular functioning sound/band Julian would be recommendation if you like metheny or frisell maybe more so.
The normies don't know what they are listening to so much as that they just hearing it. They really are not feeling it though. That really is the thing that separates music these days. The listener is no longer attentively involved , just passively.
I agree with you Stella_Blue1972. What Butch said is correct IMHO. I can't think of anything current that I can remember the melody to or hum. The things Monroe composed are another story. His songs and instrumental pieces are easily remembered. It's just not the same today.
I love that Bill is petty with Vassar Clements, a great melody writer. He also used lots of riffs though. Maybe because he didn’t have a Bill like rhythm. I don’t know what I’m talking about
