Date:  Wed, 17 May 1995 08:08:37 -0400

From:  Wayne Glowka <wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU>

Subject: Re: fiddler's invitation (fwd)



>When I played in a folk group in Montana and even before that, in the

>early 1950's, a fiddler's invite (read fiddler's invitation) referred to

>being asked to come to a party by people you knew, but you knew they

>expected you to bring your instrument and be ready to play with others or

>perform for the other guests. I switched from rhythm guitar and vocals

>to acoustic bass, then finally to mouth harp (as I discovered I kept

>forgetting the words), but I was always being given "a fiddler's invite".

>Cheers,

>tlc, without a fiddle anymore



I got so tired of playing for hours on end at parties while other folks got

drunk and threw each other into the pool that I started charging money.

The number of invitations to parties that I received dropped considerably.

A kid in the eighth grade told me that his mother said that piano lessons

were good because a piano player would get invited to lots of parties.

Friends like that you don't need--"Can't buy me lo-ove, can't buy me

lo-ove, can't buy me lo-o-ove" (Lennon and McCartney).







Wayne Glowka

Professor of English

Director of Research and Graduate Student Services

Georgia College

Milledgeville, GA 31061

912-453-4222

wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mail.gac.peachnet.edu