HeyJaredScott Ainslie: BluesNotes
With more than a half-century of work with traditional musicians on both sides of the color line, I'll be writing about that roots-oriented, mentor-driven life in music, the revelations, and adventures it has brought.
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Galax Fiddler’s Convention, 1977 & 1994 (opens the original)
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My dear friend Cecil said this to me when we attended my first Galax Fiddler’s Convention in 1994. It was one of the festivals I had never gone to back in the day when I was known – if at all – as an old-time fiddler.Odell McGuire, a professor of Geology at Washington & Lee, introduced me to old-time music in the fall of 1970.Scott Ainslie: BluesNotes is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a
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