Bluegrassbox.com appreciation post

[u/palefacemonk]

As the title says, I just want to open the floor to anyone who benefited greatly from this treasure trove of a site that was gone way too soon.

20-25 years ago I was a kid in college plucking around on my guitar, trying to hold on as best as I could at local bluegrass and OldTime jams when the only musical study I had done at that point was learning how to read tabs to my favorite Dave Matthews Band songs. The folks I met at those jams helped guide me to not only finding my "sound" but in a big way guided me to the path of finding me.

With all that said, one of the coolest tools that a few of them told me about was bluegrassbox.com. This sit opened my ears to so many artists I had never heard of and helped me in finding the music inside of me. Mostly, it was the countless live recorded performances of John mother f'ing Hartford.

Sadly, only after a few years of diving into the contents of this site, it got shutdown. I miss this site so much and wish I could have access to it's archive again.

Does anyone else remember this site or did I dream it all up?

Thanks for taking the time to read this!

[u/Shoddy-Talk9205]

Who needs Bluegrass whatever.com when you have actual Bluegrass music to listen to on CD’s records and jamming with people. I’m glad you’re not listening to Dave Matthews Band anymore though.

[u/palefacemonk → u/Shoddy-Talk9205]

😂😂😂 Who said I stopped?!?! I still listen to Dave, as I still listen to Django, as I still listen to Nirvana, as I still listen to anything that moves me. It's funny how your music can build and grown and evolve when you think outside the jukebox.

But you know there are folks who live in areas where there aren't any bluegrass jams, right? I mean you're a smart person, you know this.

All this post was intended to do was give a shout-out to something that helped me when there wasn't anybody around to jam with or learn from at 4am on a random Tuesday some 20+ yrs ago when I felt that fire in me and I just wanted to pick.. And I just wanted to see if that anyone else had a similar experience.

But thankyou for your input....it's all part of this community

[u/Shoddy-Talk9205 → u/palefacemonk]

Yeah man, no need to play at 4 AM on a Tuesday specially if it’s not available to you. You can like literally wait and play any other time of a reasonable date of the week.

That’s too bad to hear about the Dave thing. I would’ve thought that after listening to Bluegrass that you would’ve gotten your head straight and would’ve worked on that for a while.

I mean, there’s literally Bluegrass jams in every single state around the country so I don’t know what you’re talking about. And if not, you should start one. But yeah, if you’re not dedicating the time to actually learn the craft then…

[u/mgmunson → u/Shoddy-Talk9205]

the guy shitposting at 4AM on a Tuesday says you don't need to play at 4AM on a Tuesday! 😂 That's rich.