That was fun reading Maggie!
gave me the goosebum just by reading it.
i know how you feel. had a chans to see special consensus.
and after had a chat with Greg Cahill,took a photo and a sign. he was really down to earth and helpful giving me pointers how to train certain things. thats one thing i love with bluegrass. its not so big. atleast not here.
if it is a rock consert they run away after the show hiding. no chans to see you heroes there 
So I was talking with Ricky Skaggs & Russ Carson last night and
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What a Thrill! Thanks for sharing your story with us.
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Jealousy ignited. How do you have enough money to see Ricky Skaggs in the first place?!?! And the title of this thread sounds totally name droppy, in an “I’m trying to be casual about this, but inwardly I’m dancing on the rooftop singing cuz he actually talked to me!” kind of way.
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Love this Story!
What a great story! That’s so cool!
That is awesome. Thanks for sharing!
$50 third row, hard to beat that. Sounding name droppy was the intent. I kinda blew it though by misspelling his name, that’s embarrassing, thanks for letting me know. I fixed it.
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Cool story! And a lifetime experience.
Wow, great story! Thanks for sharing it and reminding us how class acts like these are made up of real people like you and us. Fun, fun, fun!
Ok, that price is incredible!
That’s hilarious 
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For the record Gunnar (@Dragonslayer), I appreciated you noticing and calling my attention to especially that typo, I mean that’s not one I would like to let stand and you’ll notice I corrected it right away, so thanks buddy.
And honestly, @Archie I thought you were being intentionally silly with “your” instead you’re and “mistooks” and “cleaver”. I was gonna chime in too, I just hadn’t gotten around to it yet.
He gave you pointers? Well that’s pretty neat, I bet that was a treat. Yeah most of these guys are like that I think. At festivals and the like you can sometimes mingle with and even catch a pickup jam with some of these really talented people in parking lots, hotel hallways and lobbies, campsites, etc. You might even be lucky enough to play with the likes of Molly or Sierra or Bryan or Russ or Michael or Jake or Mo or Andy or maybe even Jim or Tim or Ricky or Dan or Pete or Bela or Chris or Noam or Sam… Maybe even Ben. Who knows who might run into?
Tuttle, Hull, Sutton, Carson, Cleveland, Workman, Pitney, ?, ?, O’Brien, Skaggs, ?, Rowan, Fleck, Thile, Pickelny, Bush, and finally Clark. Did I get enough right to have a passing grade?
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hehe yeah maggie. im fairly new to bluegrass. listen to hardrock all the register to deathmetal all my life.
and on all the concerts ive been to, ive never been closer to them than 30 meters at best.
so it was odd to stand face to face 
Most definitely yes you did. Andy Leftwich, Dan Tyminski, Pete Wernick, Jim Mills, oh and there’s another Jake we all know and love… and Robbie…
It is a wonderful thing when well recognized performers are kind to their customers. My mother in law met Pete Seeger once after a show. He showed her a strum pattern. It made a huge and lasting impression. I have probably heard that story a dozen times, and I hope to hear it dozens more. The simplest act of kindness can mean the world to others.
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Aww, man! I knew those names! I should have at least gotten Dan Tyminski. I had been debating with myself whether it was Jake Stogdill, or Jake Sturgel (I think I spelled it right, he used to play with Sierra) when I realized it was Workman. @Mike_R, it seems to be part of the bluegrass culture to have such nice people as famous musicians. That was probably the weirdest way I could have phrased that… anyway, it seems like bluegrass musicians are mostly really nice folks, who don’t seem haughty or egocentric, and seem to really care about others, about their audience, and about getting people into the music
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Yeah, I love Dan’s work and he and his band will be in concert at The Caverns a couple hours from Nashville after Ben’s camp. But, I’ll be seeing Molly Tuttle in Tallahassee the day before and it was just too tight a schedule drive back up there, then back home to Florida. It’s a two week road trip for me which includes some extra time in Nashville.
I’m not sure who Jake Sturgel is. There’s Justin Moses who plays with Sierra a lot and he plays just about any instrument, very versatile and talented guy.
Just FYI, on March 1, I’m seeing Sierra Hull here in Clearwater, FL and on the way up to Ben’s camp, I’m stopping at the Suwannee Spring Reunion 4 day music festival with Steep Canyon Rangers, Peter Rowan, Billy Strings and gobs more. Tickets to see many of our favorite, artists are very reasonable at $30 - $50 so check their tour schedules frequently and support their music.
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Justin and Sierra are married, which is part of why they play together a lot. Jake Sturgel (or something like that) I think was the guitarist for highway 111, which was Sierra’s band. I wish I could see some live bluegrass, but every last penny I earn is going into my mandolin fund (looking at a km 150) and my parents don’t want to drive me even to Houston, so I definitely couldn’t reach an out of state concert. I did attend a local charity concert by the Davis’ and the Sabine river bend band, which was bluegrass gospel, and afterwards I got to play the Sabine banjoist’s banjo, which was a '99 Gibson Earl Scruggs signature and that was NICE! anyway, am I off topic? Sorry. I wish some bluegrass folks would come to Africa, and start an appreciation down there