Rosin the Bow

Tomorrow I travel down to the very tip of western North Carolina for Advanced Fiddle Week with Alan Jabbour at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown NC. This will be the first time I have ever taken a "class" on the traditional Appalachian music, and man am I THRILLED. Anyone that has spent a good bit of time with me knows how much I love this music. I almost can't listen to anything else. I need my fiddle fix almost every day or I go nuts. In fact, I find excuses to cary one around almost everywhere I go! There is just something about Southern Appalachian fiddle and old mountain music that gets to the very core of my being. I don't know if it's in my blood, or my upbringing, or both--but I cannot get enough of it. I've spent most of my life hopping from one interest to the next, but I have been solidly transfixed upon this music for over two years now. That might not sound like a long time, but I lose focus so quickly, and I have the attention span of a fruit fly--but this is different.