Post A Picture Of Yourself

[morristownmando]

I play mandolin for a long time for the band named The All That Grass in Aichi,Japan.
What kind of mandolin are you playing in that pic?

[phiddlepicker]

Masa618....ever play in Otaki, Hiroshima, Iwakuni, Kudamatsu(sp)areas around '89/'90?
I was in a band in the area then and often performed on the program with Japanese BG Bands. What a great time it was. We may have played a few of the same venues.

[G'DAE]

Mike: yes, that was Blueberry, great time!
Bob.

[D C Blood]

Roger Greene banjo, DC Blood, Mando (1937 F-7) Tom Morgan (original D-45)...1971 USAF Hq Command World Wide Talent Show Winners (robbed of victory at USAF level by judge Berry Gordy Jr.(president of Motown Records)

[masa618]

I am using Gilchrist F-5 #as the main mandolin.
Because it likes melody for fiddle in the feature ..monroe sound, compatibility is good.
And I about 1989 was not in the Hiroshima district because I had performed in Nagoya.

[Capt. E]

Here I am with my new Weber "Bighorn"

John
Austin, TX

[tango_grass]

http://www.vzvalley.com/images/jette.JPG

Pay no attention to the man in the glasses..... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/blues.gif

[mandopete]

What, no broken strings?

[JEStanek]

OK. So it isn't a mando but, I did get to play Jake Shimabukuro's uke. If only I could get mine to sound as good. My daughter took the photo. Jake is a really nice guy and spent the drive back to the hotel (very late on Friday night) having his ears talked off by my daughter and another volunteers daughter. He was super. His concert was amazing too. I gave him a Café case sticker just to perpetuate the uke mando confusion. Ha!


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3233/2779230071_4aeba4e927.jpg

Jamie

[phiddlepicker]

With my latest addition. I'm so not worthy of it.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e265/SOIDC/Picture016.jpg

[Keith Erickson]

OK. So it isn't a mando but, I did get to play Jake Shimabukuro's uke.... #
Jamie,

I spoke with a fellow Cafér who went to a uke fest in Chicago a couple of weeks ago and saw Jake play. #I'll let him chime in...

...let's put it this way, Jakes playing left an everlasting impression on him. #And from judging this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9mEKMz2Pvo) I would have to agree.

[BCL]

Here are the happy couple.... both from the Nashville factory. One is an F5G of 1998 and the other is the Fern of 2005. I hope this image gets there..... ?

[Keith Erickson]

...but this little guy is my favorite uke player http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[Gutbucket]

Keith, do they make those cool Ernie shoes in a size 9 1/2? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[tango_grass]

What, no broken strings?
Wouldn't you like that.... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[Keith Erickson]

Keith, do they make those cool Ernie shoes in a size 9 1/2? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
Gutbucket,

http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif Actually those are Elmo shoes...

...and I'm sure in the world of the internet, you can get almost anything these days http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[Michael H Geimer]

Lovely Wife Renee and I went to Asheville's Shindig on the Green earlier in the summer (FWIW we went last night, too). We're still quite new to the area, but a nice lady asked us up on stage anyways! While we were up there, a Photog from the local paper took this picture.

Southern Hospitality is sure nice!

(sorry I wasn't playing mandolin that nite. gosh! I don't even think I've taken it out of its case in public yet ... shame on me)

[Ken Berner]

Hey phiddlepicker, how old are you? We might have met in the Corps; I was with 3d Force Recon in '62.

[phiddlepicker]

I'm only 44, retired in 05. I didn't get to 3rd Recon until '94. Did you know Doc Norton?

[Lee Callicutt]

OK. So it isn't a mando but, I did get to play Jake Shimabukuro's
That is just "way cool," man!

[Ken Berner]

phiddlepicker, I have sent you an e-mail; no mandolin content. Semper Fidelis, Ken

[mandopete]

Hey, we here on the new forum. Looks like some of the pictures shrunk.

:popcorn:

[danb]

click 'em pete :)

[JMUSIC]

Me with my Old Time over my shoulder blowin' harp. John :cool:

[mandopete]

click 'em pete :)

10-4!

[mandolooter]

Mike G...nice hat, lovely wife! Hows the east side treating ya?
Jeff

[mandolooter]

MandoPete...plenty of popcorn tho!

[Ted Eschliman]

Guess my picture doesn't look as good in this forum as it did in the old...

[Patrick Sylvest]

Don't be ridiculous Ted! You're the man!

[mandopete]

So how does this "thumbnail" thing work? Can we attatch multiple photo's and then click on them to enlarge?

Man I wish we could attach sound clips.

[Scott Tichenor]

You can attach up to six images per post, and it's going to automatically thumbnail it for you if they're larger than the thumbnail size. In other words, smaller photos don't get thumbnailed.

[mandopete]

Trying sumpin

[Michael H Geimer]

Hey Jeff! Life in WNC is working out just fine. It's everything we'd hoped for and mow ... lots and lots of mowing, that is.

It's nice to live in a place where everyone knows what a mandolin is, what it's for, and probably knows someone who plays it too!

Renee's got the mando-bug too. Just like I used to do, she keep the Mid-Mo M-0 be her desk, and picks it up throughout the day and plays a bit of this or that. It's really cool to hear mandolin music around the house.

Cheers,

- Mike

[mandopete]

"You can attach up to six images per post, and it's going to automatically thumbnail it for you if they're larger than the thumbnail size. In other words, smaller photos don't get thumbnailed."

Oh, this is a very cool feature! I like this for when you want to post muliple pictures of the same mandolin from different angles.

Muchas Gracias Senor Scott!

[Chris Travers]

HI, just want to see if this works.

[mandopete]

Should be about 8:47PM Pacific Time.

[danb]

All right, now how do we delete sumpin?

That's turned off. On this new board you can edit your post for the first few hours, but you can't delete your own any more. We thought about this a while, we've had folks delete all their posts out of spite which breaks and confuses the flow of otherwise interesting threads.

Moderators can still delete posts for you on request, but hopefully this will also be a better incentive for folks to be less eager to flame, knowing they can't "cover their tracks" later.

[Bill Snyder]

Guess my picture doesn't look as good in this forum as it did in the old...

I don't know Ted. You do look a bit heavier on this forum but your hair looks nice and thick. Oh and when you dress up you still look pretty good.

[Nathan Sanders]

Here I am playing with my band Graystone Bluegrass Revival at Septemberfest, Sept. 6, 2008 at the Oklahoma History Center in Oklahoma City.

[Patrick Sylvest]

Looks like you're takin' a mean break there!:mandosmiley:

[Nathan Sanders]

This was either Clinch Mountain Backstep or Jerusalem Ridge.

[John Ritchhart]

Someone has to keep look out when everyone's focused somewhere else. ~:>

[ronlane3]

Here I am playing with my band Graystone Bluegrass Revival at Septemberfest, Sept. 6, 2008 at the Oklahoma History Center in Oklahoma City.


Hey I know these guys. And he can tear up a pretty mean break.

[Nathan Sanders]

Hey I know these guys. And he can tear up a pretty mean break.

Hey Ron Thanks! Good to hear from you man. See you around somewhere.

[El Rey del Mando]

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I hope this works. Here I am 96 pounds lighter than the last picture some time ago. Also,2 years of no smoking.

John

[LateBloomer]

Good for You! Lost some extra weight and cut out smoking. 96 pounds lighter.... that might be a new cafe record!
Kudos!
LateBloomer

[JEStanek]

Congrat's John. Looking at that photo it looks like its time to play some mandolin! Do you repair clocks too?

Jamie

[El Rey del Mando]

Yep, I repair clocks also,although I can't quite see some of the small parts too good any more,even with glasses. Oh well,at least I can still repair instruments.If they start getting too small to see,I'm in trouble. :)

John

[Jonas]

Here's a sleepy-eyed pic of me.
My, what a big mandolin...

[jim simpson]

Here's a shot of me playing my Collings A (although it's covered up) with Charlie Dynamite and His Short Fuse. I wish we had moved the music stands that the group following us had set up. It looks like we were using them (but I swear we weren't!). This was a gig in Wheeling's market place gallery.

[Jim Broyles]

Collings A???

[Steve Perry]

Finally found one of me pickin' the Sumi... instead of my nose!

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Thanks, Mike Bucayu for taking it.

[jim simpson]

Collings A??? - jbmando

Yes, Jim, a Collings A that I picked up not too long ago from Mandolin Brothers thanks to a fellow Cafe'er reporting a sighting there. I find myself playing a lot lately so I alternate between my Daley and the Collings. They are different from each other but pose no challenges playing both (just not at the same time).
Jim

[Joe F]

A couple of shots of me with my new Clark F5 #27, and my band, "Temporary Stringband." The pictures were taken July 19 when we performed at the 3rd annual Barron County (WI) Bluegrass Festival. We're more of an old-time band than bluegrass, but the people there seemed to enjoy us anyway.

[jim simpson]

I found this poster for a gig from 1999. I was playing in this non-bluegrass group, Suburban Legend (Philly suburbs). It was fun and challenging being the only member who didn't read music. The other band members were Ken, Paige, and John Austin, Shawn Rose, and John Keil.

[Jim Broyles]

Good place for the banjo in that picture, Jim. :grin:

[Gutbucket]

Someone has to keep look out when everyone's focused somewhere else. ~:>


What the heck were we all looking at, John? I don't remeber that moment.

[Michael Eck]

...with my new toy, The Loar LM 600...

[Tim Saxton]

Warming up before Birdstock 2008 in Birdsview, Wa.

[Jeff Chu]

heres a picture of a mandocello that Marty Macica of Schuylerville, NY built as part of a mandolin quartet. Beautiful mandocello with a booming bass. Amazing instrument.

http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v329/78/51/12200581/n12200581_31495057_4471.jpg

[JEStanek]

Looks pretty sweet!

Jamie

[Galley nipper]

I couldn't log in again with my old user, so I made a new account. And here's a picture from a practice couple days ago.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/kjholde/Bilde004-2.jpg

[tailgun]

me and my favorite mando in the whole world.

[Keith Miller]

me,,,one of the few sunny days this summer!

[Rick Banuelos]

One last pic for good measure.

[mandopete]

Hey Rick - that looks like an album cover shot!

:)

[Manzolin]

Scott Gates getting all growed up!

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[Patrick Sylvest]

Last evening's show with 'The Mosspickers' on the Thibodaux courthouse steps.

[Bill Snyder]

For a moment I thought Don Williams had taken up the mandolin. :)

[Gerry Cassidy]

Cleaning out the cupboards and came across these:

Payin' the Bills with the Ol' Azola Bug EUB

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/arcopizz/Gig7-1.jpg


That's all fun, but here's the REAL fun!


Phil Crump's Style 1G Bouzouki:

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/arcopizz/CAVU10.jpg


More fun with the Weber Bridger F4:

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/arcopizz/CAVU14.jpg

[K3NTUCKI8oy]

Sam Bush's Canadian brother with uke?? :confused:

[Nathan Sanders]

Here I am playing at a bluegrass festival in Duncan, Oklahoma with Graystone Bluegrass Revival.

[ronlane3]

Here I am playing at a bluegrass festival in Duncan, Oklahoma with Graystone Bluegrass Revival.

Hey, I know that guy. He rocks ;)

[mandolooter]

a few weeks back...

[Randy King]

This Be Me!

[mandopete]

Nice Overalls!

[Devitt]

Big Bear CA......Flatiron 1989 Performer

[mandopete]

Big Bear CA......Flatiron 1989 Performer

Looks like snow. Back in the 80's I had a regular gig at a bar in Big Bear and used to commute every day from L.A. What Fun!

That's a Performer? Looks more like an Artist with the inlay on the headstock and full binding. I have a 1995 F5-SB.

[bud]

Here is a recent one from a gig our band played in October. 1996 Old Wave #97

Bud
http://www.mrbbluegrass.com

[Steve Cantrell]

I've always wanted to hear one of Bill's Fs. Looks like that one is getting that great aged look.

[bud]

Well you can get a good listen here:

http://cdbaby.com/cd/longdavid

David previously owned this mandolin and recorded his Midnight from Memphis project with it.

Bud
http://www.mrbbluegrass.com

[Steve Cantrell]

I actually have that whole album as MP3s and never knew it was an Old Wave. Thought that was his Gill. Nice mojo on that one.

[man dough nollij]

I just picked up STOMP with Mike Compton yesterday. Do you know what mandos they (David and Mike) used on that one?

[Fred Keller]

The mandolins were Gilchrists--F5's. Mike plays Black's Run on an "octave banjo mandolin." I believe that was Grisman's. Mike also plays a mandola, octave mandola, and guitar.

Don't know if it's the same one but I think the last 'dola I saw Mike with was a Duff (he also said he was thinking of selling it). Couldn't tell you the make of the octave.

Mike told me his guitar was a parlor or 000 model, about 80 years old or more...maybe a Washburn? Can't recall. I don't know if Mike used his own guitar or borrowed one of Grisman's.

I'm sure others know more than I

[Ransolo]

Here's me and my Weber Bitterroot custom maple...
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/5954/gentillyul6.jpg
Here's one of the hole band... Ballhog! at the Exit/in. The original Brassgrassers!
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/4604/groupshotjk0.jpg
www.myspace.com/ballhogmusic
www.myspace.com/randyrussell

[mandopete]

The original Brassgrassers!


Brassgrassers? Do tell...

[Ransolo]

Brassgrassers? Do tell...

Well, our instrumentation goes like this... (all accoustic) Guitar, mando, banjo, standup, dobro, 2 saxs (technically saxes are not in the brass family, but it sounds better than woodwindgrassers haha) and a pared down kit. Some bluegrass, but really songwriter oriented so only a few standards here and there. Bottom line it's rowdy and fun. Can you upload MP3's?

www.myspace.com/ballhogmusic

Check out Wheel 'N Oke, we slapped wheel haus and Roanoke together and wrote a horn line to it. It's not me on mandolin on that song as we switch it up quite a bit, but it is a prime example of "brassgrass".

[Larry S Sherman]

Me and my National RM-1 (purchased today)

[mandopete]

Allrighty, the wonderful Scott has added a great new feature here on Cafe in which we can embed links to UToob videos.

Here's one of me a couple of years ago at an open mic at the Chilliwack Bluegrass festival. I was invited to play with one of the "first family" members of the Darrington Bluegrass familiy, Bertha Whiteside (FKA Bertha Nations) and her husband Otis.

Looks like I didn't get the memo about the dress code :)

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[mandopaul]

Woodsheding with my one & only fan

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v209/margibman/Mandolin/PICT0068.jpg

[Larry S Sherman]

"Woodsheding with my one & only fan"

How much wood can your dog pull?

Great pic...what mando is that?

Larry

[mandopaul]

Larry- its a Bitterroot, more pics. on the thread "show me your Webers"

[Plamen Ivanov]

A recent performance at the Imperial Palace (Hofburg) in Vienna.

[Steve Perry]

I was Itchin to Pick.....

[Michael Wolf]

Me and my very patient listener.

[Michael Wolf]

We palyed a gig in the "Theater der Nacht". It's a theater, but they perform using puppets of various dimensions.
Here are a few photos from that evening.

[Mike Bromley]

Me and Champ at a recent jam at Stavros Ranchlands.....:whistling:

[Lawn Jockey]

Me, with an early (1998) Breedlove Quartz.

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s314/weleetkaoutlaws/Tone%20Mavens%20Musicians%20Forum/th_kscan_0004.jpg (http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s314/weleetkaoutlaws/Tone%20Mavens%20Musicians%20Forum/?action=view&current=kscan_0004.jpg)

[Sitka]

It's senior picture time for me.

[stratman62]

me playing my McKenzie saturday night at a fundraiser for a friend. Bluzgrass

[Leigh Coates]

Here's me and my old dog Julie, with my new Weber.

[Ken Berner]

Neat picture, Leigh; lady, Weber mandolin, dog, kitchen. Why isn't the coffee on?:(

[danb]

Happy new year

[GRW3]

I just remembered this picture was in the Lubbock Avalance in a article on Camp Bluegrass. There's a video too where my face is seen.

[Leigh Coates]

Neat picture, Leigh; lady, Weber mandolin, dog, kitchen. Why isn't the coffee on?:(

Hi Ken:

It's usually on,....it looks like that picture caught us between pots!!

Leigh

[Troy Mayfield]

I'm no computer or mandolin genius, but my profile photo is my 5 year old and I playing around.

[Troy Mayfield]

Here is me and my 5 year old playing on the couch:)

Yeah, I know, read the FAQs before trying to be smarter than the board.

[Chris Challen]

This is the last guitar I constructed, but now lost. I'm bottom left by the way!

[Bill Snyder]

I would think that one would be hard to misplace! :)

[Sean Greer]

I'd hope to lose 30 pounds before posting my pic, but too much picking gets in the way of that. :mandosmiley: Happy New Year!

[man dough nollij]

This is the last guitar I constructed, but now lost. I'm bottom left by the way!


Pesky plans... so easy to get millimeters and inches mixed up! :disbelief:

[masa618]

This is me and my brother Kaz who plays the world international bluegrass band at the IBMA '07.
A happy new year !

[Steve Cantrell]

Masa, I got to see him playing with Butch Robbins on PBS. He played guitar and some banjo as I recall. Great singer as well.

[Michael Barnett]

Cleaning out the cupboards and came across these:

Payin' the Bills with the Ol' Azola Bug EUB



What model rain stick is that gal playing?

[Michael Barnett]

Me jammin' on my Flatiron 3MW, with my other girl, Amanda Lynn, 10 years ago. She's aged much better than I have since.

[Ace]

This was taken purely by surprise when the In laws came over for Thanksgiving!

It arrived just today in the mail from the better half's sister!

Uhh, I think I was hungry, or something! :mandosmiley:

[masa618]

Masa, I got to see him playing with Butch Robbins on PBS. He played guitar and some banjo as I recall. Great singer as well.
Thank you Steven,
I have you know my younger brother, and thank you.
This photograph is a thing when I competed as brothers on the live broadcasting that he performs every month in December of the last year.

I was taken care of by Butch's father , Calvin and have spent it happily in Radford, Virginia for 30years ago.

Masa618

[herbsandspices]

Recording our last album... or, tuning, in preparation for recording our last album!
~o) john

[Puscas]

Here's me, five minutes after I bought the mandolin. No idea how to hold it, let alone play it. It's not much better now, six months later, but I've still got the smile on my face:

http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=185&pictureid=1467





pascal

[Dan Voight]

Binding #9.

[jim simpson]

A friend (John Keal - bass player) emailed this picture to me today. It was taken at Dr. Jim Tribbett'sparty (the guitar player). Joining us on banjo was Ed Lick. It was a hot August day in '04 in Boyertown, PA.

[JEStanek]

Dang, Jim. Just up the road from Pottstown, there! Hope WV's treating you A-OK.

Jamie

[oldwave maker]

Once upon a time the Vegematics chopped, sliced, and diced, and weren't sold in stores, even tho they liked to ham it up sometimes!

[moledalin]

Look Mom it's me

[Jan Ellefsen]

Well, we all know that a good, active ear is the most important equipment in a jam session

[mandopete]

Time for a bump.

:)

[Tracy Ballinger]

All right, Pete, I'll bite! Here's 2 of my latest. The first is my brother and me jamming at Thanksgiving. The second is me just practicing.

[CTH Man]

.....not it's not Bobby Osbourne...it's me.:grin:

[mandopete]

.....not it's not Bobby Osbourne...it's me.:grin:

Doesn't look like Ozzy Osbourne either!

:)

(Just looking for a bump)

[jim simpson]

Here is a shot from a gig last Friday night - the band: Cabin Fever String Band:

[mandopete]

Looks like your bass player doubles on the banjo?

[Derrick]

Blimey.. I'm still one of the youngest members of this forum methinks=)

[fredfrank]

Blimey.. I'm still one of the youngest members of this forum methinks=)

Yeah, rub it in, you young whippersnapper. Just remember, you'll be old someday. Of course we'll be something else by then.

[jim simpson]

"Looks like your bass player doubles on the banjo?" - mandopete

Yes, he does. Matt plays bass through the old timey style while Richard plays drop thumb banjo. Richard takes over on bass when Matt plays bluegrass style. The band mixes up both styles pretty well.
Jim

[Derrick]

Yeah, rub it in, you young whippersnapper. Just remember, you'll be old someday. Of course we'll be something else by then.

No worries there... with my drinking habits I'll never be old ;)

[fredfrank]

Yeah, I think that's what made me old.

:))

[man dough nollij]

Here I am, with my uncle Pen:

[Bertram Henze]

Here I am, with my uncle Pen:

Which one is you? :grin:

[man dough nollij]

I'm the guy in the Carhartts, Lee Gwin. The little guy is uncle Pen Gwin.

[Phil Jolly]

I'm the guy in the Carhartts, Lee Gwin. The little guy is uncle Pen Gwin.
Ok, that's hilarious. :))

[herbsandspices]

Awesome pic! You live a very cool life, Man Dough Nollij. Very cool. ~o)

[Mandolin]

Blimey.. I'm still one of the youngest members of this forum methinks=)




I got you beat!:grin::mandosmiley:

[Jim MacDaniel]

Awesome pic! You live a very cool life, Man Dough Nollij. Very cool. ~o)

Agreed -- he often makes me regret not having taken the opportunity to "summer over" while in the Navy.

[mandozilla]

Well it only took a year to get my computer act together so I could post a dang photo. My computer's been in the shop and I just now got a new dig. camera...My old one was a 10 year old Sony Mavica that used floppy discs for the media...My computer doesn't have a floppy reader...welcome to 2009 dummy! :))

Anyhoo, This is "Froggy" my Kettler KF-5, Number 0134, Built April 22, 1982...she'll be 27 years old next month! :grin:

[mandozilla]

And here's the back. :)

[mandozilla]

And here's the peghead. :cool:
Notice the tree frog on the peghead...hence I call her "Froggy". :grin:

[man dough nollij]

Sorry, no mando content. It wouldn't be smart to bring it out in this weather...

[mandozilla]

Here's anothe shot of the top. ~o)

[mandozilla]

Here's a closeup of the front of the volute, er, I mean scroll. :))

[mandozilla]

And the back of the scroll. ~o)

[mandozilla]

Hey Lee, I wonder what would happen to a mandolin exposed down there in say, -60 deg F weather? :))

Too bad you don't have a cheap strung up dog of a mandolin to find out...I'll bet it wouldn't be a pretty picture. :))

BTW, is that you at the helm of that, uh, snowcat? :))

:mandosmiley:

[mandozilla]

Now that I've conquered my photo issues, I'll try to figure out how to get some sound of Froggy on here somewhere, somehow...that'll probably take a while so don't be holdin' yer breath now. :)):)):)):))

:mandosmiley:

[Tracy Ballinger]

BTW, is that you at the helm of that, uh, snowcat? :)):mandosmiley:

Why, that's our own Nanook of the North! Er... or would that be Chinook of the South?! Never mind.

[billkilpatrick]

Sorry, no mando content. It wouldn't be smart to bring it out in this weather...

pink!?! ... PINK!!??!! ...

[Bertram Henze]

Sorry, no mando content. It wouldn't be smart to bring it out in this weather...

Pistenbully? PISTENBULLY? - now that shakes my confidence in polar science professionalism. A snowcat from Germany/Austria supposed to trim tourist-infested ski resorts (and looking like Barbie and Ken should drive it) makes it to the Antarctic... What other toy machines do you have down there? :))

Bertram

[Bill Snyder]

Don't take this the wrong way Mandozilla, but I don't see YOU in any of those pictures. :grin:

[mandopete]

How about a picture of you playing that mandolin?

:)

[NickAlberty]

Here's a promo..........taken in Jasper, AR.

[mandozilla]

Don't take this the wrong way Mandozilla, but I don't see YOU in any of those pictures.

Yeah Bill, I guess I got lost...another senior moment...Help! :))

:mandosmiley:

[journeybear]

Nice ax. Nice hat! :) You should also post this photo at the Cafe Hats thread. (http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=49448)

[Plectrosaurus]

"A picture is worth a thousand words . . . unless it leaves you speechless."

[Scott Austin]

I am on the left,it"s been a few years.:grin::grin:

[Bertram Henze]

"A picture is worth a thousand words . . . unless it leaves you speechless."

Somehow this looks like a funeral - what happened to the late and lamented mandolin? ;)

Bertram

[journeybear]

Somehow this looks like a funeral - what happened to the late and lamented mandolin?

Looks like a coffin case ... Clearly this is a grave situation. ;)

[JEStanek]

That would be the Eastman shaped case, not a coffin, and if he really was playing final music graveside, what I thought of looking at the fence, you guys might want to reconsider the puns.

Jamie (the punster himself).

[mandopete]

Dear "Post A Picture Of Youself" thread,

I'm so sorry I missed your 6th birthday.

:(

[journeybear]

That would be the Eastman shaped case, not a coffin, and if he really was playing final music graveside, what I thought of looking at the fence, you guys might want to reconsider the puns.

Jamie (the punster himself).

Point well taken. I would not have been so crass if I thought it were really a funeral - he is wearing jeans and loafers, rather informal attire. I thought it an odd juxtaposition, hence my gallows humor. We had no clear indication from Plectrosaurus about the event portrayed. My intention was to amuse, not offend, and if I have, I apologize.

[Bill Snyder]

... he is wearing jeans and loafers, rather informal attire...

Been to any funerals lately? The ones I've been to I have seen as many people in informal attire as formal attire. We have become a rather informal society and many people just don't own any formal clothes anymore.

[Bertram Henze]

Point well taken. I would not have been so crass if I thought it were really a funeral - he is wearing jeans and loafers, rather informal attire. I thought it an odd juxtaposition, hence my gallows humor. We had no clear indication from Plectrosaurus about the event portrayed. My intention was to amuse, not offend, and if I have, I apologize.

Same for me. I am sorry if this should have been a serious situation - in that case the pun backfired on me. I guess that's a risk we punsters are willing to take, but not meaning to hurt anybody but ourselves in the process. No offence meant, my apologies.

Bertram

[billkilpatrick]

the fence had me guessing as well ... funny what associations images have - but in this case (bertram's comment et al) one would have to be looking very hard for offense to take it.

- bill (be prepared - do a good turn daily)

[Chris Keth]

Taken today as I was deciding whether to trim the beard shorter or not. I didn't, by the way.
http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2724/165/65/24403399/n24403399_34006268_2512819.jpg

[Bertram Henze]

Taken today as I was deciding whether to trim the beard shorter or not. I didn't, by the way.


Good decision. Trimming won't get you anywhere near Grisman :grin:

Bertram

[journeybear]

the fence had me guessing as well ... funny what associations images have - but in this case (bertram's comment et al) one would have to be looking very hard for offense to take it.

- bill (be prepared - do a good turn daily)

Verrry punny! HA!!!

I'm hoping Plectrosaurus will ring in and explain the photo. Maybe he's waiting for us to hit that 1000 word mark? :confused: We've been indulging in conjecture, which can be misleading. You know what happens when you assume ... ;)

I like your new avatar. That's one way to always be sure your playing comes from the heart! :grin:

[jefflester]

Jamming "Althea" by the Grateful Dead 2 weeks ago with my RnR bandmates from about 20 years ago.

[journeybear]

Jamming "Althea" by the Grateful Dead 2 weeks ago with my RnR bandmates from about 20 years ago.

Nice ax!

I have three questions:

1) Did you play mandolin in the band? :mandosmiley:

2) Why'd you cut your hair and your buddies didn't? :confused: (rhetorical)

3) Was the set list something like: Althea - Space - Drums - Truckin' ? :)

Good ol' Grateful Dead ... :whistling:

[cooper4205]

3) Was the set list something like: Althea - Space - Drums - Truckin' ? :)

Good ol' Grateful Dead ... :whistling:

you left out Dark Star!:mandosmiley:

[jefflester]

1) Did you play mandolin in the band? :mandosmiley:

Here's the "pre" photo. 1986.

[journeybear]

you left out Dark Star!:mandosmiley:

I didn't want to aim too high ... :grin: :cool: :whistling:

BTW, Bobby, Phil, and Warren were on The View today (poor guys). They did a rather odd version of "Friend Of The Devil" with acoustic guitars (no mandolin, of course) - Bobby sang/spoke the first verse, Warren sang the second, Bobby again on the third, no bridge or fourth verse, Warren took a lead, Bobby took a better lead (or maybe it was just a better-sounding guitar), they sang the bridge, then instead of the fourth verse repeat (wife in Chino etc), Phil sang a verse I'd never heard:

You can borrow from the devil
You can borrow from your friend
The devil's got a twenty dollar bill
Your friend only got ten

I don't know if this is a new or alternate verse. Not crazy about it; puts too much emphasis on the money theme. I haven't been following the guys too closely since a couple of years after Jerry died. I felt bad for them, still having to field questions about Jerry after all this time.

[journeybear]

Here's the "pre" photo. 1986.

I'm assuming you're on keyboards?

You guys all look so serious! I hope you were actually having fun ... and just trying to look cool ... :cool:

I like all the purple. I don't know what it is about musicians and purple ... I'm glad the thick Dunlop picks are purple, made my choice of picks easy.

Thanks for sharing!

[Scott Austin]

Wheatland MI. 1981 somebody handed me the mando on the way up and said here play this one...so I did.

[billkilpatrick]

Wheatland MI. 1981 somebody handed me the mando on the way up and said here play this one...so I did.

very cool ... a sort of dobro-mano?

[Scott Austin]

Yes, it was a National Resonophonic circa 1930's from what I remember [which isn't much]

[Scott Austin]

or Dobro?

[Jim MacDaniel]

My wife with me at my recent birthday party up in Guerneville...

[journeybear]

After a few, perhaps? :confused:

I finally translated your signature line, and am laughing so hard it is taking longer than usual to hunt and peck this. I'll pass on posting the translation so as to maintain a modicum of decorum. ;) Clearly you were inspired!

[Jim MacDaniel]

I believe that quote was originally attiributed to Mai Occidentis ;)

[GVD]

...Clearly you were inspired!

After looking at the pic I was wondering what was going through your mind at that moment. Great minds think alike indeed! ;)

GVD

[journeybear]

I believe that quote was originally attiributed to Mai Occidentis ;)

Mais oui, but someone has tweaked it a bit to be suitable for our purposes. :)

It speaks volumes, without saying much.

Ut si!

[Jim MacDaniel]

After looking at the pic I was wondering what was going through your mind at that moment. Great minds think alike indeed! ;)

GVD

Our 3 year old Aidan was with us at the dinner party, as were two other couples' little ones -- and all of them were a little bit out of control that night -- so the only thing I was thinking was, A) "Good Lord I need another pint", and B) "Why oh why didn't we bring the Children's Benedryl™?"

[jefflester]

Phil sang a verse I'd never heard:

You can borrow from the devil
You can borrow from your friend
The devil's got a twenty dollar bill
Your friend only got ten

I don't know if this is a new or alternate verse...
It's a verse the Hunter wrote but that Jerry never sang. When Hunter did the song solo he included that verse.

[jefflester]

I'm assuming you're on keyboards?

Uh, no, I'm on drums. I thought being the only male in both photos would make that clear. But I will admit it's hard to tell that it is a woman playing the Hammond.

[journeybear]

Uh, no, I'm on drums. I thought being the only male in both photos would make that clear. But I will admit it's hard to tell that it is a woman playing the Hammond.

Duuude! I'm so sorry! :redface: Well, it is all the way across the stage, and it is dark ...

Glad to see you've upgraded your choice of instruments! :) Might be gettting less work, though, I dunno ... Somehow it seems it's always the drummers and bass players that get all the work. Must be because so many people take up mandolin ... OK, I mean guitar! :mandosmiley: At least you didn't take up banjo, though in a pinch I guess one could work as a practice pad ... :grin:

[mandozilla]

My wife with me at my recent birthday party up in Guerneville...

Now Jim, you're supposed to say;

My lovely wife...or
My fetching wife...or
My lovely and talented wife...

Just saying 'My wife' is like saying;
My car...or
My golf clubs...or
My table saw...

You get the picture...ladies love that. :))

:mandosmiley:

[billkilpatrick]

Now Jim, you're supposed to say;

My lovely wife...or
My fetching wife...or
My lovely and talented wife...

Just saying 'My wife' is like saying;
My car...or
My golf clubs...or
My table saw...

You get the picture...ladies love that. :))

:mandosmiley:

correct ... absolutely - now i think we should break up into groups and discuss it to death.

[Jim MacDaniel]

But she knows I love my golf clubs, and I don't use a superlative for them, either. (Although they are the best clubs ever! ;) )

[man dough nollij]

Hey, I can top posting a picture of myself. Here's a 24 hour webcam from the top of Crater Hill, overlooking McMurdo. I'm the guy down there by the sea ice in the red coat. Can you see me pickin' on my Eastman?

http://www.usap.gov/videoClipsAndMaps/mcmwebcam.cfm

(Keep in mind the time difference-- I'm about 17 to 20 hours ahead of the states (GMT+13).

[billkilpatrick]

Hey, I can top posting a picture of myself. Here's a 24 hour webcam from the top of Crater Hill, overlooking McMurdo. I'm the guy down there by the sea ice in the red coat. Can you see me pickin' on my Eastman?

http://www.usap.gov/videoClipsAndMaps/mcmwebcam.cfm

(Keep in mind the time difference-- I'm about 17 to 20 hours ahead of the states (GMT+13).

... the guy next to the PINK! snowplow?

superlatives ... beh' - but this is "awesome."

[man dough nollij]

... the guy next to the PINK! snowplow?

superlatives ... beh' - but this is "awesome."

The PistenBullys are a nice red color when they're new, but the UV down here is brutal-- it fades 'em pretty fast when they're parked outside.

Mando content: Does anyone have tab for Metallica's "Fade to Pink"?

[journeybear]

This is pretty slow ... glacial ... a new image every ten minutes? Only Vanilla Fudge can play that slow ... :)

Nice view, though!

[Darryl Wolfe]

I have not posted a pic in a long time. Here I am Octofoning around in a cool cap

[mandopete]

Darryl - is that a Loar octophone?

:)

[Darryl Wolfe]

Nope, just an simple Regal. Nearing 400,000 views on this thread Pete

[mandopete]

Nearing 400,000 views on this thread Pete

Yeah, I guess i gotta watch out for the Women With Mandolins thread, eh?

:))

[journeybear]

I apologize for the long distance shot, but this is necessitated by the adverse reaction my appearance causes in cameras. :redface:

Indeed, it is due to our culture's emphasis on superficiality that my lack of matinee idol looks and golden-throated singing voice have led to the world being kept from appreciating the benefits of my brilliant musicianship and the insightful lyrics of my songs. :mandosmiley: That is why we are still in the dark ages of mandolin appreciation.

That's my theory, anyway ... :whistling:

This was from a photo shoot a few years ago for my long-awaited first album, "Hitchhiker's Blues."
I was then able to cut my hair. It was getting kind of long, could have said it was in my way ... ;)

Still hopin' to get picked up ...

[JEStanek]

I was working on a project at work and was using some alternative imaging methods (photocopier/scanner) and came up with a new creepy avatar. Here's the source image. Like Journey Bear I was able to get a haircut later today. Mine wasn't quite that long.

Jamie

PS Who wants odd photos of my son back as my avatar?!?

[GVD]

I was then able to cut my hair. It was getting kind of long, could have said it was in my way ... ;) ...

But you didn't and I wonder why? ;)

GVD

[journeybear]

But you didn't and I wonder why? ;)


I felt like letting my freak flag fly! :grin: :cool:

My hair is impossible - so curly it's kinky - and I can't do a thing with it except grow it out into an afro. That was my look for high school, college, and well afterward, till the late 70's when it became difficult to get a job any more. I grew it back one last time a few years ago, but I was keeping it tied back most of he time. The photo shoot gave me the freedom to bid it farewell and continue to attempt to look reasonable. :whistling:

Geez, I dunno, Jamie. That's a pretty good-looking image there. I don't think it's creepy at all. It all depends on what kind of response you're looking for here. There seem to be a few smartypantses around, pipe up from time to time ... :)

[billkilpatrick]

passed out on the photo-copier - must have been some office party:

[billkilpatrick]

jb - i had a photo of me from the 70's (long gone) in pretty much the same pose ... took me forEVER! to reach the west coast.

[journeybear]

I actually made it cross-country in four days once. Then again, there was the time I was stuck in Fresno (not Lodi) for two days. That was more normal. Oh wait, I got stuck for a day in Normal, Illinois once, too. :) Had time to write a song called "The Abnormal Blues."

They were different times; there was a different mindset. It was safer because more people were doing it as well as picking up people. Can't say I'd recommend it now. There are more wackos, and they're whackier. But I met some interesting people and went some places I never would have otherwise. The utter randomness apealed to me. And a mandolin was much easier to stow than a guitar. :grin: (Got that MC in after all!)

[Bertram Henze]

...came up with a new creepy avatar.

I say that's creepy - calls for a caption: "Man found dead in his microwave oven" :grin:

Bertram

[billkilpatrick]

I say that's creepy - calls for a caption: "Man found dead in his microwave oven" :grin:

Bertram

... "ping!"

[Tracy Ballinger]

and came up with a new creepy avatar.

It does have that 'disembodied head' thing going on... but I prefer the Joker. =o)

[GVD]

... Oh wait, I got stuck for a day in Normal, Illinois once, too.,, :) )

That has to beat getting stuck in Peculiar, MO! Yes Virginia there really is such a place.

http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peculiar,_Missouri


GVD

[John Rosett]

Still hopin' to get picked up ...

Journeybear- this is not the way to get "picked up" by a record label.

Of course, if there is a way, I haven't figured it out yet...

[journeybear]

That has to beat getting stuck in Peculiar, MO! Yes Virginia there really is such a place.

Ain't that peculiar! (http://www.funnyname.com/links.html) :)) At least I never got stuck in Hell, MI! (http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/19/how-10-american-towns-got-their-weird-names/) Or for that matter, Disappointment, KY ;)

[journeybear]

Journeybear- this is not the way to get "picked up" by a record label...

Hoo boy! Aint that the truth? I done found that out!

But I likes me double entendres! I do! I do!

[jefflester]

passed out on the photo-copier - must have been some office party:
<American Stars and Bars album cover>

Hey, I just pulled that out this monring for the drive into work.

Synch!

[John Rosett]

"If you don't get to be a star, you might have to eat your old guitar."
-Homer and Jethro

"If you ain't so pretty and thin, you might have to eat you mandolin."
-me

[man dough nollij]

Sorry for no mando content... it was WAY too cold and remote for the Eastman to make an appearance. This is in an old fibreglass bubble called an "apple". I took the radio telephone out since it will be dark for a while...

[Bertram Henze]

"If you don't get to be a star, you might have to eat your old guitar."
-Homer and Jethro

"If you ain't so pretty and thin, you might have to eat you mandolin."
-me

Someone should invent a strawberry-flavored finish.

Bertram

[sgarrity]

Here's a pic from the Stringbender's first gig. That's me on guitar, Jim-in-Virginia on mando, and our buddy Lyle on the 5 string. Looke like we need to remember to :grin: !

[Jack Roberts]

The whole band

[Mike Bromley]

Me having fun with my Coberley beater.

[BiscoMando]

I think this will work...

Bluegrass + Lights + Smoke Machines + Lasers = Heaven

- Jeff

[mandopete]

Bluegrass + Lights + Smoke Machines + Lasers = Heaven

More Cowbell!

[Paul Statman]

Here I am with my band, "The Statmen"

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg302/f5mando/Mandolins/The%20Statmen/TheStatmen4-009.jpg

[GTG]

I think this will work...

Bluegrass + Lights + Smoke Machines + Lasers = Heaven

- Jeff

Great pic! Looks like a very cool gig.

[Jim MacDaniel]

Sporting my new cafe ball cap...

[GVD]

Sporting my new cafe ball cap...

Stylish chapeau no doubt. Is that a V pick at about the 7th fret?

GVD

[Jim MacDaniel]

Yes it is -- I recently purchased a few of the thinner V-picks to try out, and that is one of the new "Tremelo" models, which I have really taken a liking to. (I need to keep it in the strings, else it won't be long before I loose it. ;) )

[mandopete]

I need to keep it in the strings, else it won't be long before I loose it.

'specially since ya can see right thru it!

BTW - I hope we don't run outta beer (or whiskey) either!

[Jim MacDaniel]

A pic of my three year old Aidan enjoying The Courtney Janes (http://www.myspace.com/thecourtneyjanes) at the Grand Lake Farmer's Market last Saturday. (MC: Ben Hulan, the guy on the left, also plays mandolin quite well.)

[mandopete]

Hey Jim - those guys sound great. I can see why your son was digging them!

[Jim MacDaniel]

Yeah -- he was loving life that morning: great music and bag of fresh warm kettle corn. ;)

[mandopete]

Okay, I was thinking this ol' thread needed a bump.

Here's a recent photo of me playing my Collings D-3 at the Bluegrass From The Forest festival in Shelton, WA. I like the guitar photo as it covers the majority of my prodigious belly (...can you say "Weight Watchers? I knew you could).

The photo is courtesy my friend Eric Frommer.

[Paul Statman]

Okay, I was thinking this ol' thread needed a bump.

Here's a recent photo of me playing my Collings D-3 at the Bluegrass From The Forest festival in Shelton, WA. I like the guitar photo as it covers the majority of my prodigious belly

The mandocello could also work well for you, Pete!

[Jason Kessler]

The mandocello could also work well for you, Pete!

I'm flirting with Double Bass territory. Can you say gastric bypass?

[mrmando]

Here's me and my Cafe hat; can you guess the location?

[Mike Bromley]

Here's me and my Cafe hat; can you guess the location?


Hmmm...the juxtaposition of reddish sedimentary rocks in the background and what look to be plutonic igneous in the foreground....ummm

OK. San Miguel River down the hill a piece from Telluride, CO?

[man dough nollij]

Oak Creek Canyon?

[billkilpatrick]

Here's me and my Cafe hat; can you guess the location?

park avenue? ... "planet of the apes?"

[mrmando]

Oak Creek Canyon?
Lee nails it! Slide Rock, to be precise.

Same hat, different family members, different canyon...

[Jim MacDaniel]

Here's me and my Cafe hat; can you guess the location?

Well it looks like a clean enough creek that you were up -- but did you have a paddle?

[kristallyn]

this is me, in this case with my banjo
http://sugarbeat.eu/mediapool/64/644941/images/GEDC0771.JPG

[Mike Bunting]

Banjo!! :grin:

[kristallyn]

haha yep,,..banjo..but not very well, only started two months ago, but it s a lot of fun too.
sometimes I find it hard to decide what to play next my banjo , my mandolin , my guitar or maybe my melodeon LOL

[Ransome]

In my mom's backyard the night before my father's memorial with my son.

http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs092.snc1/4669_1104236778972_1618327957_244255_778831_n.jpg

Playing Amazing Grace in the setting was the hardest thing I have ever done.

Ran$ome

[JEStanek]

Ransome, you did your family a service. Thanks.

Jamie

[Tracy Ballinger]

((hugs)) Ransome