Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

Who’s Your Daddy?

The Infamous Stringdusters claim their brand of acoustic music is “not your granddaddy’s bluegrass. Unless your granddaddy was Jerry Garcia.” As it turns out, that’s a valid genealogical statement. Like newgrass cousins the String Cheese Incident, the quintet occupies a branch of the bluegrass family tree descended from the likes of Garcia and David Grisman — and rooted in genre forefathers such as Bill Monroe. This Tuesday, March 13, the ’Dusters lay down roots — and rock, and jazz, and improvisational jams — at the Higher Ground Ballroom. Local soul man Joshua Panda opens.