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My Grandfather and My Guitar

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This quarter I wasn't able to go to any big or popular concert; but something I do get to do is attend and listen to my grandma's and grandpa's fiddle band. Both of my grandparents play in a local band in Quebec, Canada. My grandma plays the piano and the fiddle and my grandpa plays any type of guitar. My grandpa can play anything from steel guitars to ukuleles. His main part in the band is playing the classical guitar. Their band sounds like the older country folk songs with a little bit of My grandpa can play anything from steel guitars to ukuleles. His main part in the band is playing the classical guitar. Their band sounds like the older country folk songs with a little bit of bluegrass in it. Their band has one piano player, one fiddler, and two guitar players. It used to be bigger but they are so old that a lot of my grandparent's friends, from the band, have passed away. Every year my whole family and I get to visit them for a week and we end up listening to them play in it. Their band has one piano player, one fiddler, and two guitar players. It used to be bigger but they are so old that a lot of my grandparent's friends, from the band, have passed away. Every year my whole family and I get to visit them for a week and we end up listening to them play. This time we all went to Washington to celebrate my grandparent's anniversary. My grandpa brought his steel guitar and his steel stringed acoustic guitar and my grandma brought her fiddle and her piano. The rest of their friends from the band came to and brought the amps and other equipment. They played songs for all the family and friends who came out to celebrate their anniversary. When I listened to the band, I noticed that this time th

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