1) Write it out from my source.

2) Read it over a few times.

3) Write it out, verse by verse, until I get to the point where I forget something,

4) Go back to the the start and do it over again until I hit another snag.(Do that until I get all the way through it SEVERAL TIMES IN A ROW).

5) Work on it with guitar or banjo or saw.

6) Get in car & practice what I've learned as I drive to gig. (The further the better for learning the song.)

7) Get on stage and introduce the song by saying, "Here's one I learned in the car on the way here!!"

IS THAT A LIE?? NO!! (TELL THAT TO THE CONGRESS!!)

Art Thieme