BG: Re: New Fiddler

[Renee']

I saw Todd also on a PBS Special several weeks back.  The boy can Play !!!  Hopefully, we'll see him at the Appalachian Festival next month.  We also saw a young 15 yr old boy down the street from the museum (Ciderville Music Store's back room barber chairs) that could pick the 5 string better than some of the old timers there.  It's exciting to see young talents take up BG.   ~~~~~ I'd like to add something to this that I should have regarding that young 15 yr. old boy we saw at the music store in Powell, TN that I should have added .... it's what caught my attention immediately.   What was amazing is he wasn't attempting to show up the old timers .... he was learning at their knees. Looking up to them and allowing them to Teach him the Heritage.  I watched him and he was about as kindred as you could be, no ego - just humble eagerness to learn from the best.    ... Old timers.     I have seen some of the best musicians hidden away where the roads hardly go.   This young man 'knew' where to find the Right Teachers, that was obvious.     ....   smart boy. He told me his age and that his goal was to learn "every instrument in here".   He had a hunger and that was refreshing.   I don't know about everyone else in here (I'm new) but I, personally, would rather "listen" to a musician display his heart than "watch" an entertainer dance all over the stage ... not concentrating on the hearts of the fellow players.   It needs to entertwine. And that's where you get the sweet music. (just my 2 cents where it wadn't asker fer)  (grins) Renee' Stanley