DaDoc
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And as they used to say back in the old days, it was shinin' times! 
The 1838 rendezvous was awesome, didn't disappoint. For me, this was the most music I've ever played in a live setting since moving to Montana..Met and made friends with some old pros, these guys have been around since the 60's and have played with a lot of well-known musicians..Some names that got dropped included guys like Charlie Musselwhite and Waylon Jennings..Long list actually, more than I can remember!
They were gracious enough to let me sit in, been a long time since I jammed with guys of this caliber but I held my own..At one point I did my version of Neil Young's "Heart Of Gold", (complete with harmonica) and I was a bit apprehensive as there was a world-class harpist in-house..But at the end of the song he told me "Hell, you did that better than Neil!"
I wouldn't go that far but it still made my night..Heck, made my week!
As I said in another thread, as soon as I can figure out how to post pics I'll put some up!
Oh, and the apple pie was a hit in camp..I took a gallon but probably should have made five, it lasted about a day and a half!
But the best thing of all was I acquired a Renaissance-era Hurdy-Gurdy..I already had a Medieval-era Gurdy (Like the one Jimmy Page was playing at the opening scene of "The Song Remains The Same") but the Renaissance-era model is fully chromatic, has more strings and does a lot more stuff..Of course it's also a lot more complicated, but I'm already getting some licks and melodies worked out..I love these things, they're like a stringed instrument that sounds kinda like bagpipes!
The 1838 rendezvous was awesome, didn't disappoint. For me, this was the most music I've ever played in a live setting since moving to Montana..Met and made friends with some old pros, these guys have been around since the 60's and have played with a lot of well-known musicians..Some names that got dropped included guys like Charlie Musselwhite and Waylon Jennings..Long list actually, more than I can remember!
They were gracious enough to let me sit in, been a long time since I jammed with guys of this caliber but I held my own..At one point I did my version of Neil Young's "Heart Of Gold", (complete with harmonica) and I was a bit apprehensive as there was a world-class harpist in-house..But at the end of the song he told me "Hell, you did that better than Neil!"
I wouldn't go that far but it still made my night..Heck, made my week!
As I said in another thread, as soon as I can figure out how to post pics I'll put some up!
Oh, and the apple pie was a hit in camp..I took a gallon but probably should have made five, it lasted about a day and a half!
But the best thing of all was I acquired a Renaissance-era Hurdy-Gurdy..I already had a Medieval-era Gurdy (Like the one Jimmy Page was playing at the opening scene of "The Song Remains The Same") but the Renaissance-era model is fully chromatic, has more strings and does a lot more stuff..Of course it's also a lot more complicated, but I'm already getting some licks and melodies worked out..I love these things, they're like a stringed instrument that sounds kinda like bagpipes!
