Finally got to jam!

From Jam at West EMS

It has been more than two months since I went to Pete Wernick's Bluegrass Jam Camp in Argyle, TX and that was the last time I got to jam with other musicians until yesterday evening. My friend, Dave Blevins, who is a helicopter pilot for West EMS also happens to love to play music. He invited me to come play music with his friends, most of whom are associated with West EMS. We had a wonderful time. I met with another helicopter pilot, Matt Ashcraft (pictured next to me in the above photo) and we spent some quality time working on some very old fiddle tunes together. I was flatpicking a song called "Soldier's Joy." Matt heard me playing it and took an interest, so I showed him the notes from my guitar and within about 15 minutes, he had it and we were playing it together. Then, I moved on to another fiddle tune called "Eighth of January." Matt wanted to learn that one, too. It helped me a bunch as well since I have only begun playing these tunes a few weeks ago. The rest of the guys in the group had a wide variety of musical backgrounds, so there was plenty of work for me just to keep up. One of the players has played professionally with Earnest Tubbs and even went to high school with Willie Nelson. He has lots of stories to tell. I had a great time, but I also know I have a lot more to learn.

From Jam at West EMS

I sure appreciate Pam for taking care of the evening duties with the kids and house and let me have a chance to have some music fun. I have a sweet wife!