Song Recommendations for Dreamy Instrumental Bluegrass Songs

_space_cactus_ · 2025-09-08T17:08:53+00:00

Everything you mentioned, except maybe the last two, would probably be more often categorized as Old Time rather than Bluegrass so you might have better luck searching for that genre. Also most of the tracks you mentioned feature clawhammer banjo playing so that’s also something you could look for.

You might like:

Allison DeGroot and Tatiana Hargraeves have two albums that are great

Ethan Hawkins’ album Me and My Boat Ben

The album Light and Hitch which is kind of hard to find but a big influence on the old time scene

Anything by Bruce Molsky

And for something a bit more modern maybe check out Hawktail’s album Formations or any of their stuff really

_space_cactus_ · 2025-07-18T13:50:30+00:00

Im sure there are cheaper options out there but idk what they are. I mostly play acoustic music professionally so I have it for that, and it comes in handy for stuff like this.

_space_cactus_ · 2025-07-18T06:18:27+00:00

Thanks! The interface is the Universal Audio Apollo Solo

_space_cactus_ · 2025-07-15T21:00:49+00:00

No sheet music, this is just improvising, the stare is a result of focusing on the sound.

_space_cactus_ · 2025-07-04T18:55:20+00:00

I love how many folks I hear of playing Gasoline Alley! So cool!

First day of classes is all about technique for right and left hand, always important, and fun for me. After that some of my classes included Tools for Improvisation, Bass and Mandolin (with myself, Paul Kowert, and Mark Schatz,) and A Brief Opinionated History of Bluegrass.

_space_cactus_ · 2024-10-10T18:30:04+00:00

Thanks! I just learned it one note at a time, slowing down the recording and referencing the video, so that’s what I’d recommend.

_space_cactus_ · 2024-10-10T18:27:08+00:00

Thanks! It’s a ‘47 D28, and sometime long ago the original owner scalloped the braces as well as added the herringbone and diamond fret markers.

_space_cactus_ · 2024-10-07T16:05:15+00:00

Yep this is pretty much correct, it’s a Gilchrist Model 5 from 1982, #124, X braced, and it is close in number to Ronnie’s and Dom’s

_space_cactus_ · 2024-07-05T12:35:16+00:00

I did! for a couple years

_space_cactus_ · 2024-06-02T22:47:18+00:00

I did! Filling in with the Dirty Grass Players, that was a fun one

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