The festival was slow, perhaps less than half its historical attendance. 7 luthiers in our pavilion rather than 20 or so, and much less jamming in the campground, so probably proportionately fewer pickers in the population. Still, after over 20 consecutive years of participation, I got to hang out with many friends I see almost nowhere else.
One of the younger pickers, John Gooding, came to play my new BRW dread at least 5 times and surely would buy it if he could. But he is 18 and just launching his adult life, so he’d need a patron to pull that off. I got video of John play it and his brother Josh playing an F style mandolin I own, but will have to process it before I can share it with you. Which I will.
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