A Music Ethnography Of The Bluegrass Group 'intermountain Acoustics'
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...the Intermountain Acoustics? For the past two years, Pam Mills has been playing stand-up bass for the bluegrass group "Intermountain Acoustics." She is a dedicated researcher and teacher in the world of natural and ecological history. While passionate about her work, she is even more passionate about her "play" and regularly loads her bass in the back of her mini-truck and drives hours to play at parties, outdoor festivals, weddings, and other special events all over the Salt Lake City area. She shows off the callouses on her thumb and fingertips with great pride, proof that she takes the bass seriously. Her band plays wonderfully. Igniting sparks on stage that move any crowd not only acoustically but through visual aesthetics as well. Her partners in Intermountain Acoustics are Rex Beazer on fiddle, Tamara Wharton on banjo, Stuart Becher plays the guitar, and Jeff Meinor plays the mandolin, zither, or steel guitar. They work hard, practice long, laugh a lot, and make very little money. I recommend that the student writing on this topic carefully examine what motivates them to perform and why they are particularly drawn...
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