Calluses on your thumb, stiff fingers and hands, mind numbing practice, horse hair and pine tar, ebony and spruce, fretless intonation, lilt and swing, joy and embarrassment, diminished scale and rhythm changes never enough practice time, more than a lifetime of learning.
Thanks to Trudy Nan's sense of truth and an affinity to HBO programing, we have a true Irish American wake at hand. We may not see the likes of this series again. It's The Best I've seen and there is fiddle content.
And the Pogues! I love that song ... lost the tape it was on years ago, sadly.
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