Longhair Bluegrass

Lyrics

Well, Daddy packed the van fulla campin' gear Mama filled the ice chest up with beer And I rode shotgun all the way up Route 15 It seemed every picker in the USA Had landed in a Culpeper field that day Fifty years gone, I'm still groovin' on that scene There was old men doin' the buck and wing Young gals skinny-dippin' in the spring While the singin' and the fiddlin' and the feedback filled the air While Mom and Daddy were gettin' fried I was sittin there with my eyeballs wide 'Cause comin' straight at me offa the stage Just like a demon with a Hypno-ray Stealin' my mind away It was that longhair Bluegrass Settin' my young spirit free Yeah that longhair Bluegrass Well, a little rough and shaggy but man it spoke to me Hey, what's it matter how a fella looks If his song is true and his playin' cooks I mighta known that, but I was just a dumb old kid Those hippies knew Bob Marley note for note And they didn't shove religion down your throat And I was pretty sure they smoked dope like I did There'd'a been police and pepper spray If a few old-timers had had their way Ole Dr. Ralph Stanley looked a little unamused Oh, but anyone with ears could not deny Blake on the guitar, Tony on the five There was somethin' in the air for sure It wasn't all peace and make-love-not-war No, it was somethin' more It was that longhair Bluegrass That was the sound of '73 Yeah that longhair Bluegrass Man, it swept the South and it swept over me Clarence White, that's a name I adore And John Hartford, just to drop one more And don't forget the Nitty Gritty Band, Earl Scruggs and his sons, Mr. Dave Grisman And you know Monroe is still the King But now his church has a new wing Where an outcast like me can feel at home Singin' that longhair Bluegrass Just like Sam said it should be Yeah that longhair Bluegrass Well it wasn't all the greatest songs And the solos were a little long But it spoke to me strong, and it still speaks to me Longhair Bluegrass I remember it well Longhair Bluegrass In the moonlight Longhair Bluegrass Can't stop now, singing that Longhair Bluegrass Well I dreamt I went away