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In Reply to: (Off Topic) Question 4 Ya, Ears... posted by whackamus on March 11, 2001 at 16:48:01:

Husband and wife team Jody Stecher and Kate Brislin are excellent. "Going Up on the Mountain" or "Blue Lightning" would be good albums to try. They also have a recent disc of the Carter Family's music.
I was speaking broadly when I said "this kind of music", so I'd put a lot of bluegrass in the category. Blue Highway's "Blue Highway" is superb and has their version of 'Man of Constant Sorrow' on it. The Lonesome River Band is another of my favorite modern bluegrass bands.
Norman Blake. His voice takes a bit of getting used to, but he's a killer guitarist and his music is pretty rootsy. Similar to Doc Watson. I have "Norman Blake and Tony Rice 2" which includes Watson on a few of the instrumentals(that's a heckuva trio of guitarists). Blake's "Far Away, Down on a Georgia Farm" disc is also good.
Cephas and Wiggins would take care of the blues component of O Brother. Give their "Homemade" disc a try if you're not familiar with them.
And a couple of good older discs. Doc Watson's "Essential Doc Watson" was recorded in the 60's, and the sound isn't stellar but not bad. There are a lot of old songs on that one, including 'Down in the Valley to Pray'. The other is the Stanley Brothers' "The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers". I think they were the best of the early bluegrass performers. The sound is a little crackly in spots, but it's pretty good overall for late 40's-early 50's. 'Man of Constant Sorrow' is also on this disc.

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Topic - Tim Blake Nelson(Delmar) actually sang "In the Jailhouse Now" in O Brother. - Ears 17:29:34 03/05/01 (5)

Re: Tim Blake Nelson(Delmar) actually sang "In the Jailhouse Now" in O Brother. - whackamus 13:22:54 03/11/01 (4)

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