I have always enjoyed meeting celebrities.  Instead of asking for their autograph, often I will go right up to them and sing one of their songs.  After getting over the initial surprise, their usual response is to play along and sing a line with me.  (Remind me to tell you about those occasions sometime.)

Yesterday, our daughter Kimberly had a photo shoot with a legend.  She has photographed Bill Gaither, Mark Lowry and other great Gospel artists, but yesterday it was a bluegrass legend, Earl Scruggs.  Can you say "Foggy Mountain Breakdown?"  Flatt and Scruggs even appeared on the television show, The Beverly Hillbillies and Earl played the theme song.

I was thinking that I should have sung "Pearl, Pearl, Pearl" to Mr. Scruggs.  But it was very exciting to hear him play "Shuckin' The Corn" with the Lewis Family in Kimberly's photo studio.  My Father-in-law, Charles Moody, was honored to have Earl sign his banjo (you've got to hear Charles play the five-string!)  That brought back memories of how I enjoyed playing in a bluegrass band at Freed-Hardeman called Sawdust.  Most recently, (last Friday Night) I got to play with bluegrass aficionado, Eric Bright and the Bright Tones.



Eric Bright, KL, (hidden: Jimmy Kilgore), Bruce Bowman and Rob Wells

This photo is from several years ago at a praise team party.  This is ample proof that we would never win a legs contest!