For the dawning New Year, let us pause and renew our dedication to preserving the joy and tradition of Bluegrass music performed live with jam session friends. While acknowledging this calendar milestone, it is fitting to remind ourselves of two Gainor & Friends mirthful mottos as translated from the original Latin:
E bandito rehearsus unum dispersus ad infinitum. Which translated is, “The band that rehearses together disperses forever.” The local press found this maxim to be noteworthy.
Negatori musika populatum diminuendi versus bandito. Which translated is, “Play no music if the size of the audience is smaller than the band.”
Over the years, the G&F band members have faithfully adhered to the first above dictum but seldom to the second injunction. Many masked musicians have appeared on this website in pandemic era postings. In thanks for their unflagging dedication to Bluegrass music, they are featured here sans face coverings as seen in pre-covid photos. Together, we enter the New Year continuing as fellow travelers on a shared journey through the corona virus tunnel to emerge somewhere ahead into sunlit uplands. The G&F pickers look forward in 2021 to resuming Sunday afternoon jam sessions at the Broadway Brewery on behalf of the Children’s Hospital.
We also look forward in the coming months to reuniting with our Bluegrass pals in the activity room of a village burger shop in Eldon, Missouri, for weekly jams..
Alas, one year ago on New Year’s Eve, we cheerfully gigged at the local radio station not knowing the world was only only weeks away from the Covid-19 global pandemic. Better days now await us.
From the BRC: Be safe, be well, be together again soon.
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