Bluegrass music

From 2009-02 (Feb)

I have been very fortunate to have been invited to more local jams in the past month. The latest jams have given me more opportunities to hone my skills on the guitar and to do some singing. The general rule at the jams has been that we pass around the responsibility of picking the next song and generally whoever picks the song also sings. That doesn't always hold true, so I always come prepared with more music than I will have time to get to.

Yesterday, I was invited to help a friend celebrate his father's 70th birthday. My friend, Steve, plays banjo in our local jam group and his father, Doyle, plays mandolin. Doyle's wife thought it would be neat to have several of us from the local group surprise him by showing up at his birthday party and playing music with him. Doyle was pleasantly surprised and gladly jumped right in and played with us. It was tremendous fun and I could tell Doyle was ready to play all night if given the chance. But, all fun things had to come to a close as some of us had to get back to our families and such. Still, I had a great time and I'm glad I went.