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Music: Greg Brown on shuffle- current tune: “Let me be your Gigolo”
I started singing “Just a bum” in my head while standing on the t. I came home, took out my banjo and listened to the song. No, people, I did not play the song on the banjo. First off, it’s not a banjo song and second, I can’t play songs yet. Just rolls.
Greg Brown sure does sooth my soul. Deep and raspy. Drawn out and low. Poetic and prophetic. Everything you need to hear at the end of the day. Sometimes it’s a toss up- folk or bluegrass. My soul will always be twangy, but my heart has room for all music that touches me.
Final song: and I did not plan this- Banjo Moon ( live) – Is somebody trying to tell me something or what?
Well folks, I got to cut this short. I have contra dancing obligations. I never thought I would be saying this, but I would rather stay here and play my banjo.
Maybe I will expound on more things musical later if I’m not too tired.
Short and Sweet
This is my obsession. On Friday night the band French Toast played an instrumental version of Liza Jane while I contra danced around a intimate hall. I got so excited when I realized what was playing I forgot the dance for a moment. This is not the first time I have heard bluegrass music infused into a contra tune.
Tonight I spent new years eve at a contra dance. I arrived home at nearly 3 am and would have gone to bed except that while channel surfing found Garrison Keillor’s new year’s eve special at the Ryman in Nashville, featuring: Rhonda Vincent, Emmylou Harris, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, Sam Bush and Jerry Douglas and many more ( I’m too tired to remember right now. I stayed up till 6 watching the special. I can’t turn off bluegrass. Bluegrass turns me on.
