The song maintains several elements of the traditional bluegrass feel while still following the overall structure.

The Johnson Mountain Boys were one of the decade's most popular touring groups, and played strictly traditional bluegrass.

This album has lots of variety, from traditional bluegrass to country to intense gypsy swing.

Manzanita is considered breakthrough album combining traditional bluegrass and folk songs with more progressive playing.

In traditional bluegrass, the guitar rarely takes the lead, instead acting as a rhythm instrument, one notable exception being gospel-based songs.

Subsequent albums made the group young standard bearers of traditional bluegrass in the 1980s.

However, many musicians, while there, part from traditional bluegrass styles and emphasize a looser, more rock-oriented interpretation of roots music.

The band couldn't "squash" everything they wanted to convey into the tight format of traditional bluegrass, he said.

But those pop tunes - lodged in between more traditional bluegrass - aren't easy to make.

It played a mix of classical, traditional bluegrass, jazz, and commentary.