Comments on: Country Gentlemen – 50 Years Old Today http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/country-gentlemen-50-years-old-today/ News at the speed of Bluegrass! Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:47:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: bluegreen http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/country-gentlemen-50-years-old-today/comment-page-1/#comment-30868 bluegreen Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:31:42 +0000 http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/country-gentlemen-50-years-old-today/#comment-30868 Thank you, Richard Thompson, for a funny, informative, and deeply moving tribute. I love the traditional sound, but, in many ways, John Duffey was my Bill Monroe. This piece made me feel his loss -- and those of the other once and future Gents -- all over again. Humor leavens the sadness, though: One wonders how Jean Redpath and Bill Monroe would have "played against" each other, as Monroe used to put it. I only wish I could be at Watermelon Park to see the musical one. Here's hoping other posters will provide reports on the show. Thank you, Richard Thompson, for a funny, informative, and deeply moving tribute. I love the traditional sound, but, in many ways, John Duffey was my Bill Monroe. This piece made me feel his loss — and those of the other once and future Gents — all over again.

Humor leavens the sadness, though: One wonders how Jean Redpath and Bill Monroe would have “played against” each other, as Monroe used to put it.

I only wish I could be at Watermelon Park to see the musical one. Here’s hoping other posters will provide reports on the show.

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