The jam whipsawed into its 10th year of existence Monday night, with a large crowd cramming into a space that was as hot and steamy as a Coffee Mill cappuccino. The date fell pretty close to the anniversary of the first jam, which was held Feb. 7, 2000. I've written about the history of the jam previously on this blog, so I won't get into that. You can check out radfordfiddle.com for a brief recap.
Senie Gal made her once-in-a-full-moon appearance, her ever-growing boy Harlow with her (he's 5 now). Asenath sang a buncha old familiar songs, that some of us have forgotten how to play! She and Wayne vocalized some sweet, Dan-and-Alison (Robert-and-Alison?)-style harmonies, and Bro. Frye busted out some of his new'uns: "He Walked All the Way to Texas," "Stuck in the Middle of Nowhere" and "Wait a Minute" among them.
Honest Chris Burgoyne, who's obviously been too busy growing a beard(just in time for Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday) to come to the jam, led us thru "Blue Night" and he FIDDLED, yes, FIDDLED "Red-Haired Boy"!!! I guess everybody thinks they can play the fiddle these days! Practically everybody who walks in now is carrying a fiddle case! "If THAT guy thinks he can do it," they say, waving their bows mockingly in my direction, "then I know I can do it!"
Doug D, Richard and Bob B. were other fiddlists. Somebody must've called Clawhammer Appreciation Day, because Ross, Sam L. and Tim P. all frailed away -- even going outside to engage in a little old-time frivolity on a warm night.
Jason and Asenath performed some nice double-banjer breakdowns, Doug Cappaucino kept us all in line and in time, earning his weekly bass-solo standing O, Kendall was in rare form (he had a rowdy fan club in attendance; musta been the full moon!), Nancy and Frankie laid down serious rhythm, Don Hall made an appearance ... anybody I'm forgetting? It was a big night, fun and loud. Good show.
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Always good to see Doug Dalton, who is the spitting image of John Waters, but nobody seems to know who he is.
Go rent Serial Mom for starters. Pecker was good, too.
You forgot to mention me---Mary! It was a very fun night indeed.
Ah Mary, of course! Bustin' out the solos!
And Gurney, I know who Doug Dalton is.
Ralph:
Thanks for keeping the Jam going! Looking forward to another 10 years. Since Wayne has become multi-instrument talented, I predict he will start playing the fiddle also; it is a matter of time.
Think we oughta start planning for a 10 year anniversary blowout! Party favors, the who shebang! I think that in the next 10, we need to get Frankie going on the bass. He just has that look about him that screams "Bass Playah!"
You got a point there, Wayne. I been around for 5 or 6 of those years. I'm in on any reason to have a party.
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