In the mid 1970s here in San Diego there were a couple of cute kids picking. One was a fiddle/mandolin player and the other was a banjo player. The banjo player was running around copping licks from me and the fiddle/mandolin player was copping licks from my mandolin player. Some pickers snubed them, we helped them out every time they asked...and we treated them like the musicians they were.(Are) In the end, we were very happy to help out Alison Brown and Stuart Duncan.

Do the kids a favor, help all the young musicians you can. If you never make it to the "Big Time" they may and they might do you a favor...and take a part of you along for the ride.