Grascals define bluegrass music  Kristi and I went to hear the
Grascals Friday evening at the Kentucky Opry in Draffenville,
KY. Anyone who is at all into country music would have to be
brain dead not to know that the Grascals are one of the solid
big names in bluegrass music. And that they would be performing
in such an intimate venue, for a reasonable price, well, since
we were free, it was a no-brainer to go.  And we weren't
disappointed. They have a 6 piece band with traditional
bluegrass instrumentation - two guitars (unfortunately neither
played any lead, the one place they lacked), mandolin, banjo (a
female, which is a bit unusual), fiddle, and stand up bass. The
two guitars and stand up bass stood in the middle, and did all
the vocals, (except for one harmony by the banjo player) which
were truly traditional bluegrass harmonies.  And while the
vocals were outstanding, the instrumentalists were also. Not
only was the female banjo player, a position not normally filled
by females, top notch, the mandoli