WHAT YOU MAY FIND HERE

RANTS, RAVINGS and RUMINATIONS along with
RAUCOUS RIBALDRY and RAMBLING REFLECTIONS

Saturday, June 29, 2019

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div

An unusual group makeup -- father - son and father - daughter. Duck Wallow Lane from Plant City, FL doing Let Me Know written by Mike Maravilla



Duck Wallow Lane is Michael Maravilla on banjo, with his 15 year old son, Barrett, on mandolin, and Beau Brake on bass, with his 13 year old daughter, Morgan, on guitar

Monday, June 24, 2019

Geography Div (Population density subsection)

I've worked at the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site for four years. One of the most common questions asked is "Why here?" (in this case being South Dakota.
Well, take a look at these two maps and make a guess.



Saturday, June 22, 2019

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div (More Furriners subsection)

... And it's even about a bear !! The Bluegrass Boogiemen, from Holland doing Old Slewfoot.



Robert Jan Kanis - Guitar), Arnold Lasseur  - mandolin, Aart Schroevers - Bass 
and Bart van Strien - banjo..





Saturday, June 15, 2019

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div (Local Happening subsection)

The Black Hills Bluegrass Festival is currently in progress. Featured band this year is The Dave Adkins Band. He was here two years ago when he was teamed with Edgar Loudermilk, Here's his new band doing  Little Maggie.



Dave introduces everyone at the end of the number.

Monday, June 10, 2019

Geography Div (National Shame subsection)

Two weeks ago my wife and I visited the National Memorial For Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama.
At one point, I sat down and cried.
Every pillar hanging from the ceiling represents a US County where a lynching took place and is inscribed with the victim's names and the date of their murder.
There really aren't words adequate enough to describe the horror of what happened.






Saturday, June 8, 2019

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass

Been hearing this song quite a bit lately on Bluegrass Junction [Sirius XM}. Unspoken Tradition doing I Say Let's Go.




Unspoken Tradition: Audie McGinnis - Guitar, Zane McGinnis - Banjo, Sav Sankaran - Bass, Tim
Gardner - Fiddle and Ty Gilpin - Mando;in

Saturday, June 1, 2019

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div

One Grass Two Grass  doing Why we've Come



The Band: Sam Trimboli is on bass, with Anthony Dente on fiddle, Carson Hunter on banjo, Bud Dillard on mandolin, and Riley Hill on guitar.