The Enchanted Life of Adam Hope is only a partial fiction. It really is difficult to tell a whole truth or to tell a truth entirely. But there is one thing that is true in the novel: There was a coffee house in Gainesville, Florida in the 1960s to early '70s where two red-haired sisters could have played their music – The Bent Card.

Though I never went to The Bent Card (I was too young and lived too far away), I married someone who did play music there. Years ago he started having an annual reunion party for musicians who had played at The Bent Card. Fast forward a few decades and that reunion party of old-time and folk musicians has segued into something bigger. Now, one night a year in early January, my house fills up with musicians. Invitations are not sent out. People just show up. They bring food. They bring drinks. They bring guitars, fiddles, basses, flutes, mandolins, and their voices. They stay and make music until the last musicians get too tired or too hungry to continue. Here are a few of the folks who show up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MschW... David Beede

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUzvt... Captive Eddies
https://www.facebook.com/captiveeddies/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEwS7... Patchwork

I will post this on my Facebook, too. Happy listening, y'all. Happy reading.