Tale of two cities
Cincinnati Ohio is on the Mason Dixon line, the very real line that separated the North and the South in the United States Civil War. Walking across the beautiful Roebling Suspension Bridge can feel like walking into a separate country still today, no matter which way your walking. The distinctive Appalachian Kentucky dialect can be summed up by the words on the water tower in Florence KY which reads "Florence Yall" (pronounced "Floornce Yaw"). Bluegrass music was born in the bluegrass state's steep hills, rocky ridges, and thick hollers and Cincinnati, OH still benefits as being the largest metropolitan area attracting some of the most authentic bluegrass musicians to date.
Cincinnati Bluegrass Scene
Today there is a strong love and exquisite talent like Moonshine Drive and The Rumpke Mountain Boys that is driving a thriving bluegrass scene in Cincinnati Ohio. Moonshine drive is as authentic bluegrass talent as I've heard for years; trained talent that combine picking melodies with chorus harmonies. They have the pictures of the holler on their website to prove their (R Than City)authenticity, not that their music doesn't prove it.
The Rumpke Mountain Boys humorous name comes from the huge mountain north of Cincinnati that has formed in just over fifty years. Collectively known as Mt. Rumpke, Cincinnati's massive landfill, the Rumpke dump, was recently capped off and I've heard that plans are in the works to convert the mountain into a ski slope! Oh, what Ohioans will do for hills. The Rumpke Mountain Boys bluegrass stems from the jamm, Deadhead, Phish, style but is still definitely rooted in the spirit of the bluegrass hills quality of quick steppin dance and good times.
Band of the day is Moonshine Drive and The Rumpke Mountain Boys. Goodnight folks
Moonshine Drive Bluegrass Band from Cincinnati Ohio
The Rumpke Mountain Boys Bluegrass Band from Cincinnati Ohio
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