(Virgin/Back Porch)
It sounds like the setup for a really bad joke. What do you get when a Canadian bluegrass band covers an entire Pink Floyd album? However, this is no joke. Luther Wright and the Wrongs have torn down The Wall and will Rebuild the Wall this weekend.
The band has transcended bluegrass as a mere cultural oddity and transported it into full-on parody. Covering an entire album, The Wall, even if the original is diametrically opposed to the style it is being covered in, is a rather stale concept. The idea of covering classic rock in bluegrass style is unoriginal since Hayseed Dixie released AC/DC and Kiss \tributes."" Not to say that parody or unoriginality is a cardinal sin--Weird Al has made a career out of it.
Rather than celebrating American roots music, the genre has become little more than novelty. Unfortunately, most of the population's knowledge and enjoyment of bluegrass ends with owning the ""O Brother, Where Art Thou"" soundtrack.
The Wrongs tear through what many would deem rock classics, renovating them into redneck tales of critters and ""Jerry Springer Show""-quality relationships.
--Justin Wolff
