I guess I'm on the older end of the curmudgeon list, and have been accused of
being opinionated.
I've had the pleasure of watching Jake Jolliff grow up. Jake plays all the
notes and sometimes in
the same tune, but he is capable of playing music that I like and even
understand. Jake is in Boston
now attending Berklee and playing in a band called Joy Kills Sorrow, Young
kids, all killer pickers
and nice kids too. BUT I'm thinking that they are playing in a language that I
don't know, and I've really tried
as I think pretty highly of Jake. I know, it's that "muse" thing. Anyway, I
told you all that to tell you this:
Last night I went see Jake's Dad, Bill, in concert. Now Bill is a banjo player
of the old school both bluegrass and old
time, a fine flatpicker, a good old time fiddler, and he taught Jake to play
the mandolin. ('til Jake was about 9)
Bill is also a very good song writer and one of my favorite singers. It was one
of the best shows I've ever been to,
period. I understood every note, could relate to all the songs and I could
listen to Bill talk all night. Just a wonderful
show and only 60 folks came out to see it. Sad to think that if "Festering
Blackhead and the Zits" were playing in town
thousands would have turned out.
But what do I know? Tater is my favorite mandolin player and I've actually seen
him live more than once.
Clyde Clevenger
Just My Opinion, But It's Right
Salem, Oregon
Old Circle
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