Comments on: At Home with the Barnraisers

By: hoot owl

hoot owl — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:28:16 +0000

Barnraisers are rock-n-roll in a similar sense as Fogerty. Was CCR country, rock, or country-rock (southern rock)?
Rock-n-roll doesn’t have to be electric, it just has to be different. Rock originated as pop incorporating blues and soul. Barnraisers follow a similar line: modified bluegrass incorporating an added edge. They are an innovation in music, thus rock-n-roll.

By: The Grove Project » Soup to Nuts: Live’s First Concert

The Grove Project » Soup to Nuts: Live’s First Concert — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:26:57 +0000

[...] folk-grass trio, the Barnraisers. You can check them out at http://www.barnraisersmusic.com, and listen to an older interview with them right here on The Grove Project. This entry by david was posted on Thursday, June 26th, 2008 and is filed under Living, News [...]

By: editor

editor — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:26:33 +0000

Can’t wait, D. Great, great.

By: David

David — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:10:54 +0000

Ok ok ok… Note to bloggers: I bite when provoked… Yes, my skin is a little thin… something I’ll have to work on.

More importantly to the Grove, an interview with local jazz trio, Sci-Fi, is coming soon… (very MMW-esque with strong shades of Herbie Hancock)

By: editor

editor — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:54:12 +0000

God luv ya, Shea – Was going to suggest the Grovey Prize to the first dog (dawg?) in this fight to show the pink belly. Thank you very much. -ed. — and I don’t mean back-downish-ness, I mean grace.

Those Barnraisers are raisin’ some barn, boy!

By: shea carver

shea carver — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:51:55 +0000

again, david, you’re making inferences that are unfounded when referring to my response: i never said you were from up north, out west, from the other side of the country or from outer space. nor was i attempting to make a “mockery of your background.” i was attempting to mock the stereotype you inferred upon my dialect: “borderline backwoods,” which are your words, not mine–which reads ostentatiously, regardless of where you live.

i simply responded to what i consider a jab. and when jabs fly, well, sometimes right hooks follow. no matter how you explain the statement, it comes across snarky. so i wouldn’t point fingers at how my response has nothing to do with the interview itself, considering your critique of my writing is leading the question—if not judging it—and does not prove objective in the overall scheme of things.

regardless, i hold no grudges. in fact, i am sure you and i could get along just fine whether we’re drinking moonshine or fine wine, eating collards or wasabi peas, sitting on the front porch in the mountains of NC or NY –if only because we do have a common ground: we both love the barnraiser’s music, and, well, that will give us something to talk about.

By: rachel

rachel — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:49:34 +0000

Catherine, thank you for so eloquently putting into words what I, and I imagine other GP contributors, have been thinking. The GP is an open public forum, and contributors should be prepared to accept that not every reader is going to agree with or like what they have to say. But the GP is also — no, it is primarily — a place for members within our community to connect with one another and share news, events, and cool things that are happening.

I have heard other GP contributors say they no longer want to post on the site for fear they may be ridiculed! Ouch. That makes me so sad. I want to hear from lots of fellow Wilmingtonians not just the ones brave enough to bear the threat of public censure.

Do I dare push the submit button? Have I offended anyone? Is everythhing spelled correctly? O.K. Deep breath, here I go…

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:45:06 +0000

I agree, Catherine – I think the flames leapt too high and much too quickly there. Around all dogs. And as much as I enjoy the semiotics of backwoods.

It’s a paradox of growing up I wish we could skip.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:00:59 +0000

Part of me loves that The Grove is growing up and venturing into the bickering phase. But part of me thinks this is the kind of back and forth that has sent many a smart people away from more established community blogs.

Surely there’s another way …

By: David

David — Sat, 17 May 2008 17:46:24 +0000

Wow again… I’m blown away by these attacks. Of course, now that it’s down to outright subjectivity, I’ll just say I disagree with you both. As I said before, I tried to conduct an interview that would find out more about how the BR’s view themselves. That question was needed, and I think they answered it honestly. You two seem to think I was trying to insult them.

Now, I don’t think the word “borderline” is a code word that always implies negativity. Read Shea’s piece and decide for yourself.

I find that the accussations of pretentiousness in both your replies are rather… pretentious.

I think where I’m from does indeed matter in this issue, b/c Shea’s reply is clearly an attempt to make a mockery of my own background.

In the future, I’ll make sure I anglicize all my word use so as not to offend any gentle vernacular senses.

That being said, I think what upsets me most is that Shea’s response actually has nothing to do with the interview itself, nor does yours. It has to do with my opinion of her writing. To that, I say get over it. To others, I say try to grasp the good of the overall interview, which Adam and Tiff told me was one of the most thought-provoking that they’ve had.

Again, I’m sorry if you don’t like it, but you can’t assume the whole thing is bad due to one writer’s opinion of my observations of her work, or b/c I spelled a word wrong in your estimation. That’s just downright ignorant.