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Music Appreciation

BluesRunTheGame

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5. Never met Doc either.

Reply to Eko (Reply #4)

Fri Aug 15, 2025, 10:08 PM

Friday

Saw him play at the festival in Beanblossom, IN. and the one at Telluride, CO.

I did get to meet Bill Monroe after a show in Boulder, CO.

Norman Blake had opened that show but he was long gone by the time Bill had finished his set.

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