So it's probably no secret here that Kendal and I have been playin' out the Martin v. Taylor fued over the last couple weeks so I figured that when we got together the feud would intensify before peace took over...

Well, sniff, first of all I loves Kendall so I ain't goina' keep no feud going too long wid him even if it is jus a funnin' fued... So I reckon I hadn't been there fir three hours when somehow Kendall was apssin' his beloved Taylor to me to give it a try and, sniff, I must admit that if I weren't born a Martin playwer, I most likely woulda been born a Taylor man... But did I let that out Friday night??? Well, heck no...

Now I know Kendall was real intersted in hearin my Martin but seein' as I had a couple resonators, and seein' as I had the Martin loaded with a special Bobert tunin' that I din't want to debut until my miniconcert, I kept it undeer wraps but told Kendall if he wanted a looksie and hearsie at my D-18 he's have to come to my mini-concert, which he did (BTW, I was honored by his presence...) and got his first look and hear at my Martin... He never did quite get say that it sounded good but we both know it did...

But no matter...

About an hour before leavin' Sunday night, Kendall, Amos and I were out jus' messin' 'round and turned out that I was offered a second opportunity to play Kendall's Taylor... Seein' as Amos had been playin' some fine more traditional stuff I played John Prine's "Paradise" on it this time and it played real swaet and sounded purdy good, too... I was 'bout in the middle of the song when I look up and there is Kendall, wtih a big ol' grin on his face 'cause he's got a camera catchin' me playin' his Taylor... Reckon he had me so what's a man to do but just "fess up"...

Yeah, I did it an' ya know what??? I'm glad I did... Nice guitar... Not quite4 as nice as my Martin but I reckon had he played my Martin he's be sayin' the same thing...

But that ain't the end of Kendalll story... Seems that a low limb took out my antenna on the Suburban on the way up to the Getaway leavin' only the casette player and me without a single casette tape to stuff in it...

So I went in where the CD's were being sold and the only casette that I saw was Kendall's "Beginner's Luck" and picked it up an was prepared to buy it when Kendall said, "Put it in yer pocket" and fir the 5 hour drive back home it was me, moonlit skies, the Suburban and Kendall...

Nice combination...

Amos next...

Bobert