Edenfield Picking Party, 3-22-2026

We had our second bluegrass/old time jam here at the house last Sunday, the 22nd. I didn't pay attention, but my wife kept track, and she said between pickers and grinners we had nearly 40 folks here during the afternoon. The day started out fairly nippy, with the early morning temperature around 39 degrees, but by the time the first musical note drifted through the trees it was 67 degrees and blue skies. We figured that was about as perfect weather as we could have hoped for, and everyone seemed to have a good time. In April we'll move the jam to the first Saturday of every month, as that seems to be the day with the least amount of other things going on. Eventually we're hoping folks from out of town will pull RVs up and just stay for the weekend. That will take time, so for now we'll just keep working on building the local attendance. 

Sometimes beginning musicians feel intimidated about playing in a jam setting, but

what they need to realize is that every single good musician started out as a bad musician, but they worked on it and improved. You can only get to a certain level playing by yourself, and if you really want to step up your game it's vital for you to play around/with others. Things such as keeping rhythm with a group, starting off a song, getting in and out of a song, and improvising lead breaks on the fly to songs you've never heard before can only be accomplished by jumping into the pond and learning to swim. You also have to get over the fear of making mistakes...every one of us has crashed and burned at some point, and we're all still alive, so you have to "just do it". 

Remember, this is all for fun.