To those of you who like bluegrassy stuff...

As a bonafide Ozarkian who comes from a long line of appalachian hill billies, there's something about some real thumping bluegrass that feeds the soul. Yo-Yo Ma (believe it or not), Chris Thile and some other guys collaborated for this album and I thought this particular song was absolutely fantastic...

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Permalink Reply by Ben on November 7, 2011 at 8:00am

Thanks for sharing. "Attaboy" was actually a free Starbucks download a couple of weeks ago. Definitely didn't expect to see Thile staring back at me on the register.

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on November 7, 2011 at 8:06am

As a boy from Eldorado, Arkansas, that certainly set my shoeless feet a-tappin'!

Day-um! Powerful stuff. What's that album called?

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on November 7, 2011 at 8:08am

Got it: The Goat Rodeo Sessions

Time to log into iTunes...

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Permalink Reply by Jason W. on November 7, 2011 at 8:14am

Yep, that's it. I should have mentioned it in the first post.

Also, for those who thought the same thing I did, that odd looking, fretted, 6 string violin that Thile is playing at the beginning is a Viol, or "Viola de Gamba". I wouldn't mind trying to make a CBG variant...

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Permalink Reply by Randy S. Bretz on November 7, 2011 at 8:19am

I remember as a young lad just sittin around a campfire and jammin. Someone would start a riff and we all would just layer our sounds into it. Man that was some of the best times`s i had. Thx for posting this and bringing back some great memories.

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Permalink Reply by Richard G Caudill on November 7, 2011 at 5:43pm

This was coolest !! Sounded like a buncha back porch pickin !!!!..

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Permalink Reply by Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw on November 8, 2011 at 7:49am

Wonderful. Listened to it over and over.

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Permalink Reply by Slowpaw Steve T on November 8, 2011 at 8:12am

Full circle - Classical instruments originated as Folk instruments, Classical music comes from Folk music songs so it is not really surprising that this ensemble's Bluegrass music works so well, amazing performance! ***** (-:

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Permalink Reply by Jason W. on November 8, 2011 at 12:10pm

I'm really glad people enjoyed it as much as I did. Due to a recent layoff, its hard to justify buying albums, but as soon as I can I'm going to pick it up.