I'll be playing a lot off bluegrass this summer, with some gigs lined up. This is sort of unexpected, so I've been taking afternoon siestas so I can lock myself in a padded room and practice flatpicking modes on a slung guitar at full acoustic volume without pissing everyone off or drawing a crowd.
My challenge is not to over-extend, because if I do I revert to playing straight blues scales or jazz lifts while everyone else is playing bluegrass...
We have 1 number where that happens (Blue Days, Black Nights), and it bees corrupting me. I used to be able to sing and play a snappy and funky China Cat, and now I can't make it happen, much less swing, till I re-memorize the words well enough. But whatever I do, I must NOT listen to any Dead until I put the git tar down... there's kinnibis in the house!
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