Banjo player Eddie Adcock recently had brain surgery where surgeons installed deep brain stimulator electrodes to control a tremor in his right hand. Patients are sometimes kept awake during brain surgery to interact with the surgeon and help guide the procedure. In Adcock's case, he played the banjo as the surgeon worked. from Eddie and Martha Adcock's website:The three-part surgery, termed De...
I do not expect this to be of much help when considering the passing of a brother; I have two myself. on either side of me in age, politics, and faith. As much as we disagree, I cannot imagine dealing with the loss of either of them. My older brother feels like a younger brother and my younger brother feels like an older one, but there are always things I will not ever be able to explain...This...
For those not familiar with bluegrass - give this tune (and one in comments) a listen. Its from the early 70s "Old and in the Way" with Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Vassar Clements, Peter Rowan and John Kahn. As you can guess from my avatar I love all of Jerry's music - and find it hard to believe that Jerry would have been 65 later this week.