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    Re: Why/how did you start playing mandolin?

    Went weekly to a local community center in Vero Beach to hear a local BG band. Had listened to BG cd's for years. These guys were having so much fun, it made me want to learn to play something. I...
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    Carter Family Songbook

    Just finished "Will You Miss Me When I Am Gone", a biography of the Carter family. Can someone help me out as I have 2 questions. First, are there any other books about the Carter Family? Second, are...
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    Re: When did you take up the mandolin

    Played alto & bari saxophone through jr. High then quit. Fast forward 42 yeards to age 57. Took up the mando after watching a local bluegrass band for 2 years. They looked liked they were having a...
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    Re: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 50 Years on PBS

    On here saturday night. Great show. Really enjoyed John Prine and Jerry Jeff performing their classics backed up by the Dirt Band.
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    Re: Savannah SF-100

    My first mandolin was a savannah f100. Plywood kindling with strings.
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    Help Learning Guitar

    Hey folks. I have been playing mandolin for 8 years. I want to learn the guitar playing bluegrass. I learned the mandolin by learning tab from beginner books(with cd) to more advanced books. I would...
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    Re: Recommended Ricky Skaggs Instrumentals?

    From the "Live in Charleston" cd, 9 plus minutes of "Get Up John". Great work by him and also his band.
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    Re: Learning to play flat top guitar.

    Thanks for the response Greg. Since I only know the mandolin, a shop employee named Chris spent the time to play the 7 or 8 various guitars for me. He mentioned that the Chinese guitars had a lot of...
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    Re: Learning to play flat top guitar.

    Thanks to all. Elderly's is a special place. Had some minor repairs started on my Flatiron Festival in the basement. Then upstairs to the flat tops. After an hour and a half, I selected the Recording...
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    Re: Learning to play flat top guitar.

    Thanks for all the help. Will be driving to Elderly on Monday and will file the results. Just remembered my victim of MAS J Bovier F5 Tradition gathering dust in the closet that I will see about...
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    Learning to play flat top guitar.

    I have 7 years of mandolin playing. I learned tab via songbooks and cds. I would like to learn the guitar, possibly with a used entry level model. I am an hour and a half drive from Elderly's and I...
  12. Thread: Too old?

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    Welcome

    Started at 57: now 64. It is fun to play. I was not sure when I started, similar to you. But if I can learn to play, even with some arthritis, anyone can learn to play. You will probably surprize...
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    Re: The infamous Savannah SF 100

    Agree with Allen Hopkins 100%. My first mando was a savannah sf 100. It got me started playing for cheap, and I learned to play on it. But it was after all, a couple of sheets of plywood. No matter...
  14. Re: Looking to upgrade -- Recommendation for Mandolin?

    Jofro- I feel your pain. Started off my mando career with a Johnson MF100. It got me started and into playing. But, it was a cheap hunk of glued together plywood. The greatest mandolin luthier in the...
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    Re: Your Top 5 "Newgrass" Tunes of All time

    Manzanita and pick any 4 tunes from the Nickel Creek CD that is light yellow with the kids face on it (sorry, can't remember title - in temporary housing because of local flooding).
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    Re: James Taylor

    Some folks like James Taylor: some like listening to Meatloaf.

    I watched the Inaugural on TV - America The Beautiful - one man, his voice and his guitar - simple, sweet, melodic, and like America...
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    Re: What are your interests? Not in order

    alcoholics anonymous, the sober friends, and the spiritual journey
    my 2 adult daughters
    fly fishing and tying
    walking my dog Abbe
    gardening
    my flatirom
    rehabbing houses
    camping
    spending the...
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    Re: Can an "Old Dog" Learn To Play?

    Welcome Bill,

    I too played the sax in the school band. Quit at age 13. 44 years later I started playing the mandolin with books and DVD's. It is fun. 5 years later I played with a bluegrass group...
  19. Re: Grammy Winner -- Alison Krause with Paper Airplane.....Yawn

    Syrup
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    Cannonball Blues

    Saw the local BG Band play this tune - vocalist, upright bass, and flat top guitar.

    Super, just super. Never heard this tune played before. Does anyone out there know the origins: who wrote it and...
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    Re: 1st Time Playing for an Audience - Advice?

    Thank You All.

    Still alive after performing 1st time. It was fun. I guess that's the point, as most of you mentioned. For me, it was a thrill, as this band inspired me to learn to play the...
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    1st Time Playing for an Audience - Advice?

    Have been invited to pick a couple of tunes with a local BG band on tuesday. Usual Community Center crowd is about 200 people. I have never played in front of people before - fear factor for sure.
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    Re: A Big Thanks to my Cafe Friends

    We will probably never meet, but the information you always provide on this forum is very helpfull to me and many others. I am starting tonight to add you to all those I pray for. From the posts so...
  24. Re: Anyone else first take up playing at a little "older" age

    To AnneFlies and others with arthritis/grip problems: Thanks for the advice about rougher and larger picks to help my right hand grip. Picking with arthritis has become a real pain (pun intended). I...
  25. Re: Anyone else first take up playing at a little "older" age

    Thanks Louie,

    Started at 57, now 62. Love it. The local BG band at the comminity center every week inspired me because they looked like they were having fun. I had not learned how to do anything...
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