No, I don't, Bonnie--but I'd love to go to one. His intermediate video begins with him directing his son in demonstrating the right hand technique, damping the strings so that he's just working on rhythm; he starts with the one-two (one string frailed, four strings played), adds the thumbed fifth string at the "and" after the two: one--two-and, one--two-and, boom-tiddy, boom-tiddy rhythm, then adds the drop thumb at the "and" after the one for one-and-two-and boom and tiddy boom and tiddy rhythm. This goes on several minutes before he introduces a tune. Sunday nights at the Starry Plough I practice the stroke along with the band, damping the strings so I'm just playing a soft rhythm: different tunes allow me to practice the patterns at a variety of tempos. It's making a big difference in my actual playing.

--seed