Nice to see you're feeling better, Fred. Potato On Jan 15, 4:15 pm, Fred Keller <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh yea--this has nothing to do with Brad Leftwich at all, a guy I've > picked with a (miniscule) bit and who I admire > > > > > On 1/15/10 3:53 PM, Topher Gayle wrote: > >> Once I was jamming on my mando at a small old time jam, pretty much > >> playing backbeats. And after a couple tunes the fiddling gal sneered, > >> "how long have you been playing bluegrass?" and that was the end of > >> that. > > >> So I was a little bit nervous a couple years later when Brad Leftwich > >> asked me to accompany him at a dance, with my mando. I asked him what > >> he wanted me to do, and he said, "whatever you want, but it would be > >> nice to have a rolling strum." I didn't know what he meant, so he said > >> something like dum-a-strum-a dum-a-strum-a, a little bit swung, but > >> not much. That's kind of a guitar strum for me. I guess he liked it > >> because he asked me to accompany him a few more times that week. It > >> was really fun! > > >> I think it's the same as any kind of social music. It's as loose or > >> strict as the people involved want. I personally really like things > >> loose. But sometimes that's not the scene. > > >> Topher
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