Guitar and banjo pickers

Short post today, my right shoulder has seized up and it's hell to type or even knit!  Woke up this morning with it, funny how these things hit you when you least expect them - or not. Probably I sit too long banging the laptop keys,  so maybe I've got a good excuse to do something else today.

Yesterday my friend,  Joanne Conklin, sent me a clip of Jerry Douglas on YouTube. I'd been telling her about how much I love his dobro playing especially with Alison Krauss and Union Station. His collaboration with Aly Bain on the Transatlantic sessions was a must see for me - best of Nashville and Scotland!

Thinking about great pickers, my mind immediately jumped to Bela Fleck, banjo picker extraordinaire, and I was  delighted to find this old video of them playing together.

The Sweet Shawlettes blog tour of North America is entering the final week tomorrow, but there's still a chance to win yourself a free copy.  Just log onto one of the remaining blogs and enter a comment.  I've loved reading all your comments and it's been a shot in the arm to know that this thing I've been beavering away on for so many months has not slipped unnoticed into the ether. Your feedback is valuable market research for future books for me and it's a bonus that the reviews so far have been overwhelmingly positive. My thanks to everyone who's participated.

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