Re: Your Jeff Austin Memories
I have to admit, if it wasn’t for Jeff I might never have picked up a mandolin. I heard of John Hartford through YMSB. I followed them since about 1998. When Jeff parted ways with YMSB I never really understood and thought YMSB was worse for it and I never started following Jeff Austin Band.
I must have seen YMSB with Jeff several dozen times. I was at a new years show once and met Jeff in his hotel room and he signed a cheap F style mandolin for me. When my buddy died of cancer YMSB played a show about a month later in my town and they dedicated the encore to him - Jeff being the one who talked about my buddy being a taper...
So this hit me kinda hard. But playing mando helps, and as one of Jeff’s songs goes, I’m gonna “keep on going.”
I cannot begin to imagine what his family is going through.
A whole lot of us miss you Jeff!
I should be pickin' rather than postin'
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