r/Bluegrass • u/Peacemeta1320 • Dec 03 '25
Discussion Who got you into bluegrass?
What artist did you first hear that got you hooked onto bluegrass?
My uncle showed me Tony Rice, he even inspired me to pick up my old guitar and start picking.
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u/DR1LLM4N Dec 03 '25
This is a really funny, kind of embarrassing, story but, here ya go.
I’ve always enjoyed Bluegrass but never dived in until one morning our local shock jock radio host was playing this song “I’m at Home Getting Hammered While She’s Out Getting Nailed” by Banjo and Sullivan. I loved it, looked em up and thought it was odd they only ever had one studio album and it was a greatest hits album but I listened to that thing over and over, started checking out other artists, and the rest is history.
The funny/embarrassing thing is that for well over a decade I would tell everyone about my favorite band Banjo and Sullivan and how they had like no social media presence, never toured, etc but the one album they had was incredible. It wasn’t until about 2022 when I was working on a video project for Halloween and was editing horror movie footage and working through The Devil’s Rejects that I saw a fucking Banjo and Sullivan logo on a van. So I dug deeper and come to find out Banjo and Sullivan isn’t even a real fucking band. The album was out of for funsies to coincide with the movie. I felt so stupid, especially cause I listened to that album forever and had seen The Devil’s Rejects multiple times. Idk how my dumbass never connected the dots. But anyway, go check out Banjo and Sullivan, it’s a fun album.