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Old 07-29-2023, 06:11 PM
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Last time I went was about a year ago, for an hour. The time before that, a year before. I was having fun dancing to Rolling Stones songs with several friends. I hurt my hip and ended up needing a hip replacement. The bands are talented, but not my sort of music. I gave up most rock decades ago. I’d definitely go to hear a good bluegrass band, or one that plays pre-1970 Country (not contemporary—I want to hear that pedal steel guitar), or one that plays the Great American Songbook (like Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra). But I don’t think that is going to happen. The music is free, but I can’t dance anymore, and music is free at home, too, so I don’t go at all anymore.
If you haven't done so already, you should check out the band Slickwood. Also on Saturday afternoons the group Fiddlerat (one of the guys from Slickwood, Henry Hood, who plays banjo and fiddle plays down at Sawgrass a couple times a month) Just saw them again today.

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