On The Fringe

Bands Blurring the Lines of Bluegrass “The cool thing about Broke Mountain Bluegrass Band is we thought we were something special,” says Anders Beck with a laugh, “but we were just five dumb kids.  Only time can tell if we were right or not.  I guess we were something pretty special though, because the bands we went on to form and be part of.  It’s pretty crazy to think of.  The idea that we get to do more with this band, that twenty years later we can go back to this band is so exciting.  It’s like a tribute to our younger selves.”  Beck is speaking about the comet streaking across the sky, big-bang explosion that was the brief, often overlooked moment that was the Broke Mountain Bluegrass Band and their upcoming reunion. The Broke Mountain Bluegrass Band’s time together was short, a couple of years and one album, and at the time barely registered on the national radar, but in hindsight is perhaps one of the most important bands o