The best players at our just-ended MudGather watched whoever was leading a song. Not just to learn, or snag the chord progression, but to go with the flow of how it was being led. It seemed to me, watching them watch each other, that they were treating each new song as an adventure in "how shall we do this one today," especially on songs they already knew. A high-level game of tag among very fine players. To keep it all truly alive.

~S~