This
month, it’s a bluegrass jam favorite! Check out a jam I spotted
on YouTube. I’m getting “Blackberry Blossom” in shape on my
banjo. And I took my guitar recently to a traditional Irish jam,
and, yes, “Blackberry Blossom” popped up there, too! It’s an
addictive (in a good way) instrumental!
I
can’t seem to find out how old this song is, but one story
circulating on the Web is that Civil War General James Garfield
heard a soldier playing his favorite ditty on a harmonica. The
president-to-be couldn’t remember the name, and spat some
tobacco juice onto a blackberry bush and … there you go.
FIND
AN ACOUSTIC JAM NEAR YOU!
No,
not a traffic jam. Find a music jam. Take your guitar,
banjo, fiddle, bass, mandolin, ukulele, kazoo or whatever
you play. A
good website
Spirit
Jam,
Brighton
:
4th
Friday, 7-11 pm through July 23, Holy Spirit Catholic Church
(corner
Winans
Lake
and Musch roads. (
Bluegrass
, country, oldies, folk, easy listening)
Visit Zellie’s Opry House in
Howard
City
!
Check out Friday Night Fun at 7 p.m., June 4. On Saturday, June 19, Ruth & Max Bloomquist will be in concert, and there will be an open
jam. Visit the
website:
