Although the Banjo Rehabilitation Center is exclusively a “banjo shop”, our sturdy little CEO sagaciously promotes musical diversity to enrich the artful climate of the workplace. In the attached informal photo, the CEO gently instructs the grandfatherly BRC founder on the modal features of the Mixolydian scale by using the harmonica as a teaching tool. During this back porch tutorial, the CEO points-out that the harmonica (as played by Jimmy Fadden) was seamlessly merged into the Bluegrass ensemble as heard on the ground-breaking double album “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” released a generation ago. Because of his progressive commitment to staff education and respect for history, the CEO quietly reaffirms to all his richly deserved place in the BRC Hall of Fame and Book of Life.
During new business at the annual meeting of the BRC Board of Directors, the executive officers study the feasibility of developing a harmonica or mandolin rehabilitation center (see link). Because there are no shareholders to decide strategic long term planning by vote, the board members determined by secret ballot (as stipulated in the BRC corporate by-laws) to table the issue until economic indicators improve.
In the meantime, our CEO will continue to hone his blues harmonica skills…