Bluegrass covers of Rock tunes

Hi,

I'm not a big fan of Bluegrass or Country music by any means, Frank Zappa is at the top of my Library, but I ran across some Bluegrass cover albums today that surprised me:

Pickin' On Pink Floyd
Pickin' On Jimi Hendrix
Pickin' On Led Zeppelin
Pickin' On The Beatles

There's also Bluegrass cover albums of AC/DC, Metallica and Ozzy Osbourne songs by Iron Horse too.

Back in Bluegrass- The Bluegrass Tribute AC-DC
Fade To Bluegrass: The Bluegrass Tribute To Metallica
Black and Bluegrass-A Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne

You should hear the Bluegrass renditions of Pink Floyd's Astronomy Domine and Goodbye Blue Sky by David West. It's beautiful music. Covers of Jimi Hendrix's The Wind Cries Mary, Led Zeppelin's Gallows Pole and The Beatles Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) are all good too.

This isn't the twangy Country music you probably think of when somebody mentions Bluegrass, though stuff by Iron Horse is more traditional Bluegrass. This is all good studio quality music of songs you probably already love.

If you've never heard Bluegrass this the best chance you'll ever have. I highly recommend you let Pickin' On Pink Floyd be your first exposure.

If you're a fan of the original artists you owe it to yourself to hear these versions. I don't think you'll be disappointed, though you may enjoy some of it more than others.

Check 'em out...

I hope you like them.

I found a Pickin' On The Rolling Stones album today and am getting ready to listen to it.

Yesterday was the first time I'd heard any of these Bluegrass cover albums and I've quickly become a fan. I didn't know these Bluegrass covers were such a big deal. There are cover albums of Creed and several other bands if you just look.

I live in Missouri so I'm no stranger to Bluegrass but have never been a fan. I usually wouldn't listen to it unless you made me, but this has given me a whole new appreciation for the genre.

I'm listening to the Bluegrass Metallica covers now and throughly enjoying them.


I also found a cover album of Hendrix tunes done by The Tallywood Quartet that was pretty good too:

A String Tribute To Jimi Hendrix by The Tallywood Quartet.


There's also a Metallica cover album done by The String Quartet in a classical style.


So much new music to listen to, so little time. ;)

If you're still not sure about this Bluegrass stuff I've been ranting about, here's a video of the Goodbye Blue Sky cover by David West. If you don't like this then it probably isn't for you...