This merry group of Bluegrass enthusiasts regularly congregate in the activity room of a burger shop in a rural Missouri hamlet every Wednesday afternoon. During the recent holiday season as pictured above, they performed a couple of times at a nearby nursing home inviting clients to sing-along or try a few gentle dance steps with our clogger (front left in red). Although this jam band has no official name, they sometimes call themselves the “Wayward Sons and Daughters of Eldon.” The abbreviated WSDE appellation sounds like a radio station.
Established decades ago, our university town has its own community radio station KOPN that features diverse talk shows and a wide spectrum of music. On New Year’s Day, the G&F band members were invited to be featured on the weekly “Farm and Fiddle” show which is a program that explores and celebrates life and culture found on farms and in small towns of central Missouri. What could be more enjoyable than cramming into a broadcast booth to play Bluegrass music being aired across the Show-Me State and live-streamed to faraway continents? What a fun way to spend the first day of 2020.
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