The BRC craftsman and his son have enjoyed playing the blues, folk music, and Bluegrass together for decades. A self-taught musician like his dad, the youngster conquered the guitar, bass, and cello in high school and won awards for his expertise. He coached his father how to play the bass. The twosome performed gigs together regularly until the younger man departed his Missouri home for college, law school, and a busy legal career in the faraway Lone Star State. In the below archival photo taken at a sunny Earth Day festival in nearby Peace Park circa 1995, the BRC founder is picking mandolin while his son (far right) plays rhythm guitar.
Nowadays, the twosome reunite a couple of times each year on holidays or when the grandkids are competing in soccer tournaments. These weekends allow the father and son to revisit the music that they shared decades ago.
Recently, a granddaughter has been cultivating interest in stringed instruments and singing in her school choir. She will be a 4th generation musician in our family tree, as her great grandfather played accordion to accompany great grandma who sang full-throated ragtime era classics more than half-century ago in the BRC founder`s boyhood home.
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