The Boston Globe, March 31st, 2002
ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Just a bit after 10 p.m., the six guitars, one banjo, and one bass fell silent, and, after a moment or two, talk began of how to play the next song. "We could do it in A. Or do you want to do it in G?" asked one man, leaning over the strings of his guitar. "Can you do it in A?" asked a second man who, even to a novice's ear, knew how to pick his guitar better than the first. "I'll try it in A and murder it, then let you do it," the lesser player cackled. About then, as the man began murdering it in A, Jennie Robinson, 92, settled onto a hard-back bench covered with plastic cu...
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