Greenday Bluegrass?!?! Unbelievably, this is actually pretty good

[ztirffritz]

http://www.emusic.com/album/10931/10931055.html

I bought this album on eMusic just because I couldn't imagine how this could possibly work. I was blown away by how well it works. It is a really cool interpretation of Greenday's music in the bluegrass style.

[Don Kiyoti]

The local community radio station here plays a bluegrass show on Sundays which includes a lot of covers of rock tunes which are just sad and embarrassing. I went over to emusic.com and had a listen. I'm not a fan of Greenday, so maybe because these songs are unfamiliar to me, they sounded a little less icky than the bluegrass version of Black Dog. Still icky though.

[ztirffritz]

I'm not saying that it is good Bluegrass. How the heck would I know. I'm sure a fan of bluegrass would cringe at this stuff, but it has made me, not a lover of bluegrass, appreciate the style a bit more. This is pleasant to listen to for me.

[Kramerica]

I'm a fan of both bluegrass and Green Day so I like this, and just may have to buy. I found it on iTunes too. Based on the iTS ratings and reviews, some Green Day fans seem pretty annoyed at this.

http://ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net...253D143441

[$tevie]

I have the bluegrass tribute to the Moody Blues. I think it's a lot of fun. What I did not realize until about a week ago, when I stumbled over it accidentally, is that recording bluegrass versions of rock and pop songs has almost become a genre in its own right:
http://amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/002-547...lias%3Daps&field-keywords=bluegrass+tribute&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&Go=Go

[john-o]

I'm a 'newgrass' fan from way back, and have owned a few of these "Pickin' on…" discs over the years. My favorite is "Pickin' on Santana"; some very nice renditions. And for the most part, these productions are done using a group of some of the best pickers around. I agree, though, that some of the projects are pretty lame.

There's a long tradition of bluegrass versions of popular music & jazz. One of my all time favorites is Jerry Douglas' version of Weather Report's Birdland, from this disc:

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSto...d=45505209&s=143441

Another is the David Grisman Quartet's version of Miles Davis' So What (with Jerry Garcia):

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSto...d=15752325&s=143441

…and here's Pickin' on Santana:

http://www.amazon.com/Pickin-Santana-Var...B00004RHWN

Have fun!
John-o

[Zoidberg]

I like cross-genre and interpretation groups. I pick those up whenever possible; got a pretty nice one that's a baroque interpretation of Rush tunes.

[BCam]

Just a reminder:

"They're gonna put me in the Movies ... "