Do all Blue Grass singers have a nasal condition?
Just curious Wednesday, February 11, 2004
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Do all Blue Grass singers have a nasal condition?
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11 Feb 2004 at 09:30 pm | #
I understand there were no vicegrips for sale within 50 miles of any filming shoot of “Brother, where art thou?” due to the need for careful application of a tightening mechanism in exactly the right spot.
11 Feb 2004 at 09:52 pm | #
Your mind can twist into the strangest contortions at times, Alan. And I mean that in the very nicest of ways......
11 Feb 2004 at 11:35 pm | #
As Tom will tell you, it’s the “high lonesome sound”. It is as much a part of the bluegrass technique as mellisma is of soul or gospel. I believe it comes from where in the chest/throat one sings from. Lord T or Tom could elucidate far better and Lord T is a fine singer to listen to, and yet he is not remotely nasal when he speaks.
12 Feb 2004 at 12:28 am | #
I would be high and lonesome with a vicegrip on my left nut as well. It is a sad think to learn Tom is a singer as there were moments when I would have welcomed a duet rather than the given task.
12 Feb 2004 at 09:38 am | #
(sigh)
me·lis·ma (mə-lĭz’mə)
n., pl. -ma·ta (-mə-tə) or -mas.
A passage of several notes sung to one syllable of text, as in Gregorian chant.
[Greek, melody, from melizein, to sing, from melos, song.]
mel’is·mat’ic (mĕl’ĭz-măt’ĭk) adj.
12 Feb 2004 at 11:47 am | #
I can assure you Alan, that Dave does not have a vice grip attached to either nut and I doubt very much that any other bluegrass singer does either. And Locke is quite correct...the bluegrass sound comes from the throat and chest.
12 Feb 2004 at 11:55 am | #
I am giving the whole issue of Jean, Dave’s left nut and vice grips a very wide berth.
12 Feb 2004 at 12:25 pm | #
...... as so should we all.
12 Feb 2004 at 12:57 pm | #
12 Feb 2004 at 04:41 pm | #