When we retuned from pickleball and happy hour with friends at Torrey Oaks today, we headed down to the the store to check out the activities board and saw that there was a Jam Session at the Meeting Hall tonight at 7:00 pm. After all the good food today - there was no need to plan dinner, but I did need to make a quick trip to the grocery store as Rich was out of "goodies".
Rich headed down to play billiards with Lee just after 6:00 pm, and at 7:00 I headed over to the Meeting House for the Jam Session. Have never been to a "jam session" before, but I thoroughly enjoyed the evening. I love country music; and tonight I felt like I was officially a "hill billy!
When I arrived, the group was already playing. There was a group of about 15 or 16 musicians that took turns taking the mike and singing/playing their favorite song. After they played, they invited people from the audience to come up and sing. Some of them were very very good and others - well - the singing was not that great, but you could tell they were having a great time despite their voice. And the audience was enjoying it as well.
Now -Rich is not real big into country music so this was 'not his bag'. But our friend Buddy was hosting the 'jam session' tonight - so he did stop in an listen to a few of the songs. 
You all remember Buddy? Yes earlier you all saw him out on the picklebll court! And remember Austin - the 14 year old young man that was playing pickleball with Mom and Dad today at Torrey Oaks? Well - these two were the best of the group tonight, and that's Buddy and Austin center stage in the picture above.
The group sang a variety of songs by country artists like Merl Haggard, George Jones, Alan Jackson to name a few. There was a great song sung by one of the woman. Can't remember the name of the song, but she was a great singer. It was about a lady who alone in a bar had seven drinks with a guy she didn't know. This lady could not only sing, she was a great entertainer. Other songs included "It's a Little Too Late" and oldies like "Summertime". My favorite was Buddy's singing of "Chase Each other around the Room Tonight", and Austin's - Johnny Cash song - "My name is Sue."
Rich took off after a few songs - and headed back to play a few more games of pool. I'll definately be back again to listen to these 'jam sessions"
Thank you for leaving your comment on our blog, and letting us know where yours is. I love seeing a picture of Austin playing guitar at the jam session. He doesn't like us to come and listen so we haven't been to a jam yet. Nice to see he and Buddy playing together.
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