[Dixielandjazz] origins of bluegrass, ol timey mountain music, etc

[Don Ingle]

David Richoux wrote:
> Just about any history of the Scottish in America will tell how the  
> early (and later) waves of immigrants from Scotland and Northern  
> Ireland landed in the southern states and almost immediately headed  
> for the hills and mountains. (Mainly to get away from the "English"  
> who settled mostly on the coast.) That is one reason there were (and  
> still are?) so many 'stills in the hills ;-)
>
> The music went with them.
>
> There is a museum in Franklin, North Carolina that gets into this.
> http://www.scottishtartans.org/
>
> Dave (McKinney) Richoux
>
> On Feb 27, 2007, at 10:35 AM, Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis  
> wrote:
>
>   
>> Although I can't quote a source right now, musicologists usually  
>> trace this
>> music to England and Scotland and occasionally find a piece that is
>> virtually unchanged.  Music brought over by early colonists was  
>> preserved
>> due to the isolation of these people and while radio did help break  
>> that
>> isolation I just can't picture those people rushing out to try jazz.
>>     
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Just like the Ingle gang --  Scotland to Virginia and then to the holls 
what is now W. VA and then to Ohio.
Slainte, m'hath -- thoough is would appear that a Mon Ami might be in 
the mix.
Don (Dohmnael) Ingle (Aingael)