07 Jan 08 Bluegrass Gospel
In spite of the torrential rains (yes the garage took on water) we had a great weekend together.
The smaller posse from SOCAL drove up and helped us pull off our first Bluegrass Gospel night.
One of the best surprises of the evening was discovering our Youth Minister played the harmonica. (At one point I thought I heard the cattle on the trail).
No one stormed out so it must have sounded something like bluegrass - or is it because it didn’t sound like bluegrass? That’s a tough call.
It’s hard to describe (in spite of all the work) how much fun it is to play together in a group like that and have people actually enjoy the experience.
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It’s a minority opinion for sure, but I don’t think it’s possible to hear music involving a banjo and not enjoy it!
Has your brain become waterlogged?
I can’t believe what you just wrote. Here you were in the heart of a deep bluegrass tradition in DC for 7-8 years and nary a word (note) about or remotely similar to bluegrass. Now you’re on the left coast and……well, next thing you know you’ll be heading down to Bakersfield and changing your band’s name to the Buckaroos (Randyaroos sounds like kids underwear).
Time to pull out that Sons of the Pioneers CD & learn a few licks.
I’m sorry I missed it.
The first thing I noticed as I started back up at work today was that the district had installed a brand spanking new firewall and now I can’t read your pithy blog at work anymore.
So now you’re part of my homelife. For what it’s worth.
Excuse me Randy for a moment -
Steve - I came back to school to discover our “new” district filter put me back into the blog world again. Don’t give up hope.
Randy - Bluegrass at a Church of Christ with the name of “Central” fits right in with our east coast version of Central. Although I’m not a fan of Bluegrass (even when VanHalen plays it) I do enjoy our “pickin and grinnin” times.
Hope the garage is dry by now.
Glad to know that you’ve brought some “culture” to California. I just hope it sticks.
Peace.