The Ponkiesblog

Last night's Opry was a blast, with a great song circle featuring Hilary Hawke, Andrew Schmidt and of course Dock Oscar. A night of furious fiddling followed, with Kari Denis joined by a fiddle player I didn't know, but who was amazing, in Old Time Amatum, the new (and so far unspellable) name of the band formerly known as Briar Patch. But under any name they're great fun. Jared Engel's bass playing was completely over the top. Kings County Strings followed, with special guest John Fletcher on banjo. A good time was had by all.