Today we had a relaxed morning and I started to jam with a fiddler who did Old Time Music, so we played quite a few English type folk tunes. Sally joined in on the Dobro, then we were joined by another guitarist, then a base, then another dobro, then another guitar and pretty soon we had a jam session going.
This afternoon my new toy arrived, Marilee had taken delivery of our new generator and had brought it down to the festival with her.
I carefully unpacked it, put oil in, filled up with petrol and pulled the starter. After about 6 pulls to get petrol to the carburetta is started right up, ye ha, we now have a little 2000watt Honda Generator. It is a lovely piece of kit, only 46lbs, only 53 decibels. Shame it doesn't produce 240 volts otherwise would bring it home (it is not called a suitcase generator for nothing).
We have just had tea (burger cooked outside on our new electric grill) and we are getting ready to go back to the evening concert. Tonight it is Valerie Smith, but tomorrow we have Carolina Rose!!!, who I jammed with last night. And who is she you say? None other than the living daughter of the Father of Bluegrass Bill Monroe (who is now sadly passed away). Watch this space for more news of this great link with the past.
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