Hope Springs and Bluegrass Chicken Feed

Along with his briefcase David was carrying an old-school lunch box decked out in Fender guitar decals. That sort of kicked off the conversation.

By day he’s a microbiologist. He's the guy I mentioned in the Microbial Hog Feed story.

One of the other projects his firm is working on is chicken feed. Rather than feeding standard and ever-increasing amounts of antibiotics, they are working on pro-biotic chicken feed. Hope springs eternal.

However, as we turned the corner in the van, the sun glinted off the chrome handle of his Fender lunchbox. We talked music, people we might know and where things happen.

Turns out he plays bass in a three piece bluegrass band. They’re on Facebook as Backroads BDR.

Further, there an open bluegrass jam from 6 to 10 p.m. on Wednesday nights at Marty’s in Waterford. I went last night. It’s a lovely facility for this type of event with plenty of room for practice before you get onstage. Even if you’re not performing you can just come, bring your instrument and play along in the audience.

Or just come to listen. The kitchen is open till 8 and the bar till 10 I’d guess. Marty’s Diamond Waterford WI.

I didn’t stay that long. I got a date with an early morning shuttle.