I have now played up on stage in Tennessee! The church had a women’s retreat this past weekend and they put together a band for the services. I was asked to play banjo on a few songs. It was a lot of fun, and I just kind of noodled around for most of the songs and added a little banjo twang here and there, but for a few of the songs I took the lead and we played some fun bluegrass hymns. I had a lot of fun up there playing and the drummer even told me after words that he had never played country/bluegrass drums but he really liked it, and I realized I’ve never actually played worship music but I really liked it too. It’s fun to play with musicians that are humble and really talented, they all play by ear, they say what key its in, and then they all just start playing. Since that weekend, I have been on a crazy banjo addiction. I have been playing hours everyday and I LOVE it! Mostly playing hymns and Steve Martin tunes, yep, you can play anything on a banjo, except a sad song of course.
After playing I started listening to some of my hero, Brad Paisley, as I often do, and came across “Life’s Railway To Heaven” an old hymn that he does bluegrass style on his latest album. I have heard the song many times before, and I am pretty sure I listened to that CD non stop for the first three weeks after it came out. But it was a little different this time because this is exactly what I wanted to play like. Even though I really only played for two or three songs, it was really fun and defiantly was a confirmation of why I am in Tennessee. I am really thankful they invited me to play with them and I am looking forward to doing more of it. And Andrew and I were asked to play for a pre worship service on an upcoming Sunday! Hope ya’ll are ready for some hillbilly praise time!
This weekend I’m house sitting and taking care of a co-workers dogs (Different co-worker that last time) Although I’m not desperate to stay away from where I live any more, I do like playing with puppies and getting paid to hang out in someone else’s house, I forgot my banjo tonight though…
On a side note, I have been to many, many, country concerts mostly Brad Paisley, and I have always been in the audience. So it’s a lot of fun to be on stage now, and the best part was it was al for Church and God. However, it was nice to play on stage in a room full of beautiful women. ;)
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