Gettysburg BG Festival
Spent a great 2 days at Gettysburg with lots of great music and mando playing. Excellent workshop with Wayne Benson, basically talking about the use of modes in your playing without using terms like Mixolydian or Phrygian but instead tonal centers within a key so it was more easily understood. He is a very inventive player.
Also a good workshop with Don Rigsby on some of his technique and thinking in his mando playing. Cory Piatt was fun to listen to - good player with sweet tone.
The All Star jam with Kenny Smith, Jim Van Cleeve, Sam Shelor, Aaron Ramsey peeled paint! Some strong picking in that one. Each time I heard Kenny Smith play I was blown away again and again by how clean he plays, and also just how nuanced he is in what he does around the fretboard. He is a master.
Great weather and nice crowds, too. This was a Christmas gift from my son who knows I don't get much chance to attend festivals.
Eastman 315
Epiphone MM-20
Martin D-16H
MIJ reissue 62 Strat
Gregory Furan custom L-49
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