Well, I have been wanting to get more serious about my fiddling again so I found some ads on craigslist for fiddle lessons and the first one I called said she was playing in a bluegrass band tonight at an open mic at The Library Coffee House (see link to the side in fun stuff). We said 'what the heck' and went and checked it out. It had a pretty cool vibe going. Lots of books and emos all around. Marisa found a home! People were playing music or reciting poetry and the like. Turns out Asians are into bluegrass...who knew? The lady giving violin lessons was also asian singing Bill Monroe's Blue Moon of Kentucky with the Snake River String Band. Reminded me of the good old days when me and JitterBug would howl all night singin some 'In the Pines' and what not.
BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY (BILL MONROE)
IN THE PINES (BILL MONROE)
We had some fun and I am going to give lessons a shot with her. It would be cool to compete at Weiser (http://www.fiddlecontest.com) with Uncle Walter. It is warming up a bit here so the snow has not been falling and I have not been wanting to snowboard on ice so I figure I have some free time.
WEISER
I'm really hoping this dude doesn't show up!!! Ahhh!!!
What???
3 comments:
Ah yes, the good ole days...Those were some fun times! Happy Birthday Month to Marisa! By the way Willy, you're better than that Asian guy.
I sing "In The Pines" to Keithie and Alexis :-) Alexis smiles and falls asleep, and Keithie sings along in his own words :-) Gotta keep that "southern-gene" active :-)
That Asian guy just scares the heck out of me! I start fiddle lessons Thursday. Hopefully there are some people who want to start a bluegrass band here. That would be cool.
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