"Pick Like Earl"

this one starts  off with  a 1953 Martin D-18  (courtesy  Earl Scruggs) and  a Gibson L-5  (courtesy John Carter Cash)-then Laura Weber Cash, Elizabeth Long and I come in with a  trio in the key of 'G' that goes like this;

"Some boys see bright city lights

and they're lured by all their charms

they dream of fame and fortune

and they up and leave the farm

just to be in 'high-society'

and have a 'pin-up' girl

but more than anything

in the whole wide world

I just wanted to pick like Earl"

then the banjo winds down to the key of 'D' and the band starts playing ....

"I could have been a fighter 

or a country music star

I could have been a poet or

a golfer under par

but when I heard "The BanjoMan"

he set my mind awhirl

and now more than anything

in the whole wide world

I just want to pick like Earl.....

The preachers on the TV say

we ought to be like them

and I do believe in Jesus

and abhor the life of sin

but they can keep their show of piety

their diamonds and their pearls

cause more than anything

in the whole wide world

I just wanna pick like Earl.....

Now I know that you are you my friend

and I know that I am me

and I do appreciate

au-then-ti-cty

but the more I  pick like Earl

the more I get like me

yeah the more I pick like Earl

the more I get like me...."

then the banjo winds back up to the key of 'G' and we pick a little

and then we put an ending on it that I picked up from Dave Talbot......

Bob Moore played bass

Rob Ickes played dobro

Tony Harrell played piano

Laura Weber Cash played fiddle and sang

Chuck Turner played drums and sang

Elizabeth Long played autoharp and sang

Chris Sharp played guitar,

and I played guitars, banjo, and sang

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Laura Weber Cash with Mother Maybelles L-5

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prologue;

  "And now good people-

  As for the scientifical parts of music, I know nothing about it- but I can play...

  and thank God a man that can't read the Bible can still pray..

  Listen;  A man enters this life naked and bare

             and goes through life with troubles and care

             then departs this life, and goes we know not where

             but we know he'll be all right THERE

             if he lives all right HERE"    ('Uncle' Dave Macon "The Dixie Dewdrop")

Chris Sharp, Laura Weber, Laura Weber Cash, Mother Maybelle Carter, Moma Maybelle, Gibson L-5 guitar, Martin D-18 guitar, Earls guitar, mother maybelles guitar, martin guitar, rob ickes, tony harrell. bob moore, kittra moore, chuck turner, dave talbot,  elizabeth long, lizzy long, earl scruggs, lizzy and earl, john carter cash,

Chris Sharp, Laura Weber, Laura Weber Cash, Mother Maybelle Carter, Moma Maybelle, Gibson L-5 guitar, Martin D-18 guitar, Earls guitar, mother maybelles guitar, martin guitar, rob ickes, tony harrell. bob moore, kittra moore, chuck turner, dave talbot,  elizabeth long, lizzy long, earl scruggs, lizzy and earl, john carter cash,

Click here to add text.Chris Sharp, Laura Weber, Laura Weber Cash, Mother Maybelle Carter, Moma Maybelle, Gibson L-5 guitar, Martin D-18 guitar, Earls guitar, mother maybelles guitar, martin guitar, rob ickes, tony harrell. bob moore, kittra moore, chuck turner, dave talbot,  elizabeth long, lizzy long, earl scruggs, lizzy and earl, john carter cash,

Chris Sharp, Laura Weber, Laura Weber Cash, Mother Maybelle Carter, Moma Maybelle, Gibson L-5 guitar, Martin D-18 guitar, Earls guitar, mother maybelles guitar, martin guitar, rob ickes, tony harrell. bob moore, kittra moore, chuck turner, dave talbot,  elizabeth long, lizzy long, earl scruggs, lizzy and earl, john carter cash,

Chris Sharp, Laura Weber, Laura Weber Cash, Mother Maybelle Carter, Moma Maybelle, Gibson L-5 guitar, Martin D-18 guitar, Earls guitar, mother maybelles guitar, martin guitar, rob ickes, tony harrell. bob moore, kittra moore, chuck turner, dave talbot,  elizabeth long, lizzy long, earl scruggs, lizzy and earl, john carter cash,

Chris Sharp, Laura Weber, Laura Weber Cash, Mother Maybelle Carter, Moma Maybelle, Gibson L-5 guitar, Martin D-18 guitar, Earls guitar, mother maybelles guitar, martin guitar, rob ickes, tony harrell. bob moore, kittra moore, chuck turner, dave talbot,  elizabeth long, lizzy long, earl scruggs, lizzy and earl, john carter cash,

Chris Sharp, Laura Weber, Laura Weber Cash, Mother Maybelle Carter, Moma Maybelle, Gibson L-5 guitar, Martin D-18 guitar, Earls guitar, mother maybelles guitar, martin guitar, rob ickes, tony harrell. bob moore, kittra moore, chuck turner, dave talbot,  elizabeth long, lizzy long, earl scruggs, lizzy and earl, john carter cash,

Chris Sharp, Laura Weber, Laura Weber Cash, Mother Maybelle Carter, Moma Maybelle, Gibson L-5 guitar, Martin D-18 guitar, Earls guitar, mother maybelles guitar, martin guitar, rob ickes, tony harrell. bob moore, kittra moore, chuck turner, dave talbot,  elizabeth long, lizzy long, earl scruggs, lizzy and earl, john carter cash,

Chris Sharp, Laura Weber, Laura Weber Cash, Mother Maybelle Carter, Moma Maybelle, Gibson L-5 guitar, Martin D-18 guitar, Earls guitar, mother maybelles guitar, martin guitar, rob ickes, tony harrell. bob moore, kittra moore, chuck turner, dave talbot,  elizabeth long, lizzy long, earl scruggs, lizzy and earl, john carter cash,