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What are y'all up to?

#1204

^^this

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#1205

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#1206

@Flatpickin_Libby Was Mr. Strings at the Blue Ridge Guitar Camp?

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#1207

Yes he showed up last night for opening night as a surprise. Think he’s supposed to be here all day today too.

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#1208

@Flatpickin_Libby I saw Instagram posts from Billy Strings, Jake Eddy, and Marcel (from Lesson with Marcel) saying they got to play a Doc Watson guitar. Did y’all get to check out that guitar?

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#1209

I think it’s one of Bryan’s guitars now. He let a few of the performers play it on stage but didn’t pass it around to the campers. He would probably let us look at it if we asked though.

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#1210

Cool…y’all enjoy that camp!

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#1211

I don’t think Bryan owns it. But yes it’s here. The guitar Doc played on the Will the Circle Be Unbroken album

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#1212

Broooooooo! :metal:

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#1213

It’s fun running into other Gold Pick members.

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#1214

@Luke_L and I are up in Owensville, Ohio running sound for a bluegrass festival this weekend.

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#1215

He’s come such a long way, I’m so proud. I said, “Billy, stick to that learning track!” Now look.

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#1216

Today was amazing … we sat in a small group class (8 campers; they have us divided into little groups by level) for an hour and a half each with Bryan, Chris Eldridge, and Courtney Hartman. Billy hung out in our class all day, and I just finished picking a few tunes with him! :star_struck: We swapped guitars because he wanted to play mine! He’s gone now; flying out to Texas tonight for a show tomorrow!

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#1217

Our local old time music festival today. These folks were killing it! I even got to pick a few with them. I was wearing my Banjo Ben hat one of the guys saw it, asked me if I played, and handed me his banjo.

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#1218

That’s cool! What song(s) did you end up picking with them??

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#1219

Cripple creek was one. The others I don’t remember the names of they were old folk fiddle tunes. Should have written them down. I found out we know some of the same folks. I will probably hear the tunes again eventually.

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#1221

love it!

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#1222

What an honor. Nice dual solos. So, was there a reason for playing in A? (capo 2 with a G root chord). Is A the original key for the song? Is it easier to solo playing up two frets? Just curious.

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#1223

Yes

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