Sun, 22 Apr 2007
Yesterday I played in a bluegrass jam with a bunch of old and new friends. It was held in a little white church out in the woods and rolling hills of Lincoln. Everyone brought a side dish and our host cooked up hotdogs and hamburgers.As I looked around the room at a bunch of families sharing a pot luck lunch in the community church building as others played bluegrass music I thought "This is America right here. Family, friends, food and music"
As the Beatles once said: "A splendid time was had by all"
The other thing that made me want to blog about it was that one of the guys brought a great old Gretsch guitar and a Fender Twin amp. He had that classic Chet Atkins tone. That made me want to look up Chet on Youtube to see what they had on him and wouldn’t you know it, I found a film of Chet playing one of the tunes that "The Sierra Swing Conspiracy" play. Here’s Chet playing "Dark Eyes"
Speaking of "The Sierra Swing Conspiracy", we had another rehearsal on Friday and we included a new bass player. Alana (A.K.A. "Charlie the girl" ) stopped by with her standup acoustic bass and it really added a lot to the sound of the trio.
The SSC will be playing at Music and More on May 20th at 4:00 pm. We’ll be part of a teacher’s concert that’s being put on by vocal teacher Chris Bello. It’s a free concert and it should be a lot of fun. There are some seriously good teachers at M & M and it will be nice to hear them play.
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