Actually, even though I've known most of the folks playing for years, it may not seem like it, but this venue is pretty formal. What you can't see is that there about 500 people sitting out there in the audience. B.F. was invited to sit in with the "East Mountain Bluegrass and Gospel Band" because his son plays with them normally, and couldn't be there....B.F. took his place, and quite well I might ad. The band has just made a CD, and plays all over East Texas. They're way out of my league.
http://www.eastmountainbluegrass.com/
The guy on the right, with the mando, is B.F.'s son Randall. The bands sound man, is one of the best guitarist around, and doesn't play with them. He and I work directly together now at work. Tucker, and his wife Julie, both work for the same company I work for also. That's Julie playing bass for the band.
Tucker, the guy playing banjo, and I used to play together around the house 25 years ago. A great guitarist, I was playing with Tucker one night when he said, "I think I'll get a banjo, I've always wanted to try it." About a month later, he was playing the thing. He's incredible. This short clip doesn't convey how good these folks are.
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