Doug and Ava ... Music Together

One of the biggest joys in life is to share the things you love with the person that you love.

For Doug and me … one of those things that we love to do is play music together.

We met playing music at a Bluegrass Festival in Hannibal, Missouri at the Hannibal Inn.

He was one of many people that I met and played music with that night.

He and his family founded, hosted and played with a group called North Ely Opry.

I was invited that night to join them for some music and that was the beginning of our friendship.

I was playing with a session group in Hannibal founded by Chris Foss

that met weekly at Breadeaux Pizza.

I was also playing with the group that I founded called River’s Edge

that played weekly at LaGondola in Quincy, Illinois.

After being invited to play with North Ely Opry I also began playing regularly with them as well.  

Doug was playing mandolin and fiddle at the time

(he now also plays guitar and tenor banjo)

and I was playing the fiddle, tenor banjo, guitar and singing.

We’ve been playing music together ever since!

After being friends for two years …

We dated for a year …

We were engaged for three years …

And then we got married!

He is the love of my life and the sweetest person that I have ever known.

We are still having fun together and playing lots of music.

We play Celtic and Old Time music with a group called RagTag Irish Band.

We have our own group called The Corn Crib Pickers

where we play country, bluegrass and a mix of fiddle tunes.

We also play country, bluegrass and soft rock with me on guitar and vocals and him on the bass.

We have so much fun together no matter what we are doing …

even when it’s just lounging around being couch potatoes. 

Here’s to many more years of happiness and music with the one I love!

Happy Music To You!

Ava Potterfield