Jamming Session with Friends

To celebrate the 4th, my neighbor, Folk Singer, Gloria Jean and her husband, a Master Craftsman of acoustic guitars, had a party. Nothing fancy, just all the best pickers and grinners from the Capital Region including acoustic bass player, Dick Kniss of "Peter, Paul and Mary."

The eight of them played time-honored favorites by John Denver, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger. They played outdoors letting the sweet sounds of their talent waft through the woods for others to enjoy. It was magical.

There's something so incredibly soothing listening to custom-built six strings make melodies around a crackling fire. It doesn't matter the mood your in, or even if there are stars in the sky, after listening to happy hippies hug mahogany and rosewood for an hour, all is right with the world. I could have enjoyed the jamming journey all evening.

Gloria's band "All-She-Wrote" has been playing arts and crafts festivals and coffee houses like Caffè Lena in Saratoga Springs since the 1980s. Her tunes can be heard on radio stations and special NPR broadcasts throughout the country.