Why Bluegrass?

Anyone who has known me for years is probably perplexed by my latest musical tastes. After all, I am the same person who slept outside a stadium to get floor seats to a U2 concert in the early 90's. Why do I listen to bluegrass music? The answer is simple - my children. I had two problems while riding around in the requisite suburban mom minivan. If I had to listen to a Raffi tape one more time, I would wrap the minivan around the nearest telephone pole. Second problem, there is no radio station playing U2, the Eagles, Allman Brothers, etc... who doesn't also have their radio personalities using the kind of language that would have gotten their radio license pulled 50 years ago. So, I turned to a compromise and that compromise was Bluegrass. It is the only genre of music left that has kid friendly lyrics with the additional bonus of being very good. Actually, more than very good, it's excellent. Now I find my five year old wandering the house singing "Crazy Like Me" by AKUS while my two year old prefers the Rhonda Vincent version of "Jolene." The best part - I now get to ride around in my minivan while listening to the harmony of my two children from the backseat on "Down to the River to Pray", "In the Highways", and "I'll Fly Away." Life sure is sweet.