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I've always been a great believer in less = more and with bluegrass I find the emphasis on virtuoso playing sometimes a bit of a turn off - not because I don't admire the skills of the players but because I often find it too busy and lacking in space. And I agree with your use of the word slick for a lot of it. I generally prefer sparse arrangements of music where each instrument has a chance to breath and where the tone of each instrument is clear without too much overlap. I think that's why with old time music I prefer smaller groups and have a preference for the guitar or banjo to provide the sole accompaniment for the melody rather than having a double bass and guitar share bass note duties.
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No one mentioned me yet [emoji848]🤣
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Norman was inducted yesterday into the IBMA Hall of Fame; the Country one is not apt to happen, though it should of course. Even Bluegrass phenom Keith Whitley just made into the Country Hall and he had a stellar career there as well. But the Bluegrass honour for Norman is richly deserved.
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Maybelle Carter, Jimmy Rogers, Doc Watson, Norman Blake, Clarence White, George Shuffler, Lester Flatt, Bob Dylan, and any of the more modern greats, Tony Rice, Molly Tuttle, Billy Strings, and more!
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I have a Stephen Stills CD of just him and a guitar doing a demo tape of the C, S & N songs. That may interest you. My favorite is an all-acoustic Michael Bloomfield CD put out by Guitar Player magazine many years ago called something like "Play Them as You Please" or "Play the Blues as You Please". That will be hard to find. Then you can try R Crumb CDs and compilations.
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Am I hearing D, D, U on that cross picking? Rather than D, U, D that seems to be the contemporary style? I'm listening on my phone, so it's difficult to tell but the gentle flow sounds D, D, U. I could be completely wrong!
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Probably so. Shelton was a protege of George Shuffler who did DDU.
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George Shuffler generally acknowledged as the originator of cross picking, gave the nod to James Alan as the player who most adapted his style. There is a You-tube video of them playing together; I think they also recorded together. That video explains the technique, lovely but complicated, and James Alan did it superbly.
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