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Super pet peeve is someone policing where there is nothing to police. I am glad that there was another thread dedicated to this topic or would have never known.
Pete and by extension his family...

This year was a little tough for me. I camp with my father who is in his late 70s and is starting to get a little shaky. he didn't even get his fiddle out. I had to kind of sneak off to play. He...

I didn't catch the Czechs, wish I had. I've been there seven times and I always have a hard time getting over it. I kind of envy those kids who are living day to day and living just to play another...

I think I saw more mandolin than ever before on stage and around the jams. Nice to see.

Didn't see much talk on here leading up to the festival but I'm sure I ran into some other cafe'ers, and...

He's only a hundred and some odd lbs off the world record for the deadlift. Too bad the guy is on film telling a whopper.

Gail Hester. Look her up on here. I've had one for two years and haven't had any mandolin acquisition syndrome ever since!

Terry, that is great! You've got some great mandos and some great chops. The jazz stuff is really something that I would end up playing but I can see how attempting it would make me a better picker.

It ain't old-time if someone doesn't have bibs on! I'm from WVA and there are usually at least two or three when we play.

Where did this video go? It used to be on youtube.

Looks like fun!

I've got one of the slick A style ovals that Gail completed about 2 years ago. I still can't put it down. I travel quite a bit and used to look for high end shops wherever I landed. I don't even...

Had the opportunity to see David McLaughlin play with Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival yesterday. The guy gets it done on mandolin, guitar, banjo and fiddle. ...

I think he went to WVU.......and they are the Big East Champs!

My Hester A model says that I am happy!

Bump!

I've got a Hester snakehead, it has been a/b'ed with several old Gibsons and some similar models made by current builders. In several of situations the other player has asked for Gail's info, I...

Having a bad day?

I LOVE GAIL HESTER!!!

I will post some sound clips of a better player than myself in a couple of weeks.

Thanks Gail

See you Thursday.

[QUOTE]Reminds me of a pitch I heard between tunes at a festival: "We've got a table in the back where you can get our CDs or sign up for our email list, and for you folks from West Virginia we've...

I think Johnny Stats plays a one of Don's mandolins. He doesn't get a whole of attention on this board but he is unbelievable. When I talked with him after a show he said that it is the best he had...

You've got to like a guy who typifies all of the positive qualities the people of West Virginia possess. When he said this was for West Virginians everywhere most people probably don't understand...

WVU48/OU28 - Just had to get that out of my system!

Mike, where were you staying in WV? I am sort of the unofficial governor, I like most of my non-wasp compatriots have fled to another state for work. Currently I am in exile in Maryland. I looked at...

I would have thought that my throwing that I am from WV and the link to one of the largest Italian Heritage festivals in the world, held in Clarksburg,WV, would have been enough. Sorry Mikie but you...