I finally got to spend some time with Trio Ollín outside of the regular jams and classes where our paths crossed.  I went to their workshop on Sunday, and although my hand was still kind of busted up, I decided to bring my banjo.  This is a song that I learned from them.  It’s called Las Virginias, and was written by someone in México for the state of Virginia.  I was only able to stay for a little bit, which was disappointing, but I had a great time when I was there.  I hope I can catch up with them soon in México City.

I’ll write some more about Trio Ollín later, but I did want to say that they were visiting artists from México City.  They were in residency at the Old Town School of Folk Music for two weeks.  They are from a school called Centro Cultural Ollín Yolitzli, in México City.  I actually got to visit there on my trip to México with other representatives from the Old Town School.

But I couldn’t stay very long at the workshop because the Young Stracke All-Stars had a gig at the Lincoln Restaurant.  We were the supporting act for my friend Skip’s band, Strictly Jug Nuts.  This was an awesome gig.  The crowd was really into it and I think we were a great fit to play with Strictly Jug Nuts.  I hope we get to play there again, soon.