"Paul i just love your voice!"

"Thanks Paul. I recorded Briggs' Jig awhile back, but that was pre Rice pull-offs. I've been working on that one too, with the pull-offs.  Between Jonny Boker and Briggs' Jog. that should help get it down."

"Nice, Lee. Have you tried Briggs' jig? - more of the same!"

"I've got a way to go with the pull-offs, but I'm starting to feel it!"

"Yes, such a little thing. But then again, this is a simple music, and little things have a huge effect."

"Thanks. I would have blown right through it had you not mentioned the fermata."

"Nice job. Nice pace."

"I could dance to that and I don't live anywhere near the water!"

"Indeed. I first learned it with hammer-ons, then went to glide stroke/restrike. It ius so much cleaner with the pull-offs, and way more consistent."

"Right, Tim - that the places mentioned in the song are/ were actual places. If you do a map search, you'll find "Wright Shop Road" just east of Madison Heights on the other side of the river across from Lynchburg."

"No, that's okay but thanks. Mine will pop up. I was just hoping to interject a few comments from Carlin on the tyne. He does speak of it in there....in particular to the route and landmarks the character encountered.."

"I don't have your book but I could drop mine off at the store on the way back from a Dr. appt. or after my PT appt."

"Dang, I cannot find my Carlin book on Sweeney. Can anybody summarize the part on Jonny Boker"? ALso, there is that figure again we spoke of re: Alabama Joe. Weidlich treats it the same, and Flesher uses the Rice pull. How did it work out for…"

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