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kentuck

(111,103 posts) Sun May 16, 2021, 10:23 AM May 2021

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

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Will The Circle Be Unbroken (Original Post) kentuck May 2021 OP

This song always reminds me of my grandmother. mentalsolstice May 2021 #1

Love that song. Such a cheerful, uplifting melody. Shrike47 May 2021 #2

A long haired Jug Band from Long Beach, Ca. travels to Nashville to record an album... Brother Buzz May 2021 #3

mentalsolstice

(4,461 posts)

1. This song always reminds me of my grandmother.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun May 16, 2021, 11:36 AM

May 2021

It could’ve been written just for her. My husband and I parked on a country road by the old family farm, waiting for the hearse to drive by from the next town over. We then followed them into her rural KY town. The path took us by 3 other homes she lived in. The only difference was the hearse was going really fast, but she would’ve loved it as she was a speed demon in her day.

Shrike47

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2. Love that song. Such a cheerful, uplifting melody.

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Sun May 16, 2021, 11:42 AM

May 2021

Brother Buzz

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3. A long haired Jug Band from Long Beach, Ca. travels to Nashville to record an album...

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun May 16, 2021, 11:43 AM

May 2021

was not on my Bingo Card

Will The Circle Be Unbroken was a seminal album that introduced Country and Bluegrass to a large swath of the nation; there wasn't a single college dorm that didn't have at least one copy of Will The Circle Be Unbroken.

One could make the argument The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band launched the renaissance in Bluegrass, and I suspect the "Father of Bluegrass", Bill Monroe, soon regretted his decision to shun the project.

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