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Article: Fast as Turtles; Their rise to regional fame came so quickly that most people still don't know how to categorize Duluth's Trampled by Turtles. High-energy bluegrass? Acoustic jam band? Or rock, with banjo?(SCENE)(LOCAL MUSIC)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- February 17, 2006
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Byline: Chris Riemenschneider; Staff Writer
"I never really listened to bluegrass until I started playing in this band."
"I only got into it because Phish played some bluegrass-style songs."
"I still don't ever listen to it on my own."
The members of Trampled by Turtles have different replies to one of the most obvious questions about their fast-rising all-acoustic band: Are they or aren't they a real bluegrass act?
Their varied responses still amount to the same answer: Heck, no. (And they really are the kind of nice, mild-mannered Midwest boys who say "heck.")
Formed in Duluth in early 2003, TBT has quickly become ...