Music Appreciation Friday 8.28.09

Each Memorial Day weekend in Kansas City, there's an incredible free event on the front doors of Union Station that is a patriotic tribute to our great country called Celebration At the Station. It's great in and of itself, but in 2009 we had the added benefit of a killer bluegrass band playing with our great Kansas City Symphony.

At heart, I'm still very much a purist when it comes to acoustic music. I don't care much for an acoustic instrument that sounds like anything but an acoustic instrument. I want to hear WOOD, not chorus.

The guys below show how well an acoustic band can stand on it own bluegrass feet. CherryHolmes is a knockout family. I'll let the video speak for itself. Promise yourself to at least let things kick in @ 3:37. ;) These guys are TIGHT!

Edit: Revised for grammatical errors & generally non-sensical paragraph phrasing on 8.30.09