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Is there a forum/group on CB nation dedicated to builders/players networking to find gigging opportunities? I've went through the forums and seen the fest info. I also saw a post for the cbggig site,…Continue

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At 2:34am on September 6, 2015, Jim Morris said…: True about the tunes that got lost. Still, there are so many out there that I'll never have time to learn them. I sat down and figured that I've got about 200 old time tunes I can play on fiddle (poorly) but when I sit down at a festival with folks I've never met they might play for an hour or more before they get to one I know!

At 1:11pm on August 30, 2015, Jim Morris said…: Oh... I guess the vid is from a previous year. Sorry you couldn't be there.

At 10:36am on June 29, 2015, the anonymous pick said…: cheers ;-)

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