![]() In other words, everyone pulls his weight. “Ever since my kids have been young, I always wanted people to understand that we were a band that happened to be a family,” Cherryholmes said in a recent telephone interview. * Tickets: $37, $32 available at the Sangamon Auditorium ticket office, by phone at 206-6160 or at Jere Cherryholmes wants you to know that if you have a preconceived idea of what a family band is, it may not describe his family’s bluegrass sextet. "I got interested in the banjo when i first heard Flatt & Scruggs in 1950." -J.* Where: Sangamon Auditorium, on the campus of the University of Illinois at Springfield "I met Jimmy Martin one time and that was enough!" -Mike Lilly No body else can do that, but ole Harley."-Mike Lilly "When then man sang, he spoke to your soul. "YOU KIDDING ME! Ive been trying to tune this flippin thing for 45 years and havent got there yet. Wendy Miller told Mike his banjo was out of tune on stage during their set. "Wendy quit playing that crap, hell i can make better music with a donkey and a porcupine"-Mike Lilly Wendy Miller was backstage playing some "greek mandolin" and mike said: He's probaly the wildest old guy i know, crazier than hell! Im proud to call him a friend. Ive known Mike Lilly for 2 years and i laugh my rear off all the time with what he had to say, most of them i cant post. ![]() "Dont you dare wipe my D*** banjo off, dirt makes em sound better." -Dave Evans I heard Dave tell this to his fiddle player once.
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