I saw John Doyle perform for the first time today. We have an enlightened house concert host in the area, and she snags all kinds of wonderful performers you wouldn't expect to see in a town with 10,000 population. John kind of apologetically says that since he's left-handed, he had to come up with all sorts of strange things. I think that left-handedness forced him to be so completely one with his instrument, that he can do amazingly creative things. Our local dobro/steel guitar genius (Pete Grant) performed the last few pieces with John, and they both had an exhilarating time. It was a pleasure to watch and hear them play together. -Joe-
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