Baby's at the Punch Bowl
6 Jul 2008, 03:50
Thu 3 Jul – Punch Brothers, Chris Thile
I went walking into the Aladdin Theater in Portland, Oregon expecting great Bluegrass music from Nickel Creek's very own Chris Thile, I had many good things about his former group and also his own mandolin player, the success he's had at such a young age, etc. But I didn't expect to be as blown away as I was.
I don't care what kind of music you're into.
You can love death metal, you can rock out to the hardcore emo scene or bop along to the bubblegum pop but I really do believe that if you saw The Punch Brothers in person you too would be amazed at how great all of the musicians on stage really were. It's not even how fast they played but it's how intricate their playing was, how well they harmonized together and christ, how well The Punch Brothers busted out a cover of The White Stripes song Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground.
No. I didn't believe it at first either.
But it was so good.
I've always been an avid critic of Contemporary Country but I believe that Modern Bluegrass is beyond this. Just saying that is an unfair comparison. But I know that some people are willing to write off any music that has a banjo, a fiddle, an accented singer or maybe even a stand-up bass. Try it. At least listen to Punch Bowl off their newest record, Punch. Or try and find Chris Thile's cover of Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground. You'll at least find yourself impressed by how rocking it is.
I want to end by saying that they were so nice, meeting with fans and signing autographs for me and my friends. It shows that underground success and even a grammy nomination doesn't change all people. And as an end, I want to thank the people at Waffles.fm for exposing me to The Punch Brothers, Chris Thile and the like. Hopefully by writing this I'll do the same for someone else. Pass the love along people =)
I went walking into the Aladdin Theater in Portland, Oregon expecting great Bluegrass music from Nickel Creek's very own Chris Thile, I had many good things about his former group and also his own mandolin player, the success he's had at such a young age, etc. But I didn't expect to be as blown away as I was.
I don't care what kind of music you're into.
You can love death metal, you can rock out to the hardcore emo scene or bop along to the bubblegum pop but I really do believe that if you saw The Punch Brothers in person you too would be amazed at how great all of the musicians on stage really were. It's not even how fast they played but it's how intricate their playing was, how well they harmonized together and christ, how well The Punch Brothers busted out a cover of The White Stripes song Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground.
No. I didn't believe it at first either.
But it was so good.
I've always been an avid critic of Contemporary Country but I believe that Modern Bluegrass is beyond this. Just saying that is an unfair comparison. But I know that some people are willing to write off any music that has a banjo, a fiddle, an accented singer or maybe even a stand-up bass. Try it. At least listen to Punch Bowl off their newest record, Punch. Or try and find Chris Thile's cover of Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground. You'll at least find yourself impressed by how rocking it is.
I want to end by saying that they were so nice, meeting with fans and signing autographs for me and my friends. It shows that underground success and even a grammy nomination doesn't change all people. And as an end, I want to thank the people at Waffles.fm for exposing me to The Punch Brothers, Chris Thile and the like. Hopefully by writing this I'll do the same for someone else. Pass the love along people =)
Comments
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MrModernRock wrote:
Have you heard of The Steeldrivers? They're contemporary bluegrass. I know I posted about them in my journal, but whatever. I'm waiting on their album to come in the mail, but they have the full album up on last.fm to listen to. Its bluegrass/country with soul/blues vocals, pretty hot.
