The winners are Andy Bing and Todd Evans
OCTOBER 28, 2022 TRIVIA QUESTION
Which of the following statements about bluegrass music is true and has been expressed/published in some form?
1. Bluegrass is pure Elizabethan English music.
2. Bluegrass – it sounds the same when the power goes out.
3. Bluegrass – the only music invented in America.
4. Bluegrass – any idiot can do it!
5. Bluegrass musicians would rather fight than switch.
6. Bluegrass music – better than it sounds.
Additional Bowden Comments
Good to see some winners! I was even going to give credit if someone answered 3, which is not “quite” correct. In addition to bluegrass, several other musics were born in America, like minstrel, ragtime, blues and jazz (probably more, also). Bluegrass IS “an” American music though.
1. The comment about “pure Elizabethan music” was said around 1900 by the educated “songcatchers” who roamed the Appalachians discovering old timers who sang the old Anglo/Irish/Scottish ballads of the 1500s and 1600s. It is true that some of those songs still survive in bluegrass, but bluegrass isn’t regarded as “pure Elizabethan”.
4. Not usually said about bluegrass, although bluegrass music became popular to home-musicians because it IS very “approachable” and “close to the ground” (as Bill Monroe used to say)
5. “Rather fight than switch” was an old advertising slogan for a brand of cigarettes, I forget which one
6. Andy was right about this one, it IS said about old time music. But not about bluegrass.
#2
Guessing here-number 2: It sounds the same when the power goes out.
I have heard number 6-better than it sounds-said regarding old time music, but not bluegrass. Which is just as well.
Tareyton smokers would rather fight than switch. I am guessing they had to switch anyway without a fight since I am not sure Tareytons are still made.
According to Wikipedia, smokers who are sufficiently determined can still get Tareytons, which remain available although in limited distribution. So fighting over cigarettes is still a thing.