It's true that bluegrass is a virtuosic form and asks that of its performer. Old-time music is older rawer and purer. It's less stylized. We don't solo. Well sometimes we do, but it's different it has more to do with rock-and-roll than bluegrass does.
My gift's primarily literary. That being said, I ended up a musician. By the time I made the bluegrass record. . . I'm more impressed with myself when I push the envelope musically than I am when I push it literality.