I believe it is Christopher Guest that owns a Monteleone Grand Artist Delux.
I believe it is Christopher Guest that owns a Monteleone Grand Artist Delux.
Milla Jovavich
http://www.amazon.com/Divine-Comedy-Milla/dp/B000002TNT
from the movie The Fifth Element
Craftiness must have clothes,
but truth loves to go naked.
Fanny Tellier, model for Pablo Picasso (also speculated secret lover):
So was Musalini shot with O holes or F holes?
Eastman 605, Strad-o-lin, and Kentucky 300e mandolins.
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I did not know that. I love his paintings.Originally Posted by (Mike McCoy @ May 08 2007, 09:18)
Perhaps this was his mandolin.
Ben Jones, the guy who played Cooter on the Dukes of Hazzard, plays the fiddle.
Hmmm, wonder if Grisman's Hot Dawg took its cue frpm this?Fanny Tellier, model for Pablo Picasso (also speculated secret lover):
Orville Wright was a player. His bowlback is on display somewhere, and there are pictures of it on this site, but I'm far too lazy to look 'em up and make a link.
Does Levon Helm count?
JeffD where did you find that cool painting?
Jamie
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"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe." - Abraham Lincoln
Since we are getting into figures in abstract paintings, apprently the great Moorish painter Juan de Pareja played the mandolin also:
Dali's "Portrait of Juan de Pareja Repairing a String of His Mandolin"
I just saw a couple of shots of Warren Buffett playing what looks like an old Martin ukulele on the AP Photo wire yesterday. He played with the Quebe Sisters Band at the Berkshire Hathaway stockholders meeting in Omaha on Saturday. The caption said it was his own uke.
Chuck
I "image googled" Paul Gauguin. I was halfway remembering he did a painting with a mandolin on a table, but I wasn't sure till I searched.
There is another one I saw, with a nude in the foreground, and a mandolin against the wall in the background. Its a nice painting but not appropriate for this forum I didn't think.
The great humorist Robert Benchley played the mandolin. His lifelong friend, writer Dorothy Parker, even wrote a Broadway play based on Benchley in which his mandolin played an important part; the wife of the Benchley character hates the mandolin so much that she won't let him play it in the house, so he falls in love with the sweet young thing next door who not only loves his playing, but plays duets with him!
By the last act, the character has learned to assert himself at home so much that in the final scene he lights his pipe--strictly forbidden--and gets out his mandolin and starts playing--right in the middle of the living room!
Nudie...tailor to the stars, played mandolin...
Check the original post of this thread. Orville Wright's mandolin is what got this thread off to a start.
Bill Snyder
Does Milla Jovovich play mandolin?
Oh, wait - who cares?
"I'm your density."
[/QUOTE]Does Milla Jovovich play mandolin? Oh, wait - who cares?[QUOTE]
I, for one, care:
Ain't Milla just the bee's knees?
Johnny, I for one didn't have the nerve to post one of the many nearly nekkid pics of Milla that are on the 'Net. Good on ya!
And for those of us who play guitar:
"I'm your density."
Until now I did not know who Milla Jovovich was. And she plays mandolin?
I have no information that she plays mandolin; apparently the reference is to the pic in which she uses a mando to cover her "naughty bits..."Until now I did not know who Milla Jovovich was. And she plays mandolin? #
Milla is a model-turned-actor, appearing in movies like "The Fifth Element" and "Resident Evil."
EDIT: I take it back. Apparently Milla is also a singer and songwriter; in this article, http://thecelebritycafe.com/interviews/milla.html she mentions playing mando on her album, "The Divine Comedy!" And this listener review from Amazon.com:
"Wow, who could've guessed that Milla Jovovich was such an artistic, multi-talented individual! Not only can she model and act, she's a singer, wonderful mandolin player and composed all the lyrics of this delightful -11 track- masterpiece."
Just one more reason to love her...
"I'm your density."
Indeed, and I'm pretty sure it has been mentioned in the past that the Flatiron pancake shown above is her own instrument, and the one she plays predominantly (although no doubt she has MAS just like the rest of us).
Martin
Richard Gere plays acoustic guitar, and plays well. He checked out some of my vintage Martins while he was in Richmond filming "The Day of the Jackel".
There was a Vintage Guitar magazine article a while ago on Johnathan Kellerman, the author. He has a very large and impressive collection, which includes all four Loars - mandolin, mandola, mandocello and L5 guitar.
Steve Martin is a professional level banjo player.
Charles Johnson
From somewhere on the web:
Captain Corelli's Mandolin star Nicolas Cage discovered a real talent for playing the mandolin during filming of the movie. Cage said that he had no musical talent before he became the mandolin-playing star of the movie. But, the man who taught him to play, musical director Paul Englishby, says Cage quickly became an accomplished player. Although the movie soundtrack was recorded by mandolin expert Giovanni Parricelli, Cage was required to play the instrument during the filming. "Cage actually played it and there is lots of footage of him doing that. It was incredible," says Englishby. "He really is very talented. Nicolas used to go away for the weekend. He had a private jet and one weekend he asked me to go to Venice with him so he could have his music lessons." Englishby is now teaching Hugh Grant to play guitar for his latest role in the film version of the Nick Hornby novel About A Boy.
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