Read the NWBN report on John Hartford's Bill #1 Monroe Memorial Concert

Keith Dudding reports:
At about 4:00 p.m. (Central), Monday 4th June, 2001, after a long struggle, John Hartford passed away, I believe. His friend Bob Carlin posted this news not too long ago. There's a joke about two old baseball players who make a promise to each other. Whichever one dies first, he'll come back and appear to the other in a dream to tell the survivor if there's baseball in Heaven. The way I figure it, John and Benny Martin must've made the same vow. Whoever passes first, come back and tell the other if there's fiddle and banjo music in Heaven.
Benny probably appeared to John and said, "I've got some great news and some even better news for!"
"What's the great news?" John asks him, and Benny answers,
"There's all kind of fiddle and banjo music up here! Chubby Wise is here and Bill Monroe and everyone else. We play all day, everyday, and our instruments never go out of tune!" John thinks about it and says "That sounds too good to be true. What could be better than that?"
"Well," Benny says, "we're getting ready to cut out on 'Gray Eagle' and your fiddle break comes right after mine."
To which John could only have replied, "Well all right."
May his music and memory brighten our lives as long as rivers flow.

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4th June 2001