Sunday afternoon jam

Drove the Meatball up to Heuer's Store, a cafe about 15 miles or so north of Columbia on Rte. 63 to pick tunes with whoever showed up. This evening it was the great Jordan Wax, leader of People's Republic of Klezmerica, a beloved Klezmer band in Columbia, Mo., and the great John White, a tremendous old time fiddler and mandolin picker. They set us up in a far corner, next to a cooler containing mayonnaise and stuff like that. Pretty good eating crowd, 15 people or so. Jordan and John played tunes like Black eyed Susie, and Devil Ate the Groundhog, and Old Man and Old Woman. John told stories about his fiddle, other fiddles, growing up in Ethel, Mo., where the mailman delivered on his tractor, etc. He played fiddle and mandolin, and Jordan started on the accordion and switched over to his fiddle. Wonderful, high energy music.