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Dylan wrote the chorus & recorded it & it circulated on bootleg. Ketch Secor (fiddler for OCMS) wrote "his story" around Dylan's chorus.

Was this clone recently hanging in a workshop in suburban Richmond?

I have a Calton Case & use when traveling. The headstock recently broke in my Eastman case while traveling (hotels, crew vans, cabs etc)....back to the calton.

How does the Pegasus compare to the...

Very nice ! Don, what kind of microphone rig is that on your mandolin?

Buy directly from the artists ! Don't feed the middle man-those guys work hard & deserve all of the money.

I like it in short segments, it's a bit far out for ME (& my tastes). But, I recognize a Master of his instrument when I hear him and appreciate that.

He is a cool cat :)

I have no free time; I run around w/ my hair on fire.

Mandolin/band, general aviation flying/flight instructing, riding my Harley, raising two girls (dance, swim, cheer & horseback riding) and...

I would say it's not uncommon. There is usually some seam separation issues on the back also. Of course, this leads to intonaton problems past the 6-7 fret. I had a mid teens worked on by Dr....

Yep. The style now is "how may notes will fit in a measure". I prefer it a bit "older", with more feeling. Good thing there is a lot to listen to out there.

Drive south to Richmond to see Dr. Cohen. Go see an expert one time instead of someone else twice.

Well, jet fuel is my specialty and I get to talk about it a lot.


It's mine too ! I turn the dead dinosaurs into noise at FL380.

Very nice gift.

I really liked Bob Blacks book. Butch Robbin's book is good also, but Bob;s book seemed on a more human level.

Very nice !

Excellent !

I would recommend without hesitation Ward Elliott. You will find hime 45 minutes away in Floyd. PM me for contact info.

I was surprised how no ojne mentioned John Stewart's passing. But, I guess his influance was less pop but huge nonetheless.

Red Bears break (thru no abuse or misuse). This is one reason why they seem to be losing favor. Look at the website, it mentions them breaking & there is no warrenty.

http://www.s-w-b-a.com/pickerscorner_docs/etiquette.htm

General jam guidelines: For Pickers
Though there are different jams with different players using different guidelines, there are some...

Good Rules:

The Ten Commandments of Jamming
(with a few apologies to the Old Testament)

I Thou shalt not come to the jam to impresseth others with...

I ran/helped run a jam a few years ago. We sent out a weekly email reminder. Include some basic rules of jam etiquette: Who calls a song/tune, how are breaks played, noodling in the background,...

Please define proper. That sounds like a matter of taste. I can think of plenty of well educated & sophistacted folks in music that lack soul, feeling & depth.

[QUOTE=Jeffff;1003586]It Bluegrass static then? It there no place for change?

What defines bluegrass is what limits bluegrass.

Can of Worms Alert! There is not a definitive answer.

A good place to start is: What defines Bluegrass? What makes it what it is? Who defined Bluegrass & what are "their standards"? Remember,...

Online reviews (in message board style forums) of anything are usually unobjective and hard to quantify. That is where the reader has to separate the educated experts from uneducated "experts"/mud...

Flatiron.