Some say that then kind of music a man listens to define his heart and soul, and that's true in Hoquiam City, Washington where residents celebrate and bring to life the Annual Grays Harbor Bluegrass Festival. Bluegrass is raw music guided by whatever good and values a man stands for its celebrating life and the divine, the hard labor and sweet respite that every moment brings to a working man a concept well understood in this area by its people. So, once a year bluegrass bands from local amateurs to celebrities and professionals join banjo to banjo to entertain young and old alike inside the grand Olympic Stadium.
The bluegrass music festival does not only celebrate the music genre that is bluegrass it is also a time for the city of Hoquiam to share with other people their passion for delicious cuisine, good manners and of course good music. Hoquiam and the Grays Harbor area is historically a working man's land with the chief industry and source of income for the people being logging and this is as you would guess a hard and challenging life and when bluegrass came into its form the men and women of Grays Harbor, Hoquiam city and Aberdeen felt an instant relationship with the music.
During the festival you will be amazed as to the different pace and rhythm that each bluegrass band churns out their music, some fast and catchy with a nip of country genre but still not to be mistaken as such and other tunes being melancholic and heartfelt that the audience would feel like praying to the divine. This crescendo of notes is climaxed by the showdown between two of the bands members who alternately play tunes that are spontaneously dished out in an effort to wow the crowd and inspire or rather challenge the other guy to do better and this is all played out with two entirely different instruments, such as a mandolin going against an acoustic guitar or a banjo. Can you picture the excitement running through the audience at that point?
The source of soul for bluegrass music is of course the musician and the musician relies on his chosen instruments, traditional instruments for a bluegrass band would be acoustic stringed instruments like the acoustic guitar, banjo, upright bass, fiddle and mandolin. All of these stringed instruments deliver a fast reverberating melody that definitely affects the crowd.
In bluegrass the climax of the performances are centered on the delivery of the instrumental solos that are played creatively without any rehearsal that on the spot challenges the skill and talent of the musician performing it.
Bluegrass music is very much alive in Grays Harbor and Hoquiam city, the festival brings together fans, bluegrass scholars and of course bluegrass musicians who enjoy each other's company and talent. In Hoquiam's Bluegrass festival it is not unlikely that some of the bands will play gospel songs and for the uninitiated this is considered as part of the bluegrass repertoire.
Some bluegrass bands add other instruments to their arrangement, instruments such as pianos, harmonicas and electric guitars and violins make for an interesting combination of sounds, but of avid fans they refer to this as "Newgrass" a sort of progression from the more traditional and purist form of the genre. Another distinct characteristic that bluegrass music has is the "high lonesome sound" a vocal harmony in four parts with a jarring blending of high pitch and baritone at the bottom and end mixed together to deliver a melody that is awaited by avid fans and scholars alike.
If you love good ole music and enjoy amazing company and sumptuous food go lease an RV and go to Hoquiam during the Annual Grays Harbor Bluegrass Festival and sample bluegrass music at its best!
The bluegrass music festival does not only celebrate the music genre that is bluegrass it is also a time for the city of Hoquiam to share with other people their passion for delicious cuisine, good manners and of course good music. Hoquiam and the Grays Harbor area is historically a working man's land with the chief industry and source of income for the people being logging and this is as you would guess a hard and challenging life and when bluegrass came into its form the men and women of Grays Harbor, Hoquiam city and Aberdeen felt an instant relationship with the music.
During the festival you will be amazed as to the different pace and rhythm that each bluegrass band churns out their music, some fast and catchy with a nip of country genre but still not to be mistaken as such and other tunes being melancholic and heartfelt that the audience would feel like praying to the divine. This crescendo of notes is climaxed by the showdown between two of the bands members who alternately play tunes that are spontaneously dished out in an effort to wow the crowd and inspire or rather challenge the other guy to do better and this is all played out with two entirely different instruments, such as a mandolin going against an acoustic guitar or a banjo. Can you picture the excitement running through the audience at that point?
The source of soul for bluegrass music is of course the musician and the musician relies on his chosen instruments, traditional instruments for a bluegrass band would be acoustic stringed instruments like the acoustic guitar, banjo, upright bass, fiddle and mandolin. All of these stringed instruments deliver a fast reverberating melody that definitely affects the crowd.
In bluegrass the climax of the performances are centered on the delivery of the instrumental solos that are played creatively without any rehearsal that on the spot challenges the skill and talent of the musician performing it.
Bluegrass music is very much alive in Grays Harbor and Hoquiam city, the festival brings together fans, bluegrass scholars and of course bluegrass musicians who enjoy each other's company and talent. In Hoquiam's Bluegrass festival it is not unlikely that some of the bands will play gospel songs and for the uninitiated this is considered as part of the bluegrass repertoire.
Some bluegrass bands add other instruments to their arrangement, instruments such as pianos, harmonicas and electric guitars and violins make for an interesting combination of sounds, but of avid fans they refer to this as "Newgrass" a sort of progression from the more traditional and purist form of the genre. Another distinct characteristic that bluegrass music has is the "high lonesome sound" a vocal harmony in four parts with a jarring blending of high pitch and baritone at the bottom and end mixed together to deliver a melody that is awaited by avid fans and scholars alike.
If you love good ole music and enjoy amazing company and sumptuous food go lease an RV and go to Hoquiam during the Annual Grays Harbor Bluegrass Festival and sample bluegrass music at its best!
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