*** Our 2nd Quarter '05 FReepathon is Underway!! Thread No. 2!! ***

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[WVNan]

Do you know that the one for Sagit. is dead on right about me. LOL, I do tend to examine life with a microscope.

[WVNan]

Yes indeedy, I'm in WV. Native Tenn/Ala. but love my adopted state.

[RottiBiz]

Kudos, cedarswingman!

It's a keeper -- put it in my Favorites.

[cedarswingman]

I was raised in the Greenbrier Valley.

Also spent 17 years in Nashville.

[cedarswingman]

Thank you for the kind words. Will do.

[RottiBiz]

. . . I know that donating is strictly voluntary, but it's puzzling that so many think nothing of logging in to FR every day to get news from all over the world and believe that it happens without expense. Jim has kept FR going through lawsuits, floods, equipment breakdowns, lack of sufficient power, flame wars, opui, and things we probably never think of. Shame on anyone using Jim's site without feeling some obligation. That's my rant and I'm sticking to it.

All of us working the Freepathon threads agree with every word you said.

That's precisely why we are here!

[WVNan]

Yes. He made 5 albums with Lower Forty Grass while he was growing up. He has made three with a group called Idletymes (now disbanded, but came in 4th at SPBGMA in Nashville in 2002 I think). He has played fiddle on several albums for other groups who just called him in to do it. Mike Sigler, the steel player for Holly Dunn for several years, says that son is one of the best at interpreting the music that he's ever heard. He rarely plays anything solo, but he can make a song when playing with a band. He's the perfect side man. He can fill in any spot that needs filling. He doesn't even have to have ever heard a song. He can play it instinctively. Can't read music, but took first chair on the concert bass at the Regionals during high school. Am I bragging? Yes.

[RottiBiz]

Good morning, Fiddlstix!

Thanks for the coffee -- how are you feeling today?

[WVNan]

We lived in Nashville in the 60s, and in Cookeville in the early 80s. In the 70s we lived in Memphis & Montgomery, Ala.
Actually, we have lived just about everywhere in the Southeast.

[WVNan]

BBL to send that donation. Busy day.

[cedarswingman]

I was in Nashville from 85-2001 just before 9-11. Live in Florida now. Where are you in WV.

Can you post any of that Music your son did?

[Fiddlstix]

You're welcome J
I'm feeling a lot better than I was a week ago at this time. lol

[don-o]

38 new monthlies - we're getting there.

Woo Hoo!

[Grampa Dave]

More good news. The monthly donor list continues grow in number and $'s pledge every month.

[don-o]

but I find it hard to believe that the other 1,993 Freepers are poverty stricken.

Uh 199,319 and according to a thread from last night, there is a whole lot of poor folks out there.

[katnip]

Wow!

You all did a great job overnight.

[RottiBiz]

Monthlies! Beloved Monthlies!

And, beloved Grammie, too!

[Lazamataz]

No idea why my monthly quit, so I re-submitted. I'm in for $10 a month.

[hobson]

Wow! RottiBix and Gramma rock!

[RottiBiz]

Thank you, Lazamataz!