Friday night at the Red Rooms Cookstown
To see East Nash Grass, What a band 😁😁
And Saturday night, Vicar Street Dublin to see Bela Fleck and his Bluegrass Heats tour.
Brian Sutton on Guitar unbelievable.
Sierra Hull on Mandolin
Bela Fleck on Banjo
Michael Cleveland on Fiddle.
I just watched a video from Dublin, woaw, what a beautiful night you 've attend!
@wjssavhotmail-co-uk Thanks John. I was looking for the concert, but could only find a couple of songs recorded on phones so not the best quality. I did come across and video of Bela Fleck and Billy Strings playing a piece call Boulderdash. I'd never heard of Bela Fleck before, but he really does bring the art of banjo playing to another level. Wow!
@jambongris Yes Michael, He has his own style, I must admit i do prefer Earl Scruggs hes the daddy 😀 😀
@wjssavhotmail-co-uk Like a lot of Boomers, my first experience with Earl Scruggs was watching the Beverly Hillbillies. He and his duet partner, Lester Flatt, wrote and performed the theme song and starred in a couple of episodes. You probably know all this John. In one episode, both Earl and Lester were vying for the affections of Jethro's mother, Pearl. So Lester would sing, "Pearl, Pearl, Pearl, don't you marry Earl..." I remember that as if it was yesterday, but can't recall something that happened last week. Or course, their real claim to fame is as pioneers, along with Bill Monroe, of the bluegrass movement in country music. As you say John, he's the granddaddy of them all.
@wjssavhotmail-co-uk Oh yes. TV seemed to have an abundance of desirable females for a young adolescent to fantasize on in 60's and Ellie May was definitely on the list.
