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Editor's Note; This is part two of an article written by Daniel Gom, a student of Massachusetts Cambridge School who visited Rappahannock County last spring. The results of their interviews were published in a booklet, Virginia Odyaaey. One of the students, Daniel Gom, went to a "picking party” with Rappahannock guitarist Charlie Tomkins at the Amissville home of musician Ronnie Poe, where he met and talked with several old-time and younger bluegrass musicians. Poe’s group, the Freestate Rambler*, is appearing in Washington on November 6 at the fire hall for a concert sponsored by the Rappahannock Association for Arts and the Community. By DANIEL CORN Rappahannock Special Writer Part II By the end of the evening, I felt right at home. The people were very hospitable. If I made an effort to communicate or be friendly towards one of the people at the picking party, it would be amazing at how much they would open up. There is such a thing as Southern hospitality. Charlie and I left the shed that still bounced with the bass to the quick music. I felt warmed by the music and the people. It wasn’t until later that I gave Ronnie a call and arranged to go over to his house for an interview. We sat in his living room on the couch. When he talked he would look off into space for a while and then he would look me directly in the eye for about an equal amount of time. He seemed very friendly. Ronnie; ‘‘Johnny Clark was the main person who got
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