Do you consider yourself a person who has a wide taste in music? I try to listen to anything except for teen pop with an open mind.
So, it was weird to me when I popped in a Steve Earl CD (title: The Mountain, file under: Bluegrass) the other night at a poker game I was attending and saw my friends react with disgust and nervous laughter to my musical choice. My friend, Ian McFarlane, thought I had gone completely insane. I had to try to convince him that, yes, I do enjoy this music. It is intricate, has loads of history associated with it, and, as a matter of fact, represents my father’s roots in the backwoods of Kentucky.
So, keep listening, Ian. I might surprise you again when I pop in that Bulgarian Chant CD I’ve had my eye on recently. Please don’t laugh, I can’t hear the music.
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