I got hooked on Bluegrass a few years ago, but my local group has not been able to jam together for almost a year now. I’ve only been able to attend a couple of outdoor jams at a nearby county park. It’s great to see the younguns get into the bluegrass scene.
We’ve got banjo, fiddle, guitar, and bagpipes in our immediate family. Fun times! New Salem, settlement where Lincoln spent his youth has a big bluegrass week. Moved out of state. Miss it!
This stupid lockdown is killing me. I’ve been involved in the local bluegrass scene for the last ten years and even co-hosted a weekly jam. The genre is (was) surprisingly vibrant with festivals all spring and summer long.
Now it’s all dried up. Everyone is afraid to play and no venues will allow sessions. I invited a dozen players to my home for a backyard jam last summer and only one showed up. They’re all scaredy-cats around here.
In the meanwhile, while waiting for sanity to return the only thing left to me is to practice...and irritate the neighbors.