# Bluegrass, Mountain music, "Roots Country" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 4, 2002, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bluegrass-mountain-music-roots-country/107319 "2002-05-04T23:35:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TN\_hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TN\_hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TN_hippie)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bluegrass-mountain-music-roots-country/107319/1 "2002-05-04T23:35:45Z")
Any bluegrass/folk/old-timey-hillbilly musicians out there in the E TN, W NC, SE KY, S VA, S WV area? I’m asking because I want to know if I have a base of folks to work with. I’m wanting to open a club/coffee house/restaurant/bar in Gatlinburg, TN that features **really** authentic Appalachian music. None of this glittery _pop-goes-the-redneck_ crap. Talk to me. ---
**Author:** ![TN\_hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TN\_hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TN_hippie)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bluegrass-mountain-music-roots-country/107319/2 "2002-05-05T01:58:27Z")
[shameless bump] _C’mon, I know yer out there!_ * * * RSVP, TN\*hippie [/shameless bump] . . . . . . . . . 😉 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bluegrass-mountain-music-roots-country/107319/3 "2002-05-05T02:35:04Z")
Howdy Neighbor! (Sort of) A number of fans of the type of music you mention are members of SDMB. In fact, in just the past two months, there have been several threads about “O Brother, Where Art Thou”, Ralph Stanley, Iris DeMent, etc. posted in the Cafe Society forum. You will probably get more response if you post in that forum, or ask a Mod to move this thread for you. I love the music, but Gatlinburg is a long way from my part of Alabama. Good luck with your club/coffee house. ---
**Author:** ![xcheopis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bc8723/32.png) [@xcheopis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xcheopis)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bluegrass-mountain-music-roots-country/107319/4 "2002-05-05T02:41:06Z")
Too bad for you that my **Carnie** lives in CA, 'cause he’s a blue-grass boy from birth. He says to try posting to [this mailing list](http://home.adelphi.edu/~bradley/Flatpickle/) which has some hard-core folk on board. The likes of Steve Kaufman, Tut Taylor, Brian Sutton and Clay Hess are regular posters. Good luck![ ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bluegrass-mountain-music-roots-country/107319/5 "2002-05-05T03:52:48Z")
**Hippie** My educated guess is that you will go broke trying to offer people what you like rather that what they want. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bluegrass-mountain-music-roots-country/107319/6 "2002-05-05T13:18:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by John Carter of Mars \* > \*\*the Cafe Society forum. You will probably get more response if you post in that forum, or ask a Mod to move this thread for you. \*\* You’re probably right. Sorry I can’t help out, **TNH** …I love Appalachian music, but I’m hopeless when it comes to any instrument with strings on it. Except for the clavier family. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bluegrass-mountain-music-roots-country/107319/7 "2002-05-05T13:21:39Z")
Oh, wait. You’ve already started one here. I’ll just close this one then, as we all know cross-posting is a Bad Thing.