Equal parts cheesy and stunning, if you haven’t belted along to this song at hundreds of decibels while no one is watching, you’re lying. Feel free to color inside - or outside - of the lines as you decide just how the song’s couple landed in their double grave.Ĭome for the iconic AKUS track, stay for the impeccable introduction by Alison. Just enough of the story is left up to the imagination of the listener. One has to wonder, though, with so many songs about murderous, deceitful women in bluegrass - the overwhelmingly male songwriters across the genre’s history couldn’t be bitter and misogynist, could they? Could they?Ī more recent example of unsettling songwriting in bluegrass and Americana, husband-and-wife duo Zach & Maggie White give a whimsical, joyful bent to their decidedly creepy song “ Double Grave” in the 2019 music video for the track. His grumbling, coarse voice and deadpan delivery do this modern murder ballad justice and then some. (Yes, that’s a country songwriting archetype.) The Country Gentlemen did quiet, ambling - and spooky - bangers better than anybody else in bluegrass.įans of now-retired family band Cherryholmes will know how rare it was for father and bassist Jere to step up to the microphone to sing lead. THE archetypical example of “What’s that story, stranger? Well, wait ‘til you hear this wild twist…” in country songwriting.

The Country Gentlemen – “Bringing Mary Home”

If you’re a fan of pumpkins, hot cider, and murder ballads we’ve crafted this list of 13 spooky-season bluegrass songs just for you: Bluegrass, old-time, and country do unsettling music remarkably well, from ancient folk lyrics of love gone wrong to ghost stories to truly “WTF?” moments. Ah! There’s a chill in the air, color in the leaves, and a craving for the spookiest songs in bluegrass - it must be fall.

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