Song Selection
Many people are first drawn to bluegrass by a modern bluegrass
band doing modern, sometimes complex, material. The basis
of the genre, however, was set more than thirty years by such
people as Bill Monroe, Flatt and Scruggs, Jim and Jesse, and
Jimmy Martin.
Many of these old songs are known by a very large percentage
of bluegrass musicians, and a good rule is to learn some of
these songs. Another good rule is to sing mostly old, well
known songs in a jam session until you get to know the other
participants well enough to involve them in less well known
materials.
Since the less well known material can cause people to loose
interest and drift away, mostly you should keep your special
new song for yourself and your close friends.
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