The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #30667   Message #402601
Posted By: Big Mick
20-Feb-01 - 08:58 PM
Thread Name: Has anyone seen Little Neophyte?
Subject: RE: Has anyone seen Little Neophyte?
Actually Guy, I took her to the Mongolian Barbecue. This is a make your own stir fry. Bonnie made hers with Tofu and vegies and mine was seafood and chicken. This is served with rice and tortilla's. All in all a healthy meal. Bonnie was drinking water and meself was on the diet Coke. So I wasna totally healthy. And the dessert was sinful.

I will leave most of the reporting on Dwight Dillers banjo style to Bonnie. Suffice it to say that in order to play in his style requires that you "let yourself go" and sink in. It is a very regionalized and old W. Virginia style of which he is the leading authority on, as he was raised with it. He and his acolytes have (this is my opinion only) a rather parochial view of the style in that if you weren't raised with it you will never master it. I generally don't buy into these types of things as I believe it all comes down to practice. But she is enjoying it immensely and her technique sounded very good as she played at Elderly. I would say she is well along the trail.

We had a marvelous time and wonderful conversations. She is a joy to have around.

Mick