From: kateh_1@charter.net   
      
   "Mitch Dickson" wrote   
   > It's hard to sing about a 9 pound hammer if you have never been out from   
   > behind an Xbox screen, much less used one :)   
      
   Have to smile at that.  I was just teasing the guitar player in our kid's   
   band about Xbox.  Truth is, after I thought about it.....I knew he (and my   
   son, and the rest of their band!) hadn't played much Xbox since school and   
   sports started.  Kids are busy these days.  Too busy, probably.  The kids in   
   the bluegrass band, here, don't find time to practice or jam......they make   
   the time.   
      
   My own son takes a fiddle lesson and practices w/the band once a week, hunts   
   & fishes, runs cross-country and is very active in Boy Scouts.  On top of   
   that, the band's been invited to play in Japan next year and the kids are   
   raising *all* the money to be able to go......by playing bluegrass music.   
   Wouldn't surprise me if every one of those kids knew what a   
   nine-pound-hammer was used for, who John Henry was.....and the words to that   
   tune.   
   Kate(there *is* hope for bluegrass, Mitch)H   
      
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