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My favorite quintessential foghorn CD is Rattlesnake Tidal Wave. it's got plenty of Sammy's hard driving fiddle, wicked fast mando by Caleb and some great vocals on Let me Fall. Just tasty as it gets.

Great Big Taters in Sandy Land

wow. What a beautiful instrument that is. A little jewelbox of a mandolin.

that's an inspiring story, Bob. It's more or less how I came to have my first mandolin which I could have never afforded at the time, and which has led to years and years of pleasure ever since....

I just wanted to thank Mandolin cafe for so generously sponsoring that absolutely terrific evening on Vern's Stage Wednesday night, on the eve of the Father's Day Festival in Grass Valley, CA. Yikes...

Just my 2 cents, but diminished value is in the eye of the player/buyer. I was tickled pink to find the previous owner of the "A" model I bought had already improved my "A" by installing a button for...

I'm a big fan of CBA's camp the week before the Father's Day BG Festival right here in oh so beautiful Grass Valley California. Terrific instruction, great electives, good food, tons of jamming and...

don't stop the madness yet. Stop at 154. Now that's a magic number.

wow! There are forums for making the perfect lattes?! Boy, there goes the rest of my practice time.

Dave- thanks very much for this resource. It's so great to be able to have a guitar player to practice with. And no climbing in the car and driving all the way into town to make it happen. Wonderful...

My Cumberland Gap must be either a different Gap or a different Cumberland, because it doesn't sound anything like this. Those rascally old fiddle tunes, they just confound you that way.

I like your three part version, Chuck. Thanks for sharing it. I think I can learn it from looping it into my practice.
Kate

You've got it, Steve. Private message me your mailing address and I'll send it out to you on Monday.

Well, that was a real treat. Thank you so much for sharing it with the Café, Caleb. Firstly, old time is what I love to play and what I can’t seem to get enough of, so I’m sure I’m biased. I loved...

I'm the lucky gal who received the traveling DVD from Mike here at my house. I'll watch it tomorrow night. I can send it on it's way to the next lucky recipient Wednesday. Who would like to have it?

could I put myself in line to receive DVD?

Just home from the terrific Vern's Stage concert tonight at the pre-fest warm up for the CBA Father's Day Festival in Grass Valley CA. Great show. Frank Solivan and his Dirty Kitchen Band just did a...

First a disclaimer- I don't have a blue chip pick. But I do have sweaty hands sometimes when I'm playing, and when they are sweaty my pick grip shifts. When my grip is how I like it, I hear the tone...

Many thanks, Goodin- I think I get the concept. I'm going to have to look inside every old gibson at the jam now and see if I can see an example of it.

Friends- educate me, please. What the heck is Virzi?

Scott- great idea, thanks. I also have a question about John's tone. It's so distinctive. I wonder what the one or two things he feels make the most difference, in terms of his technique, that...

Make that four mandolin playing engravers.
I hand engrave for a living too. Holy Cow. Who'd a thunk it?

Mark Schatz, "Brand New Old Tyme", mando specific the "Samolynn Waltz"

Blessed the mando
that almost held up, not quite.
Tin Whistle for me.

I just want to give a big plug to Mark. I bought a PT10 at the festival last weekend in Grass Valley, CA. Tried it for the first time this weekend at a jam and couldn't figure out how to calibrate...