Bleu went out for a big time last night. His evening started by stopping in at the Big Kmart in Corbin, KY, and he bought a new fishing lure; a Glass Shad Rattlin' Rap. This will help him put the whoop-ass on some of these lazy Kentucky bass. Then he and his darlin' went to dinner at a nice restaurant in town called The Depot on Main St. They actually sat down and were served! No buffet! They had a great dinner in a swanky atmosphere and then drove back towards the Cumberland Gap tunnel. Bleu was told that on Thursday nights there is a bluegrass jam session at the BP Station on HWY 25 in Flat Lick so as they rolled down the hill he pulled right on in. It's a gas station that also sells hunting and fishing supplies - pretty cool. Bleu walked in and recognized Ron from the jam session that he attended last Saturday night. They swapped casual observances and Ron said that they were about to start pickin'. He asked if Bleu brought his guitar and he said, "No. I'm just here to listen and experience the experience. I am definitely not a bluegrass picker." But Ron and the boys would not have any of it and they pulled out a guitar from a back room and told me to tune up and play. "OK! Man," Bleu thought laughingly, "these Tuckians sure are demanding!"
There were a BUNCH of pickers there; they had a standup bass, 2 mandolins, a banjo and the rest were guitars.

They kept calling for Bleu to sing so he ran down the couple of bluegrass songs that he knew and they jammed for hours. They eventually, literally, closed the gas station down and the boys had to leave. 
Bleu also mentioned that they were sitting in a little room inside the building he could look out the doorway and see the store counter about 20 feet away. There was a steady stream of dirty coal miners coming in to purchase things, some even stopped to poke their heads in and listen. There was another regular flow of kids, some dressed in their pajamas coming in to buy candy and junk. Just a cool slice of Americana. 
On a related note, I spoke to my buddy that's working up in Hazard, KY and told me that there is a bar there called the Dukes of Hazard. I guess there is a jam night there, so I told him to get he details. How cool would that be? Not many people can say they played that venue! Stay tuned...

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