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red7flag
Aug-02-2006, 6:21pm
I went with a friend, wife and daughter to the Country Music Museum. I have encluded some pictures of note. The first is an early mandolin used by Ricky Skaggs.
red7flag
Aug-02-2006, 6:24pm
Bill Monroe Plaque in for the Hall of Fame
red7flag
Aug-02-2006, 6:26pm
Write up on Bill Monroe
red7flag
Aug-02-2006, 6:27pm
This one speaks for itself. I hope you enjoy.
Tony
BluegrassGirl26
Aug-02-2006, 8:30pm
Just got back from Nashville yesterday. Could you believe what happened to Bill Monroe's mandolin and Gibson putting it back together? that's amazing. Did you go to the opry house? There was a really nice statue of Bill Monroe there.
Macy
cooper4205
Aug-02-2006, 8:52pm
i could stay on the top floor of the museum for weeks. red7flag, did you get any pics of graham parsons nudie suit
red7flag
Aug-02-2006, 10:43pm
I am sorry, I passed on that. I was mostly taking pictures of instruments.
Tony
cooper4205
Aug-02-2006, 10:45pm
you could do that for days in there, nice pics by the way, esp. of the grail!
Moose
Aug-03-2006, 11:07am
YuP!! - "...the Grail.." (aka The Rod of....Moses) - Greaaat pics! Thanks for sharing. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif
We visited between last Christmas and New Years. #I stood in front of that mandolin for awhile . . . nearly as long as I stood in front of the exhibit on George Jones. #Wow! What a great museum, I'd go back in a skinny minute. #Next time I want to take the recording studio tour.
cooper4205
Aug-03-2006, 10:24pm
it'd be nice if they had the bluegrass boys station wagon from that picture of the bluegrass "dream team" with monroe standing outside and the rest of them leaning out of the car
Could that be the same mandolin Ricky Skaggs played with Flatt and Scruggs?
See the videos at http://www.mandotunes.com/mandovideos/index.php
f5loar
Sep-13-2006, 9:09pm
That's Ricky's mid 50's A40N. After that he got his 60's red A5 round hole. The Gram Parsons Nudie suit was last seen on the Manuel Tour. The Chris Hillman Burrito Nudie suit also on Tour from the Gene Autry Museum. The pitiful shame about the CMHF is they have more rare vintage instruments in storage then they do on display. Lots of wasted floor space in the new place.
cooper4205
Sep-13-2006, 9:42pm
don't they have a few loars in the vault?
Professor PT
Sep-14-2006, 12:50am
I never knew Bill was related to the other famous Monroe! Wow, that was news to me.