Posted by JanetB, written by Bill Monroe and Byron Berline
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Size: 698kb, uploaded 5/19/2012 1:57:23 PM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
Happy tune. The era of the gold rush had a huge effect on the U.S.A. We still feel the impact. My little ghost town of a community used to be quite large and the "miner forty-niner" was quite real. Being that Bill Monroe performed it, does that make it bluegrass? Or is it old-time?
2 comments on “Gold Rush (CH)”
VancePants Says:
Sunday, May 20, 2012 @3:23:05 PM
Yup... a slap-happy, bouncy tune indeed, JB. Bluegrass... old-time... folk... no matter, it's acoustic with a nice melody.
JanetB Says:
Sunday, May 20, 2012 @8:03:23 PM
Thanks, Ken. It reminds me of the gold rush era--a hopeful, exuberant immigration to a far-off place seeking quick, easy wealth. What really happened is another story....
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