the Seldom Scene

USA

Formed: 1971

Years Active: 70, 80, 90, 2000

Genres: Country

Styles: Progressive Bluegrass, Bluegrass, Progressive Country, Traditional Country, Contemporary Bluegrass, Contemporary Country

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"We try to find material that's a little bit different, and approach the music in a little bit broader way than most bluegrass bands do," said the Seldom Scene's Dudley Connell to the Baltimore Sun in 1998. Since its inception in 1971, the Seldom Scene has thrived on playing bluegrass a little differently than everyone else. If other bands used a fiddler, the Seldom Scene used a Dobro; if others relied on old standards, the Seldom Scene played rock classics like J.J. Cale's "After Midnight." Through skilled musicianship and an urban approach to...

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