I like the high & lonesome sound there, Dak, but I'd call that clawhammer banjo Old Time rather than Bluegrass.
Bill Monroe would have been 100 years old this Tuesday, September 13.
Uncle Penn:
UNCLE PENN Recorded by : Doug Kershaw; Bill Monroe; Buck Owens; Elvis Presley; Ricky Scaggs; The Flying Burrito Brothers; Hank Williams
Oh, the people would come from far away They'd dance all night till the break of day When the caller hollered ""Do-se-do"" He knew Uncle Penn was ready to go.
CHORUS: Late in the evenin' about sundown High on the hill and above the town Uncle Penn played the fiddle, oh how it would ring You can hear it talk, you can hear it sing.
He played an old piece he called ""Soldier's Joy"" And the one called ""The Boston Boy"" The greatest of all was ""Jenny Lynn"" To me that's where the fiddle begins.
REPEAT CHORUS
I'll never forget that mournful day When Uncle Penn was called away They hung up his fiddle, hung up his bow They knew it was time for him to go.
I used to drive all over hell with girls to hear music here and there. We'd drive twenty hours non-stop to Texas with an open twelve pack and a quart of coffee and drive without stopping. It's a wonder that we never got nailed. Those were the good old days.
So finally it was just easier to move here and go to Gilley's?
Yes, except it ain't there no more. The building's still there, last time I checked. I drove down to Pasadena (Pasa-get-down-dena as they call it here) and took some pic's of the empty shell.
We don't do any bar hopping in Houston for some reason. I do all my Texas drinkin' and drivin' in Austin these days.