Post A Picture Of Yourself

[Keith Miller]

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"are you lot trying to tell me somthing! "

[bud]

Here is a photo from our recent cd release party at the Cook Shack in Union Grove, NC. #Thanks Jane for the photo. #You can see more at her webpage. #

http://www.elmstreetdesigns.com/mistyriverband.htm

Bud Martin
http://www.mrbbluegrass.com

[good_ol_al_61]

Hey, Bud!

Thanks for the picture. I have been working on my family tree and Union Grove is where I've traced back to 1785. One of the Henderson's of that area. I walked the graveyards around the town there and I think I'm related to most of the population there, somehow. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

Makes me feel like I just got a picture from "home". Greetings from Jacksonville, FL. Thanks soooo much!

[bud]

Al, glad you enjoyed the photos. I'm not originally from this area but most of the folks in the band grew up in the area. You'll need to get up for the Fiddler's Grove festival sometime. Here is a link.

http://www.fiddlersgrove.com/

Bud Martin
http://www.mrbbluegrass.com

[jah]

Here is a photo from our recent cd release party at the Cook Shack in Union Grove, NC. #Thanks Jane for the photo. #You can see more at her webpage. #

Bud Martin


Great music last week at the Cook Shack with Bud and the rest of the Misty River Band!

Jane

[Petary791]

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a215/petary791gear/Mine/Rose/me01.jpg

The day I got it.

[Martin Jonas]

This is our mando ensemble, playing at the annual dinner of the Italian Club at Hoylake, Merseyside, a couple of weeks ago. That's me with my Embergher on the right of the front row, and Cafe member Fliss with her Calace first from left in the second row. Good fun gig!

Martin

[Bertram Henze]

That looks like a Fylde OM in the back...

Bertram

[Martin Jonas]

Not quite, it's an early Japanese Saga (Ozark-branded, but probably the same that was sold as Trinity College elsewhere). Very nice OM, actually.

Martin

[JeffD]

Looks like a fun group.

[mandopete]

Yeah, but can it really be bluegrass without a banjo?

(I'm just kidding)

[Lou Scuderi]

Me and my new (ok, it's new to me, the instrument is actually from '95) Old Wave. This little guy has amazing volume and absolutely KILLER tone! Couldn't ask for a better instrument for the price!
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/4422/mypictureoi3.jpg
If you look closely, you'll notice my poor, neglected Mid Mo in the background.

[Gibson A5]

Though I normally play the mando, here is a pic of me and Brian T. (on mando) at a roughly 5 hour gig a while back where I was forced to play the banjo and dobro the entire time! Brian at least got to play the guitar some. #Yes that's me with the dreded banjo.

[Gibson A5]

A closer shot

[Gibson A5]

Me doing a solo performance a few years back on my A5 Gibson.
Bill P.

[Gibson A5]

What the heck, one more.
Bill P.

[MandoSquirrel]

I think you look better with the A-5. Then again, what do either of us care what I think of your looks? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[Gibson A5]

MandoSquirrel, thanks for caring. I feel better with a mando in my hands. Everyone, whether or not they admit it, does care what others think of their looks. I have lost the beard and the banjo since the pictures, I still play the dobro some. I guess I should post an updated picture with me and one of my own custom built mandos. I'm not sure there's hope for Brian T. though. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[MandoSquirrel]

Well, at least he was accesorized optimally: Mandolin in hands.

[andrew gates]

This is the musician in the family when he is actually awake playing his Lewis Mandolin... Must be 2 in the morning!

# # # SCOTT GATES #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

[andrew gates]

This is the musician in the family when he is actually awake playing his Lewis Mandolin... Must be 2 in the morning!

# # #SCOTT GATES # http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

and now the picture.... (embarassed)

[Steve Cantrell]

Andrew, I've seen those Youtube clips and Scott has some serious chops. What a great musician. You've got to be one proud dad.

[andrew gates]

Andrew, I've seen those Youtube clips and Scott has some serious chops. What a great musician. You've got to be one proud dad.
[QUOTE]

He keeps us hopping that is for sure, best part is he is a good kid and his head is normal sized...

Heading to IBMA this year again, are you going?

[Steve Cantrell]

I don't know if I'll swing it this year or not--just dropped some big bucks on a new mando---that might put me over the limit with the wife. Well, maybe...

[Calvin]

Guess which one is me. This is my band ,One Lucky Guy.
I like that up right!

[Laws_DanielaK]

This is my Self, Sept.'06. (If I can Up-Load Photo !)

[Laws_DanielaK]

TRYing to Up-Load Pic of my Mandolin (& Fife !) http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

[Joe F]

First time ever on stage for me! #"Temporary String Band" playing our first gig at a coffee shop last night in St. Paul. #That's me on the left, with my trusty old 1980s Kentucky KM-200S.

[Laws_DanielaK]

I Spotted this really neat ! Photo of a (Bowl-)Shaped Mandolin Hand-Made out of un-likely parts & pieces.
The Body was created out of a Can from a 3# Ham. Hence, the Creator dubbed his Mando : a " Hamdolin " !!! #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif #The Neck was Created from a Carved-down Chunk of Walnut wood , and the Frets, from
Penny-Nails. The Tuning Pegs, from Nuts & Bolts from a HardWare Store. #

[John Rosett]

With that mandolin, you could start a porkestra!

[Django Fret]

With that mandolin, you could start a porkestra!
Yeah, but after a while, I bet it sound very boaring...

[ourgang]

Probably pretty helpful for the player with a tin ear.

[Tripp Johnson]

Ah, y'all are a bunch of hams, now can it! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Ken Berner]

It is obvious by the picture that "you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear". 'Nuff said!

[gh_mando]

I look a bit serious, but I enjoy pickin' my Rattlesnake.

[Laws_DanielaK]

I'm pleased that y'all are so vastly entertained! As for my Self, I SERIOUSLY LOVE that FUNKY Looking 'Americana' Instrument. If I thought the Creator could be persuaded to let go of His Creation, His personal 'Hamdolin', I'd promptly Contact Him, and ask: What is His asking price, that I might purchase the 'Hamdolin'? ... On another Topic : What is y'all's Opinion of an 'External Disc' which is applied per Sticky Adhesive Contact-side, as an Acoustic 'Pick-Up' for a Mandolin ? to augment my Mandolin to a Quasi- Acoustic-Electric Mandolin ? Permittable ? or: Ill-Advised ? ... I am new to this Forum Community. I've had an 'Austin'-make, Flat-back Mando for about 2 or 3 yrs. I've finally figured out my 'problem' I've had w/ it : "The Action" was wrong ; I needed to Adjust the Bridge's Height & Level, per the Screws of the Bridge. That done, now my Mando Frets more easily and Sounds cleanly. I have ordered (ought to have it by Wednesd. coming) : 2 Instructional BOOKS w/ a DVD & 4 'Jam Along' CD's. ($75.) (I was tutored in Piano back in Hi Sch, '68-'70. I'm familiar w/ Musical Notation.) Last night, I wrote out in Mandolin Tablature the music for Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" & Elvis' "Love Me Tender". And I 'Cross-Picked the Music, and the Songs WERE! Recognizable ! So I AM encouraged to Continue & Learn & Master My Mandolin ! ... again : the Q re: 'Pick-up's.
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[ourgang]

I'd like to have it myself. I understand it has a great "pork" chop.

[Cary Fagan]

I haven't posted a picture for a long time.

A couple of weeks ago we were vacationing in Sonoma, Calif. At the Sabastiani Winery the David Thom Band was going to perform in the courtyard but we couldn't stay long enough to hear them. The guitar player (who was subbing) got there first and he let me try his mandolin (Italian name, the same kind that Grisman's been playing) and we picked Bluegrass Stomp together. He was playing, I think, a 1944 Martin. Anyone happen to know his name? When the band showed up I had a nice chat with fiddler Paul Shelasky, who a friend of mine had studied with. I'm always amazed how friendly bluegrass musicians are. Meeting them made my day.

[JEStanek]

Giacomel mandolin very distinctive looking.

Jamie

[Bill Snyder]

... got there first and he let me try his mandolin (Italian name, the same kind that Grisman's been playing) ...
That would be a Giacomel. (http://www.corradogiacomel.it/indexE.htm)

While I was looking for the website Jamie beat me to the punch. #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[danb]

and I bet that guy in the picture is Lowell Levinger

[Cary Fagan]

Thanks for the name of the mandolin and the player. Yes, a search proves it was Lowell Levenger. I enjoyed meeting him.

[AlanN]

A few pics back, the lady bass player is on a Beatle bass, how about that?

[Joe F]

Yep, she plays a McCartney-style Hofner bass, albeit a right-handed model.

[midnightmando]

http://www.candlewater.com/GO_EAST_2004/Baggot_Inn/Akira_Nagai/Dscn0231Jsc.jpg
Playing (on left) w/ Wake Frankfield at the Baggot Inn, NYC.

[Bill James]

Cool...I thought maybe Frank was breaking tradition with the white tape on the headstock instead of black. Then I realized that to Frank...that is black!http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Calvin]

Yep, she plays a McCartney-style Hofner bass, albeit a right-handed model.
He sure does! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif And Mandolin.

[MandoSquirrel]

and I bet that guy in the picture is Lowell Levinger
I wondered from the pic & location(& the fact that he had a Giacomel) if that might be Lowell; interesting non mando historical trivia, he was "Banana" with the Youngbloods, known for the hit single of "Get Together". I'm sure Dan & lot's of others know, but I figured some of the Youngun's here might not know he used to be sort of famous.

[woodwizard]

Although I have been going to Mandolin Cafe for a long long time I am a new member to posting and I thought I would try for the first time to post a picture of me and my Goldrush. Hope it works.

[woodwizard]

It worked! COOL! Here's the back.

[swampy]

Here's my guy with his Cookie tin 4 string. Don't worry it only looks like a banjo,I keep it tuned in fifths.

[DryBones]

My new JBovier and me 30 lbs lighter since November



http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a182/JBWicklund/JBovier/100_1060.jpg

[swampy]

And here's me with the same 4 string. I'm not about to take my only axe with me up the mountain, even if its a junker.

[Steve Cantrell]

Awesome, Nate. That territory looks awfully familiar. Hardly a junker, by the way.

[Steve Cantrell]

Also...I hate to say it, but he's got his ring and pinky finger planted like he's about to picks some Scruggs. Be afraid.

[Steve Hinde]

Saturday afternoon in heaven. Oh, it is Iowa.

Steve

[Bill Snyder]

Steve is that a mirror in your hand?

[tango_grass]

Although I have been going to Mandolin Cafe for a long long time I am a new member to posting and I thought I would try for the first time to post a picture of me and my Goldrush. Hope it works.
I am jealous....that is a beautiful Mandolin!!! My dream mando..

[Gibson A5]

Drybones, how did you loose the weight? Did you start eating "Right Handed"? I need to loose at least that much my self.
Bill P.

[Steve Hinde]

Yes it is. The guy taking the picture wanted to see the tonebars. That's his archtop in the picture. Replaced the back and fixed a crack in the top.

Steve

[DryBones]

Drybones, how did you loose the weight? #Did you start eating "Right Handed"? #I need to loose at least that much my self.
Bill P.
Bill,
My doctor told me I had this little thing called Type II Diabetes and that I needed to change my diet and get some exercise (along with a couple pills a day)if I wanted to stay on the planet a while longer! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif So no more sugar or drive thru food most of the time, no more sugar loaded soda pop, really have to watch the carb intake big time (carbs convert to sugar) and 30-60 minutes walking on the treadmill 3-5 times a week. That's my recipe for the weight loss. now I have to figure out what to do with the leftover skin. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[MikeEdgerton]

really have to watch the carb intake big time (carbs convert to sugar)

I cut out the bad carbs and lost 60 pounds in 2001. I only managed to get 10 of it back. It does take a lifestyle change to keep it off though. Instead of eating now I play the mandolin.

[Eric F.]

Hey Swampy, too bad your kid's not, you know, cute or anything. Jeez, is that little guy adorable or what?? Plays up the neck pretty good, too, I see!

[JeffD]

Here's my guy with his Cookie tin 4 string. Don't worry it only looks like a banjo,I keep it tuned in fifths.
He is a pinky planter for sure.

[swampy]

Thanks for noticing Eric.

Jeff, lets hope the pinky planting is just a phase. Of course it could be worse, he could be a drummer. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[Gibson A5]

Jason , great going. I'm a "Type II on pills also" trying not to be a type one. I cut my carbs to almost nothing, but I haven't got that "exercise" thing perfected yet http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif
Bill P.

[DryBones]

Jason , great going. #I'm a "Type II on pills also" trying not to be a type one. #I cut my carbs to almost nothing, but I haven't got that "exercise" thing perfected yet http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif
Bill P.
Bill,
I think we talked about this before. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif I have heard that building a left hand mandolin and then giving it to a fellow diabetic who plays left hand will almost certainly cure your affliction. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[Gibson A5]

Jason, if I thought it would really work, I'd build you Two custom Lefty mandos to cure it!
Bill P.

[JeffD]

Saturday afternoon in heaven. Oh, it is Iowa.

Steve
MIght not be heaven, but you can see it from there.

[DryBones]

Saturday afternoon in heaven. Oh, it is Iowa.

Steve
MIght not be heaven, but you can see it from there.
"If you build it, They will come."

[bryengland]

This is a standard size mandolin made by Custom Inlay. Made in Caneyville Ky right up the road from rosine. This one is owned by Eric Allen. kymandolin59 on mandolin cafe. Check these out. There is a video post on here of it being played by Eric and Jeff Morris. Check out our site. www.custominlay.com Thanks.

[bryengland]

Here is the top of it. Thanks for looking.

[mandopete]

Bryan - you look just like an F-5 mandolin!

http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[kymandolin59]

bryan posted this on the wrong page. this is my mando i have had for about a month. if you go to his web site you can hear it. i will e-mail bryan to get him to move this.

[DryBones]

these new guys...always messing up our message board...LOL http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
nice mando BTW!

[kymandolin59]

hey man is your bovier the satin carmel finish?

[DryBones]

yep, the one and only lefty of its kind...so far. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[bryengland]

Can you send me a link to the correct place to post it?

[Plamen Ivanov]

One Man Orchestra... or at least a multi instruments carrier... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[blawson]

This thread needs more pictures of pudgy unix admins


Dan -- from another *nix proselytizer, you can appreciate this photo I've had hanging around, appropriately titled "Binary Bluegrass".

http://www.mathcs.richmond.edu/~blawson/binaryBG.jpg

[Scott Tichenor]

First post in this thread for me... I think. Any guesses where I am (no, a Rhino's mouth isn't the correct answer)? Ted, Dan, Jason, no telling.

[blawson]

First post in this thread for me... I think. Any guesses where I am (no, a Rhino's mouth isn't the correct answer)? Ted, Dan, Jason, no telling.
Taking the oral qualifying exams for your degree?

[Chris Baird]

"no, a Rhino's mouth isn't the correct answer"

A hippo's mouth.

[JEStanek]

A chomp away from paradise and no more whiny e-mails....
Looks like a hippo to me too...
Jamie

[Ken Berner]

Cutting your "eye-teeth"? By the way, which ones are they?

[Joe Parker]

Karaoke nite at the "Hippo"drome? Here is my first post in this thread. That's me on the right with my Father's Day gift this year.The guy on the left wanted his picture taken with me for some strange reason. JPP

[blawson]

That's me on the right with my Father's Day gift this year.
Oh for everyone to have kids such as yours...

[Scott Tichenor]

"no, a Rhino's mouth isn't the correct answer"

A hippo's mouth.
Dangit, now I remember why I mostly quit posting on this thing.
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[themandomon]

Here's a picture of some controled screaming and my Michael Lewis mandolin.My Webpage (http://franksolivanii.com)

[themandomon]

Sorry... On the website is a picture of my Fletcher Brock mando.
My Webpage (http://franksolivanii.com)

[Steve Cantrell]

Hey Frank! Nice to have you around. That last CD is just fantastic. Good to have you around.

[Keith Miller]

a laid back moment this summer http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif a day it did not rain !

[Andrew Lewis]

Here's one from Camp Bluegrass last week with Roland White...

[mandopete]

Nice Red Sox hat too!

[Andrew Lewis]

Despite the fact that I'm from Fort Worth, I've been a Red Sox fan since I was a little kid. Go Sox!

[Yellowmandolin]

Here I am with my band The Licking County Hot Lix... #That's a 2007 Collings MT with a gloss top. #

http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v110/166/24/1420140186/n1420140186_30067941_1306.jpg

[DryBones]

Just got myself "Simpsonized" thought I would share it. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a182/JBWicklund/JBSimpson.jpg

[Bing Cullen]

Although I have been going to Mandolin Cafe for a long long time I am a new member to posting and I thought I would try for the first time to post a picture of me and my Goldrush. Hope it works.
you don't work in mall around December do you?

[mandopete]

Despite the fact that I'm from Fort Worth, I've been a Red Sox fan since I was a little kid. Go Sox!
Despite the fact that I'm from Los Angeles and now live in Seattle, I've been a Red Sox fan since 1975 when the greatest World Series set was carried out between the Boston Red Sox and the Cincinatti Reds...until the 2004 World Series that is!

P.S. - I'm now on my third hat!

[Kevin Briggs]

Here's me lookin' shabby. That's my June 2007 Weber Fern: red spruce top, custom neck, one-piece back, peral nut.

[Daniel Nestlerode]

I can't remember if I've contributed to this thread before, but if I have it's been a while so...

Here's one of me backing SF based singer-songwriter, Doug Boyd, at the Velo Rouge Cafe last Sunday. Umm, yeah. That's me on the mandolin. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

Daniel

[mandopete]

Okay, here's a new on of me with my band Stay Tuned playing at last weekend's Adventure Bluegrass festival in Stevenson, WA.

...40 lbs. lighter, new specs and a new cowboy shirt - #playing my Collings MF-5R and that's Terry O'Brien on the Martin D18 Golden Era.

[Andrew Lewis]

Those shirts look sharp!

[mandopete]

Yeah, it's always a funny thing when it comes to band attire. We've been though several revisions - shirt & tie, sportcoats, Hawaiian shirt and now the cowboy shirts. I really like this look and hopefully we'll stick with it.

[blawson]

Despite the fact that I'm from Fort Worth, I've been a Red Sox fan since I was a little kid. Go Sox!


P.S. - I'm now on my third hat!
I still occasionally wear my Sox cap purchased in 1985. Wore it to baseball practices in high school and college. It's split up the back now, and so sun-faded that the stiching looks gray and the B looks more like a UCLA Bruins cap.

It's funky, but still great!

[mandopete]

I bought #2 after the '86 World Series and I used to wear it while I mowed the lawn - man that thing got funky!

Bought #3 when I took my youngest son on his first visit to Fenway in 2005. #I've been wearing it at bluegrass festivals ever since. Looks like one of the kids dropped a Sharpie on it and now it has racing stripes.

I would venture to say that I see more Red Sox ballcaps than any other team logo. #Maybe we should start a new thread..."Post A Picture of Yourself Wearing a Red Sox Hat & Playing Mandolin"

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GO RED SOX NATION!

[Andrew Lewis]

I'm heading off to Boston tomorrow for an academic conference, but I'm definitely going to visit Fenway (the team will be in Seattle this weekend, so hopefully I can take a tour).

As for hats, I have two that I switch between - the reg. navy with the B and the green one above for hunting and fishing trips - I have yet to meet a deer who's a Yank fan http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

Oh, and mando content: I'm taking the Eastman so I can be sure to get in my nightly practice session...

[mandopete]

You can take the tour anytime, just get to the ball park early on days when the Sox are in town. Gotta check out the Green Monster!

[Jim MacDaniel]

Just got myself "Simpsonized" thought I would share it. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

Thanks a lot -- that's just what I need, another way to waste time playing around on the internet.
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x284/jimmacd/simpsonized.jpg

[DryBones]

looking good, Jim #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[labraid]

Hey, has anyone seen my end mill breaker sharpener? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[otterly2k]

Yeah, I did it too, but it came out looking NOTHING at all like me, and no amount of tweaking it really helped.

[cooper4205]

I was surprised, mine actually looks like me (sorta)

[labraid]

Yeah, I did it too, but it came out looking NOTHING at all like me, and no amount of tweaking it really helped.
that's coz yer one of a kind. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

[otterly2k]

he he... true enough, Brian.
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the dog, however, looks very much like a dog I used to have.

[jasona]

First post in this thread for me... I think. Any guesses where I am (no, a Rhino's mouth isn't the correct answer)? Ted, Dan, Jason, no telling.
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[fatt-dad]

Anybody ever been to Serpent Mound? Not sure if you can read the text of the sign I'm standing next to, but this was an earthwork made about 1,000 years ago by American Indians in the Middle-of-Nowhere, Ohio. Interesting side trip on our journey to Chicago this summer.

f-d

[Scotti Adams]

Hey Fatt-Dad...thats right down the road from me.

[fatt-dad]

Edit: The middle of nowhere and next to Scotti Adams. Had I only known I'da stopped by. . . . Interesting country, I must say. Fun roads to drive on - if you like that feeling of your stomach on the roof of the car - ha.

f-d

[John Rosett]

I've never posted on this thread, but now that fatt-dad has, I guess I better.

[Jim MacDaniel]

Anybody ever been to Serpent Mound? #Not sure if you can read the text of the sign I'm standing next to, but this was an earthwork made about 1,000 years ago by American Indians in the Middle-of-Nowhere, Ohio. #Interesting side trip on our journey to Chicago this summer.

f-d
I've been there -- I used to live relatively nearby in Middle-of-Nowhere, IN.

[fatt-dad]

I've never posted on this thread, but now that fatt-dad has, I guess I better.
Ah, you must have missed page 42. Lookin' good with that Weber, mandorose!

f-d

[mandolooter]

Yea I been to the Serpent mound...most fun ya can have in Ohio isn't it...lol! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Miko]

Here's a picture of myself and my friend Yvonne, (violmando) with our matching Larson-made Stahl mandocellos.

[RLPOOL]

Byron Berline,The Siekers and me on bass at the Cactus Cafe in Austin last weekend. Bryon was in town for NAMM and played a Weber mandolin on a few tunes.I had a wonderful time to say the least!

[ash89]

Haven't posted a picture before so this is a test..

It's not me but my eldest, playing my dear departed Ibanez,
Making way for one of Keith Newells latest. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[ash89]

Haven't got this picture thing down yet!

[ash89]

Try again... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sleepy.gif

[ash89]

Keith's one.

[ash89]

Ready for strings.
I'm soon to receive it. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[cooper4205]

Here's a picture of myself and my friend Yvonne, (violmando) with our matching Larson-made Stahl mandocellos.
those are sweet, do you have any sound clips. I got to play Robert Bowlin's Larson Bros. Maurer and Euphenon a few times. They were awesome guitars, of course they sounded a whole lot better when he plays them (link). (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R4p5kV5o08) The tone those instruments have is amazing and was curious about how good their mandolin family instruments are.

[Miko]

Sorry, no sound clips at this time. Now that Yvonne has hers back from the luthier we're going to work up a duet and I could post a clip of that at a later date if you're interested. I can tell you that the Larson mando instruments are every bit as good sounding as their guitars. My cello, in my opinion, sounds better than a K1 or a K2. I've never had the good fortune (in both senses of that phrase) to encounter a K4, so I can't speak to that.

[Ken Berner]

ash89, That surely is a gas!

[Sergio Lara]

2002 Bush F-5

[Scotti Adams]

Edit: #The middle of nowhere and next to Scotti Adams. #Had I only known I'da stopped by. . . . # Interesting country, I must say. #Fun roads to drive on - if you like that feeling of your stomach on the roof of the car - ha.

f-d
Yea..next time your in the area look me up. Brush Creek runs adjascent to Serpent Mound...Theres 800 acres that belongs to my great grand fathers family. Dont know who actually has the rights to it..wish I did.

[mandomurph]

This is me playing my beater Gibson A during a recent 8 day raft trip down the Grand Canyon. This spot is in a small side canyon called Blacktail Canyon just a short hike from the Colorado River. The acoustics were great, kinda like a huge tiled bathroom.

[mandomurph]

Trying again.

[Steve Cantrell]

I think that's the first time I've ever heard "Gibson" and "beater" in the same sentence. Awesome picture, though. Where no mando has gone before...

[mandomurph]

The Gibson was apparently rescued from a fire some time ago before I bought it. The top was replaced with what looks like a near copy that is still bare wood. New tuners were put on upside down and an adjustable bridge was added. It sounds good and I got it for a very low price so I use it as my beater. Didn't get a drop of water on it the whole trip! A little wine, but no water.

[Steve Cantrell]

It has a good story, though. Consider it a mando christening. Looks like an awesome place to see in person!

[GVD]

Here's a picture of me with Jamie Dailey and Porter Wagoner?

GVD

[Mandolusional]

Here's a picture of me with Jamie Dailey and Porter Wagoner?


Certainly you mean Doyle Lawson. #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[jim simpson]

I believe he's referring to the way Doyle is dressed up Porter-style.


I love Doyle by the way - I'm sorry to hear Jamie is leaving but that's the way of bluegrass bands.

[Mandolusional]

I believe he's referring to the way Doyle is dressed up Porter-style.


Ha, of course! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[DryBones]

Hey, I saw that suit at Graves Mountain this year! You think it was intentional to be wearing Rhonda Vincent green?

[AlanN]

As long as Doyle avoids the Rhonda plunging neckline http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[GVD]

I love Doyle by the way - I'm sorry to hear Jamie is leaving but that's the way of bluegrass bands.

Yeah DLQ will definitely seem different without Jamie but Doyle has lost an awful lot of talented singers and musicians over the years and never seems to skip a beat.

The upside is Jamie's new band is just going to blow your socks off when they start touring next January. Their debut CD will be coming out later this year and based on the cuts I've heard DLQ is going to have some real competition for vocal group of the year.

GVD

[mandopete]

Looks like Doyle's been shoppin' at Nudies!

[B. T. Walker]

This is me yesterday on NASA's C-9 "Weightless Wonder" (the more colorful nickname of this aircraft is not encouraged). I was with a team of junior high and high school teachers demonstrating laws of motion (or in one experiment, determining mass without gravity) for use in science classrooms across the US. My experimnt didn't take the entire 50 parabolas, so I got Peterson Tuners to donate a StroboFlip tuner, and I measured the effect of gravity on the tuning of my Mix A4. I'll tell you what I observed after a few of you posit hypotheses. I will tell you that I found it difficult to pick because the darn thing kept trying to float away!

[B. T. Walker]

This is me yesterday on NASA's C-9 "Weightless Wonder" (the more colorful nickname of this aircraft is not encouraged). #I was with some teams of junior high and high school teachers demonstrating laws of motion (or in one experiment, determining mass without gravity) for use in science classrooms across the US. #My team's experiment didn't take the entire 50 parabolas, so I got Peterson Tuners to donate a StroboFlip tuner, and I measured the effect of gravity on the tuning of my Mix A4. #I'll tell you what I observed after a few of you posit hypotheses. #I will tell you that I found if difficult to pick. #The darn thing kept trying to float away!

I also had to shave my mustache and goatee during the training. I'd had them since 1990. My kids were surprised when I got home.

[Jim MacDaniel]

It's a good thing your brought your Mix, as I suspect the carbon fiber may be more resistant to the effects of motion sickness than your Weber, et al. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif

[B. T. Walker]

We were given a nifty cocktail of drugs to prevent motion sickness, and not a person on the flight got sick (though you can see a barf bag at the ready in my pocket). We all got to sign the frame of a picture on which the "family portrait" of our "no-kill flight" will be affixed. We were the 20th flight with no one sick.

[Sergio Lara]

August 10th '07 at Crossroads Jazz Festival in San Antonio, TX

[B. T. Walker]

Here's another pic. You can see people floating around in the background. The flight doc was using my camera.

[Sergio Lara]

One more:

[Sergio Lara]

http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/blues.gif '80 Gibson F-5L

[Sergio Lara]

Lara & Reyes Aug '07 issue.

http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

[John Rosett]

The Swingin' Swamis, circa 1989 on the loading dock of the bar now known as the Tractor.

[DryBones]

Mandos in(near)space. what is next? any chance of getting a MIX into the ISS. Now that would be cool!

[Jim MacDaniel]

So which one of those cool khats are you?

[John Rosett]

I'm in the middle, with purple turban and white shirt. You can see the saxophone strap that I used with the Roberts Tiny Moore mandolin that I played in that band.

[tumblewead]

Hey mandomurph, seen that picture before, my sister was also on that Grand Canyon trip. She enjoyed the music and said everyone took great care in loading/unloading the mandolin.

[mingusb1]

Swingin' Swamis--now that is a cool band shot! I'd go see em!

What's with all the band shots these days with people looking like someone just ate their lunch?!!

Z

[mandopete]

This is me yesterday on NASA's C-9 "Weightless Wonder" (the more colorful nickname of this aircraft is not encouraged). #
You mean the "vomit comet" ?

[mandomurph]

Tumblewead, you must be Bret's brother. She told me about you and said you hung around the
"Cafe". Good to hear from you. The crew did a great job of taking care of my mandolin for me on the raft. It's a great trip. If you ever go, take an instrument. You won't regret it. Plenty of good places and time to play. My friends were on one of the Grand Canyon trips that had fiddler and a guitar player that had brought their intruments along.

[Darren Kern]

Me last night at a pig pickin' we played.

[Fred G]

picture of me from last night at our monthly jam with the BRW amd my brand spankin new mando cafe shirt

[anchorman86]

Me and my lovely Rover RM-75, rocking out with my buddy Jared and his new Taylor 110e:

http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v67/197/73/905899/n905899_33686578_7477.jpg

[Treblemaker]

Me - Treblemaker - Pickin' on my Lawrence Smart - #124 at a live recording Session in San Rafael, CA...May of 2007.

[ellisppi]

me on the right 1966

[mandopete]

Tom, what a cool picture. Both of you sharing the same amp, I remember doing that. Is that a Les Paul Junior?

[jim simpson]

Tom,
I like your Melody Maker - it was my 1st good electric guitar bought at a pawnshop for $150.00.
Jim

[Greg H.]

Judging by the caption I think Tom is actually the one playing the Fender Mustang.

[goose 2]

I still have a melody maker the I plug in from time to time. My daughters tell me that I am trying to be a rock star.

[mingusb1]

Cool picture, Tom.

So are you a fan of Arizona's pro baseball team, too?

Z

[B. T. Walker]

That is a great pic, Tom. Stylin' with those hats!

[Eugene]

The semi-devious Caroline Hong (http://www.carolinehong.net/) snapped a shot of me with her cell phone as I was preparing for a wee amateur concert on 15 September. I haven't stuck myself into this thread recently, so here I be:

http://columbusguitarsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/091507_19251.jpg

[ElJefe]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2043/1509291455_41d8b3d081.jpg

The Collings MT

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2119/1509283979_76938439c0.jpg

Bourgeois Adi/Rose

[JimRichter]

Here's a recent one snapped sitting when with the Gordon Bonham Blues Band at the Slippery Noodle in Indianapolis. The Duane Eddy model Gretsch is a guitar Gordon recently acquired.

Jim

[croonerexpress]

playing some music at a party

http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v75/175/2/78201790/n78201790_30372428_6422.jpg

[maynard g. krebs]

real country music: a coal train, a wrecked coal train, a mandolin, and i drove my pickup to get there, all i need is a mother in a jail drunk tank.....

http://www.telemarktips.com/photopost/data/500/medium/train_wreck_mando-3.jpg

[mandopete]

Bourgeois Adi/Rose
Looks like ya gotta wear shorts when playin the gitar!

[good_ol_al_61]

Myself (mandolin bearer) Tobi Vanderbilt (former Pres of North Fla BG Assn on banjo) and Mark Gresham (master guitar builder on guitar) winding up on Will the Circle be Unbroken. Had a great time in Waldo, Florida last weekend at the Valerie Smith Festival featuring Grasstowne. Man, those guys are good!

[Dan Adams]

My last post in this thread was in July 2003. #Wow, how time flies. #This is a recent picture of 'Two Late' playing in a local venue. #Think global, support local! #Dan

[Bill Snyder]

My last post in this thread was in September of 2002.
Neat trick since this thread was not started until March 15, 2003. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[mandolooter]

How Curious Bill

[bluesmandolinman]

this picture was taken yesterday .
Willie Salomon on piano ( the guitars belong to him too )

[squirrelabama]

This shot was taken during a snow storm in January 07 that just about shut the town down (Portland Oregon). Thank goodness the grocery store was still open...note my mode of transportation....this was also the day I wired payment off to Dexter J for my Nugget. Needed to celebrate, and numb the pain that came from parting with that much cash. All in all, it was a great day.

[squirrelabama]

and then later that summer with the fam........

[squirrelabama]

yes, I like beer. alot.

[Joel Spaulding]

Great Pics, Squirrel - We may differ in beer choices but apparently some people in the Northwest appreciate a great baseball team http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[squirrelabama]

beer and the Red Sox....and mandolin....doesn't get any better than that!

[Jim MacDaniel]

From our recent holiday, this while walking Dubrovnik's city walls.

[mandopete]

beer and the Red Sox....and mandolin....doesn't get any better than that!
Man, I'll second that!

[TeleMark]

Me at the Prescott Studio Tour yesterday. My wife knits and crochet and she shared space with a friend of ours who does metal art (makes bolt people). I'm posing with our dogs... Merlin (the red fawn) we've had 4 years, and Kaylee (with the busted leg) we picked up on Tuesday.

[mandopete]

Nice tat!

[K3NTUCKI8oy]

I don't take the best pics when i'm getting ready to
record much

[TeleMark]

Just to show that I do occasionally play mando...

This was taken at my friends' camp at Lake Bomoseen in VT. Don't remember what the make was, but they brought it along so we could play a bit

[Darryl Wolfe]

Squirrel, Rosebud appears to be a "Flexible Flyer"

[CollingsPicker]

Heres one of me with a loar im the kid

[CollingsPicker]

Here I am again

[mandopete]

Looks more like a Gibson to me.

[8STRINGR]

Here's one of me holding my Davis #070 mandolin along side the Master Luthier himself, Buddy Davis.

(Photo taken July 2007)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v388/1Conan/BrettBuddyDavis070.jpg

[KanMando]

Here I am circa 1974 with my 1914 Gibson A. That's my wife in the background. The adjacent photo was taken in October '07,
33 years and 50 pounds later. My son John and I are playing our camping guitars. If you look closely, you can see the custom oak twig I'm using for a bridge pin on the 5th string.

[girldingo]

Here I am, in a photo taken by the camera in my laptop, holding the Rigel Q95 that I don't have anymore.

Ilene

[girldingo]

Here's another photo of me playing in the recent concert of the Noe Valley Mandolin Orchestra; I'm wearing pink/black striped tights - part of my pirate costume.

[Jim MacDaniel]

Here I am, in a photo taken by the camera in my laptop, holding the Rigel Q95 that I don't have anymore.

Ilene
Hi Iline: was that a left-handed Q or a left-handed laptop? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[JEStanek]

Judging by the clock face I'm guessing the image got flipped horizontally. But I'm no CSI Tech!

Jamie

[Slim Pickins]

I fall asleep playing Ashokan Farewell http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[girldingo]

Yup, it's a left-handed laptop. Everything seen through its lens is reversed.

[Ken Berner]

girldingo, I really like your attire; I don't know how the fellow next to you can concentrate at all. Have you replaced your mandolin yet?

[girldingo]

Thanks for the compliment. We were playing some diffiuclt Russian music and really had to focus on what were doing.
The only mandolin I have right now, is a Lyon & Healy C. MAS almost did me in and I have to recover.
Ilene:;):

[Slim Pickins]

Me with my 2002 Weber Bitterroot Custom.

[BadeInBulverde]

This is a pic of Clent Holmes (90 yrs old and member of Hank Williams Drifting Cowboys), his wife Mayme (88 and still plays professionally with Clent and some others) my picking buddy Pete and myself (bald guy with the Adamas) ... it was an honor and privilege to meet and jam with Clent & Mayme

http://gvtc.com/~badem/MiscPics/ClentHolmes.jpg

[Ken Berner]

You must be down in L.A.! Doesn't Clent live around Mobile?

[BadeInBulverde]

Actually he lives in Alabama I believe but he was visiting a niece in San Antonio about 45 minutes from where I live. The husband of the niece is an ex-coworker of mine. It was a special evening. .. see this link for some more info
Brief Brush With History (http://www.mandolincafe.net/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=12;t=48174;hl=badeinbulverd e)

[mikeo2]

i'll bite...

http://a455.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/77/l_b8dbabd94da2384571cc2b3b6460eece.jpg

[wannabethile]

ive never done this before on here, so ill give it a shot. me and my friend joe, who i play the mandolin and sing harmonies with, just had some photos taken by a friend. i dont know if ill post all of 'em, but we'll see.

[wannabethile]

number 2:

[wannabethile]

and the last one, i guess...i kinda like this one a lot.

[f5loar]

The photo of the Loar a few back sure looks like a really nice one. Who does the early '23 Loar belong to?

[David Newton]

I don't get in front of a camera much, but here is myself in the flower shirt, and my son Dylan in red, at the Texas Pickin' Park this October.

[thefiddlemon]

Here's the ol day job!

[dan@kins]

By day: Bluegrass Band
By night: Cruise Ship Crew! (or Ice Cream Men)

=)

[cooper4205]

By day: Bluegrass Band
By night: Cruise Ship Crew! (or Ice Cream Men)

=)
I was thinking more along the lines of the "Bluegrass Pimps" http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[AlanN]

Frank,

Anybody ever tell you that in this photo, you are a dead ringer for Dr. Evil? And that's Pat White on your right, right?

[thefiddlemon]

Yes, that's Pat... (with pinky at corner of mouth)

[thefiddlemon]

No 'cruise' ship or ice cream here!

[thefiddlemon]

...or here!

[mandopete]

Frank - I still wanna see a picture of the back of the peghead on the Brock.

http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Steve Cantrell]

Frank--like the pictures. I used to like to watch Rumsfield just because he'd give the "you're-such-an-idiot" squint to the press. A notable event for you. Not everybody gets to play for that sort of audience.

[rhetoric]

Gee, I miss Rumsfeld smirking at the press and telling them their questions were idiotic. He was the Bobby Knight of the political world.

Somehow I'm guessing Rumsfeld knows his mandolin/bluegrass. True?

[Steve Cantrell]

I wouldn't say that I missed it...

[dan@kins]

thefiddlemon, I meant my comments in friendly jest and not disrespect. If I offended you please accept my humble apology, I meant no ill will.

Happy Holidays!

[David Newton]

Hey, I played bluegrass when I was in the Nav, but never an official gig! Neat.
Here I am in one of my more tender, folk-singing moods.

[bienkow1]

pickin and smilin'

[jim simpson]

Here's one from on stage one July 4th mid 90's:

[dstretch]

Well I am not playing my mandolin but I am the guy on the right.

[dstretch]

Hey Frank

I watched the video on your website. I really liked your take on "working on a building". Great stuff!!!

Danny

[David Newton]

Hey Wannabethile:
That last picture is the perfect CD cover! 2 guys, two instruments.

[Patrick Sylvest]

Next to my citrus trees with my '06 Weber Limited Edition
http://i11.############/6ufaikh.jpg

[Phil Goodson]

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/Philphool/Wayne/12-22-07-COOKSHACK.jpg

Saturday morning jam in NC

[jaydee]

Hey Phil, it was nice to meet you and pick with you on Friday night. This is the Jeremy who was playing bass with Helen most of the night. I hope we get to do it again.

[Ken Berner]

Is Jeremy related to Marc Darrow, by any chance?

[chip]

2002 Gibson MMF-5V

[dcoxmandolin]

My Webpage (http://www.stanleytonesbluegrass.com/bio.cfm)

Here I am with the band.

[Bill Snyder]

Darrell I enjoyed the music samples at your website. Ya'll sound good.

[jmcgann]

http://www.johnmcgann.com/Images/billjpm82.jpg


For once, I'm the younger looking guy. Of course, this was around 1981...

[K3NTUCKI8oy]

So....who's the old timer standing next to you?

[Patrick Sylvest]

Alot of mojo there Jim!