A red-hot jam at The Coffee Mill, is what! A good turnout of 16-18 musicianers and a full hose of coffee-sipping bluegrass fans enjoyed a fun night of music. We stuck mostly with tried and true material, except for a new dobro player by the name of "Bashful" Jasonalex Wheeler. Yes, Wayne and Chris! You missed Jason on the slided steel strings! Right after Joe stole J.A.'s banjer, J.A. wrestled the dobro away from poor Larry and laid down some serious dobrolic wackiness. Just call him "Jerry" from now on.
In other news, Mary handled mandolin solos with great aplomb and musicality. Joe requested/kicked off "June Apple" and tickled the chromatics outta that 5-strang. Kendall sang 87 songs, including "Bonaparte's Retreat," and stayed till 10 (the stunner of the night)!!! A talented couple named the Clutterbucks sang 3-4 wonderful country-ish tear-jerkers. Fiddlers three sawed sweetly. Several others added their talents. Tim Pak frailed the banjo and sang "Will You Be Loving Another Man" with Kendall, who said, no, he would not be. Apologies to anyone left out. Oh yeah, I saw Tim Mills writing a song on his cellphone ... or he was sending the longest text message in history.
New faces in the crowd. Lots of college kids, most of whom will be on spring break next week or the week after. That's all!
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Dang! Sounds like I missed a good 'un. I was thinkin the weather might hold it back some, but sounds like it brought out the big guns. Can't wait to hear Jerry/Jason on the dobro. A little Sled Ride at about 60mph would be nice! Do we now have a fill in for Bill Adams when the JB's play? He might have to borrow an axe, but we might have to use him from time to time. I think we wants to be a JB in the inner most parts of his young heart!
I'll be around for a couple of hours next week.
Jason's a JV JB!
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