I catch a lot of "flack" from people because my I like bluegrass and good folk music. Good folk actually tells a story. Folk is not just music with a British voice and a cute guitar player. I like these two forms of music because they tell a story. A story that is not often heard in most modern music. "Oh baby," and songs that contain the word "whoop" are not worthy of being called stories unless you consider the degradation of people and circumstances stories worth telling. My favorite musician is Doc Watson. Doc was discovered by a recording agent in the late 50's as he was on his way to a music festival in Virginia. A person told him that he should listen to this blind guy in the hills who could play guitar and sing about things that actually affected the local people. Like the bootleggers, absentee fathers. He rode in the back of a flatbed truck for an hour bouncing through the hills until he came upon a cabin with a blind guy with a homemade banjo and guitar. When he played the producer knew the stories had to be told. Now, I like other music but when I really want to get into the music I listen to Doc. That is his pic here.
