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    The short-story writer, O. Henry, was a mandolin player. I was in Austin this spring and the O. Henry museum was across the street from my hotel, so I went in and saw an old bowl-back on a shelf. The attendent told me that in fact he played quite a bit, and the piano too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by (makoto @ May 10 2007, 21:00)
    The short-story writer, O. Henry, was a mandolin player.
    Wow that is great. Another reason to love O. Henry.
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    Quote Originally Posted by (makoto @ May 10 2007, 21:00)
    O. Henry museum was across the street from my hotel, so I went in and saw an old bowl-back on a shelf.
    It would be cool to get a pic posted here.
    A talent for trivializin' the momentous and complicatin' the obvious.

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    Gunnar Gren (1920-1991), "il professore", a famous soccer
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    ACF Fiorentina, Olympic champion in 1948, played the mandolin.

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    Jeff,
    For whatever reason I did not have my camera the day I visited the museum, which is really O. Henry's three-room home that was preserved and moved a block from it's original location to a small park in downtown Austin, (405 East Fifth Street) across the street from the Hilton downtown. A picture would be cool. His mandolin is in really bad shape but has some nice butterfly inlays in the pick guard.

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    I've never heard that Matisse played, but one of his models has on in this painting:

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    Harry Dean Stanton, I have ben told, can drive one to distraction playing(guitar, at least) on the set. Great scene in "Cool Hand Luke"
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    No Mando content, but I do recall a story about Ed Harris (the actor) on Flatpick-L. The guy who posted it knew a guitar store owner/repair guy who did some work on one of Mr. Harris's guitars. As I recall, he was filming up in some rural area of coastal Mass and had someone ship out an older Martin that he had bought. The thing got somewhat busted up in the mail. He took it to the local guitar shop/repair guy to see if he could fix it. The guy recognized him immediately but never really made a big deal about. Supposedly he and Ed talked about old guitars for quite a while - according to the post, Ed is not only a fine picker but also fairly knowledgable about vintage acoustics. He said the only awkward moment came when the guy asked for a phone number Ed could be reached at to let him know when the guitar was ready to be picked up - being less tha eager to give out his cell number, Ed just said he'd be back in a few days. And yes, the guitar was fixed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by (makoto @ May 10 2007, 21:00)
    The short-story writer, O. Henry, was a mandolin player. I was in Austin this spring and the O. Henry museum was across the street from my hotel, so I went in and saw an old bowl-back on a shelf. The attendent told me that in fact he played quite a bit, and the piano too.
    The piano played the mandolin? That's neat.
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    One of my favorites is Clarence Nash, who is the voice of Donald Duck. In his book of Disney Donald Duck illustration he is pictured with a F4 27' era Gibson. Dawg just bought it at the local flea market and I asked him why he got this particular book. I opened it up and saw this picture and it certainly brought a smile to us. Clarence was still living in S.Calif and David called up information and found him still alive, got his number, called him, and went down and interviewed him for Mandolin World magazine. He did the interview in Donald Duck voice.
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    And didn't the same Mr. Nash voice We Wish You A Merry Chistmas on Dawg's Acoustic Christmas recording?

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    Marilyn Monroe - no relation I assume, at least posed with a mandolin!
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    Bruce Springsteen! And according to the mando cafe news feed, so does Jethro Tull and Keith Richards.
    Nuff said

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    Senator Robert Byrd is an avid old time fiddler. I wonder if he plays some mandolin as well.



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    Robert Duvall played guitar and also wrote some of the songs in Tender Mercies

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    Quote Originally Posted by (Kirby161 @ June 03 2007, 17:23)
    Bruce Springsteen! And according to the mando cafe news feed, so does Jethro Tull and Keith Richards.
    Jethro Tull? I suppose you mean Ian Anderson.
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    Theodor Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss). Avid member of his banjo and mandolin clubs in High School.

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    Quote Originally Posted by (JimRichter @ June 03 2007, 17:38)
    Theodor Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss).
    Well there you go.
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    Quote Originally Posted by (Keely @ May 08 2007, 20:57)
    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!
    I just watched the DVD of "Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle". #There is a scene with Benchley holding his mandolin as he talks on the phone.
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    Boy, Marilyn obviously got the looks in the Monroe family! (Although she got stuck with a kind of dorky looking mando.)
    Didn't she play uke in Some Like It Hot? I think she was really playing it, too.
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    Cartoonist/artist/social critic R. Crumb plays lots of fretted instruments--including mandolin. He's better known for his amazing illustrations, portraits of classic blues, country, and French musicians, and for his contributions to Zap Comix, but he has made a number of recordings over the years with the Cheap Suit Serenaders and more recently with Les Primitifs du Futur.



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    Quote Originally Posted by (deputydawg @ May 08 2007, 05:50)
    Jack out of the White Stripes plays a bit I believe.
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    this month's issue of Guitar World magazine has an interview with Jack where he talks about his mandolin playing. He was originally going to buy the one he played on Cold Mountain, but they auctioned it off before he did and he bought a black Gibson F4.
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    Quote Originally Posted by (Paul Kotapish @ June 05 2007, 01:40)
    Cartoonist/artist/social critic R. Crumb
    I should have thought of that. I have the first two Cheap Suit Serenaders record albums.
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    Scott Carpenter, the astronaut is a guitar player. My friend Drew got a gig playing a wedding party at his house and had his photo taken with him while holding the mandolin I made for him.

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