Since its inception in 1995, the BRC banjoist`s Gainor & Friends band has entertained listeners with Bluegrass music and donated all tips to the local Children`s Hospital. The Broadway Brewery graciously began hosting our Sunday brunch jam sessions in 2009, and we are grateful to this family-friendly brewpub for its generous community spirit. After a music hiatus during the 2020-2021 pandemic months, our performances resumed in the springtime, but we are again on-hold because of delta variant issues. This summer, nonetheless, our total collections for the Children`s Miracle Network surpassed $27K. Almost three-fourths of these monies have been donated by the faithful patrons at the Brewery. We salute them all as partners in achieving this milestone, and we look forward to stepping-up on stage once more sometime soon to entertain them again. For a while, the G&F pickers (below, all vaxed) will be jamming Sunday afternoons on the back patio of the band leader’s lakeside home.
During a Spring visit, the grandkids had occasion to pause with their BRC grandfather on the brewpub stage (below) to welcome the brunch hour guests while their mom Lisa and Grandma looked-on.
The BRC craftsman is especially thankful to his daughter Lisa (pictured above) for upgrading the BRC website last month and giving its format new wings by making the content much more accessible to our faithful readership. With much appreciation, Grandpa Doc.
In the meantime, our historical Thursday night jam of 3 decades duration is currently on hiatus with the pandemic, but the Wednesday afternoon outdoor picking session in a small village nestled in the foothills of the Ozarks remains active. Last month, however, the blistering August sun not infrequently drove the above musicians into the air-conditioned basement of a nearby church.
As the monarch butterflies migrate south to Mexico and autumn draws near, we thank all these musicians for renewing and sustaining Bluegrass music during our shared and strange journey through these unusual and shadowed times. Peace.
From the BRC: Be safe, be well, mask-up.
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