Bluegrass bands...and I can't stop tapping my feet to the beat!

So in my continued studies of the banjo and its sounds I have been listening to bluegrass bands. Right now my top three are Punch Brothers- in which Noam Pikelny is just insanely amazing.  My other two are Trampled by Turtles and Greensky Bluegrass. Funny enough, now I'm kind of being more open in regards to considering learning bluegrass style. Again, I was totally biased about it since I didn't really understand what we were doing that one class with the crazy sub. I seriously can not get enough of how great the banjo sounds. To me this instrument exudes happiness and it makes me think of social gatherings with friends and family. It's a shame I don't have friends who are folk instrument players. Sometimes I feel so awkward having such different tastes but eh c'est la vie! I can't and won't conform to being like everyone else. Lately when people have been finding out I'm learning the banjo they raise their eyebrows and look at me like I have 5 heads. At first I would go on to explain and make the banjo sound super cool. Then I got tired of "justifying" my new interest. Now I just say: "because I like it." Granted,I myself think the banjo is THE coolest instrument ever!  I seriously can't not wait til my next class and more so,my own banjo. Which by the way, soon I shall have a post on the contender banjos... Hmm which one will strike my fancy and find a forever home with me? 

Ps... If you haven't done so, please check out these bluegrass bands, especially the Punch Bros. Did I mention I am loving their style? It's like a mix of classical meets the cool hipster? In my opinion that is. 

-A.