Did you get to taste the coffee?

You know, I didn't. I stopped drinking caffeine last June and I never want to start again. However, it smelled delicious!

I do remember that now. Congrats on sticking it out. Do you kind of jones when someone makes such a nice presentation like they did?

You know it. That was some fine coffee they were cooking up, and I was sorely tempted to have a cup.

I caught up with The Half Brothers in their rehearsal space: the house of guitarist Richard "Rick" Miller.  Mandolinist John Ackermann and banjo player David Nixon soon arrived, and we chatted while they waited for their warm-up coffee.  The...