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At the party for lighting the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree in Washington, there was a sort of bluegrass band with a Dobro. Anybody know who the Dobro player was????

Geo

The performer was probably Lindsay Lawler - if so, the dobro player was probably Dave Barnes.

Maybe I'm missing something here, but the performers for the event are listed and pictured here:

http://thenationaltree.org/lighting-cer ... erformers/#

That's a different tree and different lighting ceremony.

http://capitolchristmastree.com

That was you George,don't you remember?First there was the whole crazy scene at the airport when the TSA officer pulled you aside when he found your tone bar thinking it was some kind of ammunition,and your finger picks were projectiles from some crude homemade bomb.
Luckily you had copies of both Lorraine Ruymars and Andy Volks books and they let you go so you had just enough time to tune up and perform,quite nicely I might add.
Of course you would have gotten out of there earlier,had you not insisted that the TSA guy pronounced Sol Ho'opi'i correctly.Don't you remember any of that?It reminded me of that Mel Brooks schtick when you held his cheek as he said "Ho'o" ,over and over,"Ho'o
Ho'o" it was hilarious

Okay Snookums, where are you coming from!!!!!!!! You've had too much Christmas cheer!!!!!! But yes, I do remember that!!!!!!!! Ha ha.

Thanks John and Brad also. It's no big deal anyway guys. My niece is employed with Alaska Airlines who are one of the tree sponsors. She was there for the event and talked to the Dobro player but couldn't remember his name.

Geo

Happy New Year George!
I've always had a vivid imagination,too vivid some times.And it was Phil Silvers schtick not Mel Brooks now that I think about it.

And a Happy New Year to you Tom, but you shouldn't be wasting your imte in Florida, we need you here to shovel snow!!!!!

G

Been there done that.I grew up in Chicago

The Dobro player was Josh Matheny, a Nashville Musician and session player. Josh is also a great Lap Steel player. Check him out on the Scantic River Guitars web site. www.scanticriverguitars.com

Thanks for the clarification!