From: kateh_1@charter.net   
      
   "Lane Gray, Czar Castic"  wrote   
   >  kateh  wrote:   
   >> "T Harper"  wrote ...   
   >>> No Doug...I'm 42, Love Bluegrass, have a daughter 13 who plays fiddle   
   >>> along   
   >>> with her sister 15 who plays a resonator guitar (Wechter- Scheerhorn) in   
   >>> their own band which consists of an 11 year old Banjo player (Gibson   
   >>> Mastertone), a 14 y.o. guitar player (Martin D-28) and their mother   
   >>> playing   
   >>> a (Kaye) Bass.  I guess I could say we are really "into" Bluegrass down   
   >>> here   
   >>> in GA.  Look us up if you are ever in the area. Augusta GA.   
   >>   
   >> Somebody related to royalty?  We've got seven kids in my   
   >> son's band (9 to 14 year old kids), and they're slowly aquiring "decent"   
   >> instruments.....but not a Gibson or Martin in sight.  How'd you manage   
   >> that!?    :)   
   >>   
   > Kate, that's not the surprising thing (although I really think you can get   
   > darn good sounds out of lesser-priced axes).  Mastertones run what, around   
   > 2K, and a D-28 about the same?   
   > The Scheerhorn (although I don't know what the Wechter part means, haven't   
   > seen that name before), if a new 'horn, cost 5K.   
      
   Holy Samolians, Batman!   :)   
   I'd be a wreck just watching our kids get those out of the cases!  Don't   
   know whether to be jealous or relieved it's not my group toting around such   
   expensive stuff!  :)   
      
   So are all T-Harper's kids ...the children of bluegrass musicians?  Most of   
   the other kids I've seen playing in contests and bands seem to be from   
   picking-families.  Can't imagine how cool that would be!   :)   
      
   Our kids started cold.  Most of them had never held a stringed instrument   
   when they joined the band two years ago.  And none of the families knew what   
   bluegrass was.  Worse yet, the teachers didn't know.  I had one teacher   
   asking me if I could get her any Bill Morrow music.   :)  It's been an   
   interesting two years.  Our guitar player is in serious need of an upgrade   
   and so is our youngest band member, but they're havin' a great time, anyway.   
   :)   
   Kate(off to the Lewis & Clark Festival)H   :)   
      
   I have an old 60's Harmony guitar that I dearly love.....and someday, I may   
   get a Gibson, but I won't part w/the old one.   :)   
      
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