Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and it is a sub-genre of country music. It has its own roots in Irish, Scottish and English traditional music. Bluegrass was inspired by the music of immigrants from the United Kingdom and Ireland (particularly the Scots-Irish immigrants in Appalachia), as well as jazz and blues. In bluegrass, as in jazz, each instrument takes a turn playing the melody and improvising around it, while the others revert to backing; this is in contrast to old-time music, in which all instruments play the melody together or one instrument carries the lead throughout while the others provide accompaniment. Traditional bluegrass is typically based around acoustic stringed instruments, such as acoustic guitar, banjo, fiddle, and upright bass, with or without vocals.
Bill Knowlton's Bluegrass Ramble Picnic 2009 at
Dwyer Memorial Park Little York, New York
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Food and beverages available, bring lawn chairs, show is held under a tent for weather protection.
Bands:
Delaney Brothers (Host Band), The Lost Boys with John Cadley, The Atkinson Family, Boots N' Shorts, Lost Time, Blue Lightning, The Fuhrmans, The Salmon River Boys, Bill & Maggie Anderson, Joe LaMay & Sheri Reese, Diamond Someday, Virginia Run, The Gospel Way, the Nearly Brothers, Northwater (Klipp & Chandler), Bluestone Mountain Boys, fiddler Sean Martin,and others to be announced!!
Martin Sigma Guitar will be Raffled!
Courtesy of Custom Pearl Inlay, Malone NY
Bill Knowlton's 36th Annual Bluegrass Ramble Picnic August 2, 2009 in Little York, NY: Oldest Bluegrass Fest in NY. IT’S FREE!Bands Donate Their Musical Services
Directions: Use Preble Exit 13 of I-81 and head south the park. Contact Us: udmacon1@hotmail.com
For updates and more information visit:www.wcny.org/bluegrass 315-457-6100 or WCNY-FM Sundays at 9 p.m. (91.3, Syracuse, 89.5 Utica, 90.9 Watertown),
