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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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...
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...
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...
On here saturday night. Great show. Really enjoyed John Prine and Jerry Jeff performing their classics backed up by the Dirt Band.
My first mandolin was a savannah f100. Plywood kindling with strings.
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...
From the "Live in Charleston" cd, 9 plus minutes of "Get Up John". Great work by him and also his band.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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).
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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my 2 adult daughters
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walking my dog Abbe
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rehabbing houses
camping
spending the...
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...
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...
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...
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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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...
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...
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...