This weekend I attended the Nevada Old Time Fiddle contest in Wells, NV. My daughter entered in the contest for the OT Fiddle Nevada championship, junior division. (She won 1st place).
There are a jam session the night before and this wierd lady from California brought up her three kids. The oldest daughter (about 11 yrs old) played the mandolin, the middle son (9 yrs old) played the tenor guitar and the youngest daughter (7 yrs old) played the fiddle. Well, instead of joining in the jam, they must of thought it was "open mike" night and proceeded to play and sing "Faded Love." This lasted atleast 5-10 minutes. When they finally finished, the mother asked it they could 'play another." However, they were politely told one song per customer. They sat down and didn't join the regular jam session.
Now there were a couple of other people who came up the mike to play duets or start off the lead, but the whole jam group was able to join in.
Since this was a OT fiddle jam , I can understand why this trio was asked to leave. Is this the type of stuff allowed at a Bluegrass jam? I thought a jam session is where everyone plays a song that is picked by each person in the circle as it is passed around the group. Not coming up to the mike to perform in front of the audience. Seems this in not proper jam ediquette.
Any comments?
Glenn Nelson
Las Vegas, NV
"Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes and play your mandolin."
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