I wrongly assumed this was that same Clarence White/Roland White video I'd seen once before---but think that was "I am a Pilgrim"--but I saw this last night and was blown away. Excellent version of this old favorite, and Roland's hand movements are unusual and definitely his own thing. Hope for the rest of us....
________________________________ From: "johnhga...@aol.com" <johnhga...@aol.com> To: taterbugmando@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 5:38:54 PM Subject: Re: Roland White's Soldier's Joy I agree with you both about Roland. I got to go to a workshop he did in Memphis a few years ago. Roland's an extremely nice guy. He got me up to play one with him during the workshop. I told him I wanted to do Big Mon and I launched in to Pike County. He told me (very nicely) when we quit that that wasn't Big Mon!!! But it worked out - I got to do Big Mon with Roland too... Tater, on the other hand, should be a guard at Gitmo. At Nashcamp a few years ago he drilled Smokey Mountain Schottische into the class until we were all ready to confess!!!. John Gay Memphis -----Original Message----- From: Will Dennis <willard.den...@gmail.com> To: Taterbugmando <taterbugmando@googlegroups.com> Sent: Mon, Sep 14, 2009 4:12 pm Subject: Re: Roland White's Soldier's Joy I'll second that... Roland came to the Monroe-Style Mandolin Camp this weekend past, and it was a real treat to see him play (I haven't seen him in quite a few years.) He sure hasn't lost anything in his playing, and he is so modest about his musical gifts. He took some great breaks during the Instructor's concert on Sat night, and it looked like not only the audience but also the other instructors (Mike, Skip Gorman, Butch Waller, Richie Brown and Jody Stecher) were lovin' it. My wife and I left the camp a bit early on Sun. so we could see the Monroe home place, and the Monroe plot in the Rosine cemetary where Bill, his family and Uncle Pen are buried. While we were getting ready to leave the Monroe home place, who rolls up but Roland. He remembered me from camp and said hi, and then my wife and I left for the Rosine cemetery. He turned up there a few minutes later as well. When we were getting ready to leave there, he asked where we were from, and we told him NJ, and that we were flying out that evening from Nashville. He told us the best way to get from the airport from I-60 (as he lives in Nashville), and we exchanged cell numbers in case we had a problem. As we were nearing the airport, my cell rings, and it's Roland, making sure that we had got down there OK and weren't lost or anything. What a kind gesture! A true gentleman. Will On Sep 11, 10:05 am, sgarrity <shaungarr...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Not only is Roland a great > player, he's also one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to taterbugmando@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to taterbugmando+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
