The Seldom Scene

	Formed
	1971 in Washington D.C.
	Active Decades
	19001020304050607080902000

by Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.

"We try to find material that's a little bit different, and approach the music in a little bit broader way than most bluegrass bands do," said The Seldom Scene's Dudley Connell to the Baltimore Sun in 1998. Since its inception in 1971, The Seldom Scene has thrived on playing bluegrass a little differently than everyone else. If other bands used a fiddler, The Seldom Scene used a Dobro; if others relied on old standards, The Seldom Scene played rock classics like J.j. Cale's "After Midnight." Through skilled musicianship and an urban approach to bluegrass, The Seldom Scene has become one of the most influential -- if not the most influential -- bluegrass band of their time.

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