Dear List, Growing up in Kentucky I cared little for "hillbilly" music and even less for the "high lonesome" tenors singing bluegrass. The accoustic instrumentals of the post-Monroe groups I really enjoyed. I attended many festivals while living in Ohio and Michigan and it was there I met the hammered dulcimer. It was love at first sound. In learning to play this instrument I learned many, many Irish jigs, reels and ballads. I learned an equal number of fiddle tunes. There is no doubt in my mind that Bluegrass evolved from our Celtic heritage. Sue McN.