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Speaking of bourbon, I made an appearance at a family & friends Christmas party last Saturday.  The party was hosted by an advertising client I have worked with for over 25 years. After the party was over, he paid me my going rate for private parties, tipped me an additional 75 percent and then gave me a Christmas present. The present was a bottle of Blanton's Original Single Barrel bourbon. 

@vtgrad2003
I have a Fender acoustic that lends itself to some bluegrass from time to time. 
I have a good friend that I golf with and we also graduated HS together.
He is an accomplished player on the:
Guitar / + 12 string
Banjo 
Fiddle
Mandolin
and Upright bass
He is on a very exclusive and short list down at Branson and Silver Dollar City to fill in for bluegrass groups that have contracted to play there and, for one reason or another ( sickness, etc.) , he gets called as a fill-in for various groups.
He knows or is familiar with almost every bluegrass song out there. 
All he needs from the group is:
Song list
What keys they're in
What instrument is needed
Plus any special Riff not normally with the song(s).
Sidenote:
Our golf group makes 2 major trips a year.
I bring my acoustic and he brings 3 instruments, and we jam every night while on the trip.
Naturally, at least half of our songs are bluegrass. And trust me when I say, he is REALLY good (with any of his instruments)!
Oh, and thanks for sharing those videos...👍🏻

@vtgrad2003;
WOW! Now, they have a new fan.

I know some of you aren't very big into Bluegrass, but my wife and I are huge Bluegrass fans. Here is a few from a band that we follow; the guitar player in particular is a fella by the name of Zeb Snyder...he's the best flat picker since Doc Watson in my opinion. He's from just down the road from where I live and have been following him since he was 11 and played with his sister (fiddle) and dad (stand-up bass) around here a lot and at big venues like Merlefest and such. (In the 3rd video notice Barry's hand.) Anyway, enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VegkklUD3Vo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_91cr_J_zjc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSc1_wYx2pk