14 Nov 08
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Originally posted by NordlysIn Irish bands you have Solas, a mixed band and then you have The Chieftons, an all male band, totally different sound for sure. I was also thinking about the american folk groups from the past 50 years, my favorites were always the mixed crowd, but there were some all male ones that were ok, like the Limeliters, Kingston Trio, but overall the best american folk bands were mixed, like the Weavers and Peter Paul and Mary. There was the commercial folk groups mixed, but totally bland like the Brandywine singers, New Christie Minstrels. The all male folk groups I thought a bit bland was the Brothers Four and the Terriers. I guess it boils down to the virtuosity and versatility and personalities of the people in the band. Stan Rogers band was all male but very good, RIP. There is an american old timey band, the Woodpile Allstars that sometimes has a female lead singer and when they use her they are ten times better than just the male lineup. She went back to her family band, the Burns Sisters though. There are some all female bands like Red Molly who sound ok but I miss some male bass singing. Some lady friends of ours in Los Angeles had an all female band called Old Mother Logo and they were ok, but not virtuoso. The bluegrass band, Union Station with Allison Kraus as lead singer is a great example of a mixed bluegrass band, one of the best bluegrass bands on the planet, because of her and the fact the men players are all virtuoso on their instruments, like Dan Taminski, who sang I am a man of Constant Sorrow in the film Brother Where Art Thou, Allison did also. Did you happen to see that movie? It was a great spoof but had great music in it also. George Clooney starred.
I mean a thread created by a man for himself and women.
Are mixed sex bands unusual? I didn't know they were less common than purely male or purely female bands.
14 Nov 08
Originally posted by Djincgo, hoggies!
We were both 18 when we got married. I was going for a music major at U.T. (That would be Texas) Hubby had been accepted in the McCombs school of business, and I was able to make a good bit more money than he could at that time, so it was pretty much a no-brainer who it was that needed to stay in school and who needed to go get a job.🙂 I've thought about goin ...[text shortened]... ut, the craziest part of it was that the plan we devised as children actually worked out. 🙂
15 Nov 08
Originally posted by sonhouseO Brother Where Art Thou was an excellent film with some excellent music in it.
The bluegrass band, Union Station with Allison Kraus as lead singer is a great example of a mixed bluegrass band, one of the best bluegrass bands on the planet, because of her and the fact the men players are all virtuoso on their instruments, like Dan Taminski, who sang I am a man of Constant Sorrow in the film Brother Where Art Thou, Allison did also. Did ...[text shortened]... to see that movie? It was a great spoof but had great music in it also. George Clooney starred.