If youngsters do not pick-up the banner of Bluegrass, the music will die with us old timers. The Gainor & Friends band recently performed again for the Safe Day for Kids festival at the Children`s Hospital, and we were blessed to have a young fiddler join us- for the third time. Her father is a banjo player and tinkerer not unlike the BRC founder.
Although a little camera shy, the young fiddler is unafraid to seamlessly leap into such Bluegrass classics like “Redwing” and the “Tennessee Waltz.” She surprised the group with a spirited up-tempo “Devil`s Dream” with which some of our veteran musicians could not keep pace.
At the end of a sunny morning, we all took great comfort in the assurance that the future of Bluegrass is safe in the hands, fingers, heart, and soul of this little miss (click to enlarge).
P.S. Special thanks always to our musicians who travel from Eldon and Macon, Missouri, to perform in Columbia with the G&F band at these events for the kids and families.
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