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I thought some folks might be interested to hear what my Meyers Mic/ACB (from EMG) magnetic pickup blend sounds like.

A slip jig (9/8) tune in B minor which I wrote in October 2016. The tuning is f#DADE

Earl Collins played this tune and it's the old-time Tune of the Week for Oct. 14, 2016. Earl was the one who came to my guitar teacher's home for a jam when I was a fledgling banjo player and I remember him well, smiling and encouraging me. The title is appropriate for the wrestling I'm doing with my 95 year-old mother to convince her that she needs more help at home or to move into a retirement home. She's a fierce, independent wildcat! My playing here is a little tame, as are my efforts to be forceful with my mother...

In honor of Bob Dylan receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature, here's a mid-1980s recording of my bluegrass band Nothin' Hokey (or Takoma Valley Band) performing his song "It Ain't Me, Babe." Recorded at a practice in a live take captured by the built-in condenser mic of a cassette recorder.

Based on the playing of Riley Baugus and Rayna Gellert