A whole lot o' Bluegrass on MySpace.com

In a post last month, I told you about a few of the BG folks who have MySpace websites. As you probably know, MySpace has been the subject of a lot of news stories this year -- and not all for great reasons. However, it still seems like the popularity of the website is a great draw for LOTS of people, and the number of BG performers who have websites there is pretty amazing. It seems this might not be a horrible way for these performers to get their music and tour information out there -- and maybe this information will get to and interest people who've never heard BG before. Is that a bad thing? I don't think so. How popular is MySpace? Consider this: over half of the BG performers ranked in Bluegrass Unlimited November Bluegrass Survey (there are 26 different performers ranked in the top 30 in November) have MySpace accounts. Coincidence, or just a fact of the times? Of the top 30, here's an alphabetical list of who's got a MySpace site:

1. Blue Moon Rising
2. Sam Bush
3. Dave Evans
4. Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain
5. Bo Isaac
6. Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road
7. Claire Lynch
8. Alecia Nugent
9. Gibson Brothers
10. The Grascals
11. Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
12. Del McCoury Band
13. Mountain Heart
14. Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press
15. David Peterson & 1946
16. Pine Mountain Railroad
17. Marty Raybon
18. Larry Stephenson
19. Jim VanCleve
20. Rhonda Vincent & the Rage

In addition, here are a few other BG performers who have active MySpace sites:

• Blue Highway
• BlueRidge
• Dale Ann Bradley
• Mike Bub
• The Chapmans
• David Davis & the Warrior River Boys
• Tim O'Brien
• Lou Reid & Carolina
• Seldom Scene
• Charlie Sizemore Band
• Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
• Dan Tyminski

Doubtless, there are lots of other BG performers with MySpace accounts, too -- check them out and see what you can find. This seems like a pretty good marketing tool -- for now. Time will tell, I suppose....

Amy