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From the fiddling of Sammy Lind and Jimmy Triplett

Me trying out my new fretless long neck banjo from Pisgah Banjo Company.For the first time. I've obviously got learning to do, but fell free to help out with advice.

Sorry it's a bit sloppy. I was just so eager to share a clip of this beast with you all!

Lost Grove Gourd Banjo #2 in modal tuning.

Got the blues

I baught my babe a big ol diamom ring

Went back home, caught her shakn that thang

Got the blues i cant be satisfied

Have my blues, ill take that train and ride

Got my gun and i broke the barrel down

Put that joker, six foot inder ground

Wisky straight will chase them blue away

That be the case, ill habe quart today

This song took longer to write than any song I ever written. It was begun on the afternoon of the day I first told my wife that I loved her and was finished just before Valentines day of our 30th anniversary. My son had just broken up with the girl he eventually would marry and we were talking about how you knew you'd found the right girl. It occurred to me that time is how you know it's really real, and I had my title.

I was fooling around with this song one night using my banjo mute (a device designed to keep the marriages of banjo players and their spouses together) and decided that I like the way it sounded. Best know version was by Bobby Darren, but if you haven't heard Tim's you can find it on youtube

First met John in the Summer of 1969 while I was house setting Pat and Victoria Garvey in Central City Colorado. He wasn't famous yet, but he was close, having replace Chad Mitchell in the Chad Mitchel Trio. He was on his way to L.A. to finish production on his first album. This was on his second or third album I think.