Quote of the month

A lot of bands make the mistake of pulling out their instruments as soon as they start learning a song... My dad always insisted that we learn the vocals first. When you're playing your instruments, you might bump into someone else's word and not even know it. But, when you learn it a cappella, you get it right. And once you've got the vocals right, you say 'Let's jam.'

David Parmley of Continental Divide, quoted in an article by Geoffrey Himes in the July 2008 Bluegrass Unlimited