Roadside Mysteries

along the route:

At a PBJ stop

On the left we have Ron from Chicago on electric guitar, an unidentified woman who sang a few songs (quite excellent I might add!) with us, John on guitar and  Teresa on bass.  John and Teresa make up the Buck Hollow Band out of Decorah, Iowa. John knows a lot of songs in the key of G and I am glad he does! (The banjo approves!)

Mike and Jim blow them away in Pocahontas

It was great to meet up with Mr. McAbee this year; I somehow missed him last year. Anyhow, here we are on stage at Bob’s bar.

Jim & Tom at yet another PB&J stop

When Tom and I play, we are “The Roadside Boys”. We only play during RAGBRAI and that’s probably for the best. We also provided entertainment for a party held by the Ragbrai C.U.B.S. organization in Charles City, IA.

The Spandex Bluegrass Trio

I know this is at another PB&J stop because nobody travels on their bike with a fiddle.  We played for a bit in the hot sun and then went on to Mr. Pork Chop and did our little “Pork Chop!”  song for Mr. Paul Bernhard.

Young Fiddle player at PB&J.

She was used to a half sized instrument so she had to get used to the fingering. Note the unidentified hand indicating where she might find the proper notes (or not)!

This woman was used to the fingering!

I didn’t catch her name, but she is a violist in a symphony orchestra and knew how to make that house fiddle sound like a million bucks!

PBJ Blues

Or maybe it was heavy metal. I don’t know, they had trouble deciding. I took a break and had my custom made sandwich (crunchy peanut butter, strawberry jelly, marshmallow fluff, bacon and raisons on white bread)  and chocolate-banana milk.

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