Lanesboro

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http://www.boveeheil.com/Bluff%20Cou...0Gathering.htm

See link above.
I highly recommend this.

[John Flynn]

Wow! No chance I can make it, but I would like to. Chirps Smith is the real deal in Midwest old-time music. Equally at home on the banjo, fiddle and mandolin, knows thousands of tunes and a great guy too.

[Fred Keller]

I'll be there. I'm staying at the Stone Mill just a couple blocks away. Bob and Gail put on a first-rate event. The food served is--I kid you not--gourmet fare and not to be missed.

The picking is extraordinary too. Last year was my first year and I got to stumble through John Salyer tunes with Bruce Molsky. Not too shabby.

[Joe F]

When I saw the picture of Chirps holding an F4 on the web site a few weeks ago, I really had hoped he would be teaching the mando workshops.

Last year was my first year, too. #I was sitting in a jam on Saturday afternoon, and a few people started dropping by and joining in. #One of them was this unassuming guy wearing a "Farm King" seed cap, who played a pretty mean fiddle. #I snuck a peek at his name tag, and was blown away to find I was jamming with Chirps Smith.

Here's a picture I took of him at last year's Gathering:

[Joe F]

And don't let Fred Keller's comment fool you. I watched him playing with Molsky, and he was tearing it up as much as Bruce was.

Hope to get some jamming time with you again this year, Fred.

[Joe F]

I'm heading down to the Bluff Country Gathering a week from today!

I know Fred Keller will be there; anybody else?

[Don Stiernberg]

All of us here in Illinois are proud of old Chirps. Don't miss any of his shows or workshops.

[minnedolin]

totally spaced on the dates. Dang it. Fred, I shoulda took heed to your suggestion more rapidly. I was thinking the end of the month for some odd reason. Looked like a blast, pretty much workshops and whatnot.