Music Jam Jamming with Richie and Leon

Bluegrass Jam today at Richie’s home in Vineland, N.J.

 

 

 

Rich Favretto is the best banjo player in South Jersey.  Leon Werkheiser is a terrific Bass player, and I’m a passable guitar player and singer.  This is the first time we have jammed together in over a year and it was great to be back.

 

I was a little slow getting up to speed; it took 30 minutes to get Fire on the Mountain and Down the Road right.  But we did.  Warm-up is pretty important for the voice, and to get the wrists moving.  Rich said it takes 45 minutes to get up to speed and everyone together and he’s right.

 

We talked about making this a regular jam.  Rich has a barn that can be redone and his kitchen has good acoustics.  We left it to come back next Sunday.

 

There a few songs I’ve got to get down:

 

·        Blue Moon of Kentucky

·        Beautiful Beautiful Brown Eyes

·        Banks of the Ohio, bluegrass style

·        Ashes of Love up tempo

·        Angeline the Baker

·        Down the Road

·        Blue Ridge Mountain Blues

 

It’s good to be doing bluegrass again.  Most of the Jams I attend now include lots of country and folk tunes.