front page of cafe sam b article

[ira]

what a really interesting article, and what a crew of folks have owned and worked on "hoss" over the years. hey to be happening enough that john hartford is doing the finish scraping on your mando -wow! if you haven't read it- check it out on the side bar of the cafe homepage

[Ken Berner]

ira, thanks for the tip on "Hoss". Articles on famous instruments are always of interest, like Mr. Monroe's mandolin brought back to life by Charlie Derrington -OR- Clarence White's old Martin D-28 being flooded, now in the hands of Tony Rice. Great stuff!