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I’m in my apartment listening to my neighbors cheer for the final seconds of the Lakers-Celtics championship game, which I just started watching. OK, another game to follow.

I was watching the video of the documentary Bluegrass Journey. In the first few minutes, there were Dana and Lauren of the erstwhile Malibu Storm. I know them! Hi! Then the Del McCoury Band played “Love is a Long Road,” from Tom Petty’s album Full Moon Fever. I know that song! I had heard some of the other songs, too, but it was funny that one of the first in the movie was one I know from a rock record.

The documentary doesn’t show you much about the history of bluegrass, although it does allude to the music’s diverse influences. What it does is illustrate the experience of traveling to bluegrass festivals. I had heard before, often from Dana, that everyone feels very connected through them. That definitely came through in the scenes in the movie, in the music selections, and in my own experience watching it.

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