I had a treat waiting for me when I got home today: Boiled Peanuts. For those of you who don't know, that's southern.
Some friends went to South Carolina on vacation and on return, brought back to me raw peanuts. My wife got a big pot from the shelf and commensed boiling.
Now, who out there has ever had cheesecake and boiled peanuts for desert?
I took a little trip to the Detroit area last weekend. My wife and I attended a 50th aniversary celebration of some friends we knew from church in Louisville. We played a little music in the garage after lunch.
It seems unreal that I played a week in Detroit 57 years ago, and I went on my first ever pheasant hunt while there. The weather was cold with snow on the ground. I was traveling with Little Jimmy Dickens and his Country Boys.
Just thought you'd like to know.
I had the opportunity to go to Owensboro, Kentucky again this year to be a part of the festivities at the International Bluegrass Music Museum. The museum hosted a reunion ( or gathering) of Bill Monroe's band members from over the years. There were quite a few there and most I'd never met. I played in his group starting in September 1952 (about six months until car wreck), and then again for seven months starting January 1954, so you can imagine that there were a good many who came after me.
We formed groups on Wednesday afternoon and played the music we had played when we worked in the Bluegrass Boys. Somehow, I was last and had to struggle to find some Bill Monroe songs that hadn't already been done. None had played "Blue Moon of Kentucky" so I did. I also played "When The Golden Leaves Begin To Fall", and "Shady Grove" clawhammer style. The museum filmed all of this so it probably can be seen by all someday.
The way that the museum had lunch [...]
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