Post A Picture Of Yourself [Archive] - Page 2

fishdawg40

May-22-2003, 11:29am

Mandopete, golf is the most frustrating and most wonderful thing(next to mandolin). #Its expensive and hard. #But, everytime I screw up a shot I think, Tiger Woods can't play a lick on the mandolin. #That gives me some comfort.

As for Fishdawg. #It's just an old handle I took with my first e-mail address. It's pretty simple, Fish is for me being a pisces and Dawg is for David "Dawg" Grisman, my alltime favorite. #As for the "40" at the end, it stands for the 40 oz. of Olde English that I used to enjoy so much. #I like some fine beers as well, but a forty or two always does the job right. http://mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

P.S. Ignore the "Dad" on the corner of the bed, I'm not a dad.

mandopete

May-22-2003, 11:34am

but a forty or two always does the job right. http://mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
Boy, I think a 40 or two would probably knock me out! I used to enjoy a 6 pack of Corona's while mowing the lawn, but that's another story all together!

fishdawg40

May-22-2003, 3:51pm

I got a M.U.I(Mowing Under the Influence) a few times. I eventually got my mowing priveledges revoked indefinitley.

Oh well!!

withak

May-22-2003, 4:31pm

Here's one taken shortly after an ill-advised decision involving some electric hair clippers:
http://lilly.csoft.net/~ejnewman/img/joes24.jpg

Here's one that's a bit more normal:
http://lilly.csoft.net/~ejnewman/img/me-4.jpg

jessboo

May-22-2003, 5:48pm

my favorite mandolins

mandopete

May-23-2003, 5:06pm

Bear with me, I'm trying something here . . . .

(Future mandolin picker)

MandoMonster

Jun-02-2003, 2:04pm

Here I am with Wayne Benson at Bean Blossom a couple years ago.

mandopete

Jun-02-2003, 5:53pm

Hey - an autographed picture (with Wayne Benson no less). Now that's cool!

mandodude

Jun-02-2003, 6:24pm

C'mon, 'monster... fess up! You bought that on eBay, didn'cha??

...hope you got the requisite Certificate of Authenticy...

;-)

mandopete

Jun-02-2003, 10:33pm

They sold Wayne Benson on eBAY ?

evanreilly

Jun-02-2003, 10:35pm

Uhhhhh...
they sold an Indonesian Wayne Benson on eBay!!

MandoMonster

Jun-02-2003, 10:35pm

No...they didn't sell Wayne on Ebay...and the picture wasn't on Ebay either. I just walked up to him...we talked for a while and got a picture...every guy in the group (IIIrd Tyme Out) is super nice. You should try it sometime...lol

MandoMonster

Jun-02-2003, 10:37pm

wow..evan...quick post time. some weird esp goin' on here.

mandopete

Jun-02-2003, 10:43pm

You should try it sometime...lol
Well, I tried selling Ronnie McCoury & David Grisman on eBay, but they said you couldn't sell mandolin players (only the vital organs).

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

MandoMonster

Jun-02-2003, 10:50pm

LOL...I meant you should try talkin' to them and gettin' a pic. However...selling them might work...well...actually I guess it obviously doesn't since you've tried it already and failed. Maybe if you could get ahold of a birth certificate or something. Preferably THEIR birth certificate. Who knows...it just might work. :P

mpeknox

Jun-03-2003, 2:03pm

me and my boy pickin' at grandma's 83rd birthday party

NoTabGirl

Jun-04-2003, 8:49am

Hey, OLDER THAN WILLY,

Where was your group picture taken?

mandopete

Jun-12-2003, 1:01pm

Okay, Okay - By request, here is what I really look like:

Marty Jacobson

Jun-12-2003, 3:43pm

Greetings, fellow mando-loonies...

I fear my pic contains more blues-content than mando-content. But what can ya do?

Anyway, those guitars are a 1931 National Duolian, 2003 Les-Paul-ish electric I built (carved back and front, neck-through body, spalted Macacauba top, brazilian rosewood and birdseye maple neck, the whole shebang), and a 2000 Gibson roundneck Dobro. Great axes, all.
(If you want to see more pix of the Les Paul, I've got some on my as-yet-unfinished Web site, www.martinjacobson.com (http://www.martinjacobson.com)

The mandos are my first two, for which I have a particular affinity. They were made last year, I'm nearly finished with 6 and 7 now. They are the "Art Deco mandolin", with the D'Angelico-esque lower bout, curly redwood top, split-block inlays, and quilted back and sides. The first is straight Siminoff, with a Monteleone scroll, black binding. Great mandos, if what I gather from people's reactions is true.

Keep posting!

mandopete

Jun-12-2003, 6:19pm

From the looks of it you have as many computers as musical instruments (and I though I was bad with 4 computers!)

Marty Jacobson

Jun-12-2003, 7:37pm

Actually, I've only got one computer. 5 monitors, though. <g>

The instruments take the day with the tally currently 10.

dane

Jun-12-2003, 11:14pm

Hmmm ... I'll give it a try:

rixter

Jun-13-2003, 2:58am

I'll attach my sparkling visage here and hope that the thread survives.

OdnamNool

Jun-13-2003, 6:40am

Hey, dane! Apparently the go-tee (oh geeze, I have no idea how to spell it) look is quite popular! You should post yer pix on the "mandohunk" thread...

OdnamNool

Jun-13-2003, 6:42am

Oh, but here's a tip... point that mando upward.

OdnamNool

Jun-13-2003, 7:06am

And smile! http://mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

dane

Jun-13-2003, 8:50pm

Pre-goatee:

goldtopper

Jun-14-2003, 10:03am

Here's my 7 year old daughter with my King Brown named after her, Pearl Mae.
A happier little girl is hard to come by...

pdlstl

Jun-16-2003, 8:25am

I'm the one with the mandolin.... http://mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

http://www.earlclark.com/images/studio/earltx.jpg

mandopete

Jun-16-2003, 10:22am

pdlstl - cool looking set-up man!!

pdlstl

Jun-16-2003, 12:39pm

Thank ya' kindly sir.

That's my little hard disk recording set-up.

BTW, the Taylor is gone, gone, gone.

Earl
Fort Worth

mandodude

Jun-16-2003, 12:49pm

Hey, Earl,

Given your "handle," I would have expected to see a pedal steel somewhere in the picture !!?!

Russ(String-Alley)

Jun-16-2003, 2:58pm

yeah man, where's that sho-bud....or emmons...if your a real lucky guy!

CHEERS!

pdlstl

Jun-16-2003, 4:45pm

Well, I played pedalsteel for almost 30 years and switched to mando about a year and a half ago.

My right arm is just about shrunk back to it's normal length after carrying all that HEAVY crap for so many years. http://mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

BTW, I played a Mullen D-10 for about the last ten years I was doing session work in N'ville. Good ol' Local 257!

Here's the steel stuff:
Earl's Pedal Steel Home Page (http://www.geocities.com/~pedalsteel/main.htm)

Earl

mandopete

Jun-16-2003, 5:19pm

Now is it just me or has anyone else noticed that only 1377 more views to reach 20,000?

That should be a record or something.

fishdawg40

Jun-16-2003, 8:29pm

Hey Mandopete, I'll get it over 20,000 for you. #I'll just keep closing and opening it. http://mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

mandolooter

Jun-16-2003, 8:56pm

my question is...why does everyone do all this counting...it's the content that interesing!

ethanopia

Jun-17-2003, 7:11am

yeah might as well keep a good thing going. One more view one more post!

Hey Earl you didn't play on any Dixie Chicks albums did you ;-)

NA NA NA NA NAAAAAA....
wrapped up in a tarp.

sorry couldn't resist

mandodude

Jun-17-2003, 8:18am

Darn it, mandolooter... you made me lose count!!

;-)

BTW, we're now up to 3,019 wholesome souls, enjoying the ambiance of the Mandolin Cafe!!

...thank you, Scott...

pdlstl

Jun-17-2003, 10:03am

bratsche

Jun-17-2003, 10:58am

BTW, we're now up to 3,019 wholesome souls, enjoying the ambiance of the Mandolin Cafe!!
(my emphasis added)

I think we'll have to wait for at least one more for that to be true. Know what I mean, Chicago boy? http://mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

bratsche

Russ(String-Alley)

Jun-17-2003, 11:10am

Thats some sweet stuff Earl!
I play some steel with my main outfit, got me a 73' single neck sho-bud....come to think of it, I may have seen you on Bobbe Seymore's forum or the like, I just switched to using a hilton vol. pedal I got from him and it's working out great. I know what you mean about dragging around a steel. Thank god I only have a single neck,
Cheers
Russ

mandodude

Jun-17-2003, 11:27am

...I think we'll have to wait for at least one more for that to be true. #Know what I mean, Chicago boy? #http://mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

bratsche
bratsche,

C'mon, now... I think you're bein' way too hard on yourself!

;-)

...you know I'm funnin' wit'cha!... ;-)

pdlstl

Jun-17-2003, 11:29am

Russ,

Yes, I used to frequent the Pedal Steel Pages.

I always used a Goodrich but have heard the Hiltons are really nice. Good luck on your steel playing!

Earl

mandodude

Jun-17-2003, 11:32am

bratsche,

ahhhh... errrr... hel-looo...?

*ahem*

This is where you're supposed to say, "So was I!"...

Russ(String-Alley)

Jun-17-2003, 11:35am

THANKS EARL!! I'm working on it.
Cheers
Russ

mandodude

Jun-17-2003, 11:36am

...and regardless of what you may have heard, I have never put cork in my mandolin neck!

bratsche

Jun-17-2003, 12:12pm

What I did hear was that you were the one who begged a certain batboy to interrupt a particular star to get his autograph, right after June 3 batting practice. That was you, wasn't it? Thanks a bunch for initiating that whole mess! I knew we could count on you...(/sarcasm) ;-)

bratsche

mandodude

Jun-17-2003, 12:37pm

Close, but no cigar...

Actually, it was Sammy who wanted my autograph!

;-)

bratsche

Jun-17-2003, 1:05pm

Dude, you gotta clean the potatoes outa your ears, or get some glasses, or something... that wasn't Sammy, but Lenny who wanted your autograph! He wants to play mando when he retires, and rumor has it that you're his idol! ;-)

bratsche

mandodude

Jun-17-2003, 3:06pm

bratsche,

As I told you, no cork for this 'Dude! I will, however, fess up and admit that, some years ago, me 'n' my good buddy Graig (remember him??) did enjoy a particularly "amusing" night on the town during which, at one point, things got a li'l wacky and we wound up sticking Super Balls into each other's f-holes... but that's a story for another thread... ;-)

...and don't even get me started on what ol' George 'n' me wound up doin' with a bottle of pine tar a few years back!!

;-)

Ahhhh... Baseball! Ain't it great??!?

mandopete

Jun-19-2003, 8:31am

Baseball been bery, bery good to me
# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #- Chico Escuela

mandopete

Jun-19-2003, 8:39am

Nuff Said!

Django Fret

Jun-19-2003, 8:36pm

Posting our pictures is oh so neat.
Many provide quite a virtual treat.
While hundreds are showing,
Cafe viewers keep growing.
Thanks for this topic, Mandopete!

MandoMonster

Jun-19-2003, 10:21pm

wow...this could bring about a whole new thread! Mandolin poetry...(give us your best)............or not? :P

OdnamNool

Jun-20-2003, 7:00am

So fresh, so cool, and oh, so clean!
(Quite frankly, I prefer obscene)
But keep up the flack, you're on the right track,
And yes, my smile doth gleam! http://mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

Django Fret

Jun-20-2003, 8:10am

MandoMonster, you can find a lot of mandolin related poetry in the Mandolin Haiku thread located at:

http://mandolincafe.net/cgi-bin....l=haiku (http://mandolincafe.net/cgi-bin/ib3/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=12;t=4234;hl=haiku)

OdnamNool, you are too kind. Compared to you and Mandodude, I have a long way to go!

OdnamNool

Jun-21-2003, 3:04am

Django Fret. Just goes to show that it is indeed subjective. In my mind, it is the likes of you, M'Dude, and many, many others here at the cafe that are the talented ones...be it with words, picking, or building...You know, this is the first and only "board" I've ever checked out, and I'm amazed at the talent, spunk, humor, and wisdom here...So, allow me to say, thanks, Scott, for providing the opportunity for a bunch of nim-rods (who have a common love--mandolin) to come together and shoot the malarky. And yes we learn a lot here too! Thank you so much!

mandopete

Jun-21-2003, 11:21am

Bill, what do you think of all this nonsense?

midmando

Jun-23-2003, 2:47pm

I got to be viewer 19800 of this thread....

Nik-chick

Jun-24-2003, 1:26am

I FINALLY found this thread. I'll bite.

http://www.angelfire.com/music5/nikchick/Clown.jpg

Yes, that pic is really me. I think I got a bit too much make-up that day though. There are serious pics at This link (http://www.geocities.com/strongheart_7/mypics.htm) I put up for someone else though. Nothing up to date. I need to find the USB cable and drivers to my camera.

P.S. Benignus: Yay for the "Foggy Mountaintop" lyrics a bit belated. That was the second song I ever sang at a festival.

french guy

Jun-24-2003, 1:41am

hey Nik-chick

No problem with your clown's pic , but be carefull
with serious pictures,
you could cause disasters in the hearts of the males, you are so pretty !!
Do you give some private mandolin lessons ??

Nik-chick

Jun-24-2003, 1:58am

Thank you. And no, I don't give private lessons unless you don't know G, C, and D chords in first position. That's about all I'm qualified to teach. I had my second lesson today. I just glanced back at those myself...who in the #*** is that? She's wearing make-up (and does'nt have my current in-the-growing-out-stages hairstyle) so I ALMOST did'nt recognise her. *L*

mandodude

Jun-24-2003, 7:29am

Gosh, I feel like Oprah or somebody!...

Ted (mandohack), I think I'm about to reunite you with your long-lost daughter!...

mandodude

Jun-24-2003, 7:31am

...no mistaking the strong family resemblance here!

Russ(String-Alley)

Jun-24-2003, 8:04am

Yeah Nik, You started the Mando-hunk thread.....Don't make me start the Mando-Hottie Thread. YEE-OW!! Lookin' good!
Cheers
Russ

JMUSIC

Jun-24-2003, 8:43am

Whew! I'm in love. (with Nik-chick)

Aprilibre

Jun-24-2003, 11:40am

Now I will for sure never post my own pic, even if I acquire the technology. Let me take my place among the aged and flawed...

Nik-chick

Jun-24-2003, 1:22pm

*LMAO* Yeah, I do see the resemblance.

[action: kinda shakes her head curiously at reactions to the pics (on the link not the clown *L*)] Thank you, again. That was um...not the reaction I'd expected. I guess because on the average day I'm alittle more run down, no make-up, and my hair is a mess no matter WHAT I do, and in real life the flat chest is REALLY obvious and the slight need for braces can be seen (when my mouth is open like it usually really is yack yack yack) no one reacts to me like that...EVER. Except on a different website a couple years ago, but that was a different set of pictures that looked even less like me (and before anyone responds to pictures on the internet no they were NOT porn). http://mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif Okay...this is really confusing to me. Thank you though.

mandodude

Jun-24-2003, 2:00pm

Hey, April!

Save me a seat on the "Aged & Flawed Bench!" I'll join ya... not to hide in the corner, but to show our unified support and appreciation for the glowing patina that life, after these many years, has endowed us "chronologically advanced" individuals with... a beautiful thing, in and of itself!

I guess I could use the obligatory "fine wine" analogy here, but that would be trite and I don't think I need to go there... you get my point, I'm sure!

I'm sure we're all still lookin' forward to seeing the real "you," once you get that technology thing with your camera figured out!

Mandodude

P.S. Between you and me... I gotta admit - our Nik-chick really is a babe!... she's gonna be an absolute knockout when she gets a few more years under her belt... like us guys!!

;-)

Aprilibre

Jun-24-2003, 2:19pm

Yeah, once she gets a good "patina" going! That's a good one! She'll be one hot 40-year-old if she keeps up the good work, eh?

Glad to know I've got company. =;)

Russ(String-Alley)

Jun-24-2003, 3:27pm

See what you started with those pics Nik! Now we can put a face to all these threads. a mando player, a real down to earth gal (personable, I think they call it) and a hottie all in one.....your gonna send all the fella's on this board packin' or standin in line. Now You really have me thinking about that new thread topic......would it sound kinda weird if we asked to see a pic of your mandolin too?
Cheers

mandobsessed

Jun-24-2003, 9:03pm

Nice pics Nik-Chik. The autoharp looks good too. Can you play it? I have one but hesitate to describe my primitive flailing as playing but I do have fun with it.

Maybe we should start an Autoharp thread.

Nik-chick

Jun-24-2003, 9:07pm

Russ: It's just a starter mandolin, as I'm just a beginner. It's an Alvarez A-100. Standard model. I bet there's a picture on the alvarez site. Yeah, there is one, but it's HUGE. A similar mandolin (http://www.alvarezgtr.com/bigguitarspgs/a100big.html) Mine has a far less cheesy finish (unless that just photographed badly or something) Mine's a more typical sunburst finish instead of that really bad yellowish and redish and the "Alvarez" on the headstock is in a subdued gold/bronze color instead of that silver. It's still cheap, but not as tacky. *L*

April and Mandodude: Well, hopefully I'll make it as well as you probubly have. http://mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif But if I don't I'll live. If I do and EVER EVER EVER post any pictures on the Cafe` and try to caption them "Mandolin Mama" like a certain currently 40yr old bluegrass bombshell put on her T-Shirts. Please shoot me! (Hm....Mandolin Mama...I bet that's one band Mandodude NEVER played in)

Doug Edwards

Jun-24-2003, 10:17pm

My group, No Turning Back, opening for [/I]The Promise[I] in Glen Rose, Texas.

mandopete

Jun-24-2003, 10:55pm

Wow! #20,356 views and counting. #I think this has to be the longest running thread in the history of Cafe. #Thanks to every person who was actually brave enough to post of picture of themselves (Mandodude and Django Fret - you guys are C-H-I-C-K-E-N!)

Hopefully some of the the fine folks here will meet some day and in this way, this thread may help people to identify each other. #Probably not, but it was the thought that counts eh?

Okay, okay, here's me real picture (no really):

Nik-chick

Jun-25-2003, 12:17am

Here. Let me introduce you to my friend, moisturizing sunblock. You look alittle red there. (Maybe I should have used it on my nose in the pic I posted).

Bruce Evans

Jun-25-2003, 6:49am

Hey Nik!

Just took a second look (well, actually third... OK, twenty-first) at your pix. Did you know you are playing an autoharp in one of them? And without finger picks! Wow! Stone cold knockout, AND tough!

Your friend,
Bruce (Last name withheld for fear of wifely reprisal. It's another guy named Bruce, honey. Honest!)

mandodude

Jun-25-2003, 7:54am

...I think this has to be the longest running thread in the history of Cafe...
Hey, Scott... can you verify this for us? I know it's the longest running thread since I've been around!

I think Pete deserves some sort of recognition for having started this thing! Thoughts?? Ideas?? Here's one off the top of my head...

...how's 'bout we each take a pick, drop it into an envelope and send it off to Pete as a sign of appreciation for his sticking his neck... er, head out and posting his mug first (Pete, buddy... s'up to you if you wanna post an address or P.O. box to see if we can get this thing rolling!). With 3,070 current "patrons" here at the ol' Cafe, this has the potential to be really BIG!! The catch would be that you gotta keep count and let us know the grand total, Pete!

Who's on board??

Oh... and, Pete?...
...it's not C-H-I-C-K-E-N... it's C-O-N-S-I-D-E-R-A-T-E!! Besides, what makes you think the pic I posted (the second one, after yours, BTW!) isn't really me?? Hmmmmm?? ;-)

M'dude

Django Fret

Jun-25-2003, 8:13am

Mandodude, count me in. In fact, to show my good faith, I'll even post my real picture.

mandodude

Jun-25-2003, 9:05am

Alright!... alright, already!...

Since Django finally "broke down" and posted a pic of the real Django Fret, I guess it's time for this ol' "Illinois boy" to do the same!

I don't have any recent pics available of me with my mando, but here's one of ol' M'dude with one of my other "toys"...

BTW... nice patina, huh??

Michael H Geimer

Jun-25-2003, 9:29am

Ya' know Nik,
Having read your posts, looked at your pics (!), then I saw your *blushing* reaction to everyone's comments ...

... seems to me you posted Heather's *real* picture right here in this thread. Keep 'clowning around' you're cracking me up! http://mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

- Michael

Hey ... Thanks for the 'shout out'. I've heard you mention singing contests and festivals a couple times now. You must have a nice voice. (All the better to accompany the autoharp!)

CharlieKnuth

Jun-25-2003, 1:22pm

Let us see if this works. #I am the one with the guitar, not the better looking one.

mandodude

Jun-25-2003, 1:45pm

Hey, Charlie!

Can't see your pic, buddy! In fact, every time I come to your post, my computer's "A" drive (the floppy drive) starts spinin' like crazy, as if it's trying to read something there.

Now I'm not all that computer savvy (others who are... PLEASE help me out here!), but I notice an "A" drive prefex listed on your photo's "properties." Maybe if you put that photo on your "C" drive (hard drive) first, and THEN upload it to the Cafe from there it might work (how 'bout it, computer gurus... will that fix ol' Charlie's problem?).

...then again, I might not know what the hell I'm talkin' 'bout - sure wouldn't be the first time!

;-)

M'dude

Nik-chick

Jun-25-2003, 2:21pm

Toco: It's a posed picture to show the autoharp to some friends, actually. I don't play it at all. I spend an hour to an hour and a half tuning 36 strings and then go "...dern. I'm outta time!" Then I strum it a few times (w/ a felt pick or my hand, it doesn't hurt with that little done) and put it away. So not that tough afterall.

Benignus: You may notice that I mentioned ENTERING, not placing. *L* I'm still learning (and still fighting my little panics for that matter).

Mandodude: Good idea. I'm in if he actually wants all those picks.

mad dawg

Jun-25-2003, 2:51pm

Mandodude: weren't you once in a band called "Honest Abe and the Triumphs"?

Aprilibre

Jun-25-2003, 2:55pm

'Dude and Fret, go on, show us your real patinas! Seriously.

=;)

mandofiddle

Jun-25-2003, 3:08pm

Yeah! Show us your seriously!!! lmao!

green_leaf

Jun-25-2003, 3:22pm

Nikki-- Thanks for posting those pics, what a treat! Be still, my heart...

Will

Django Fret

Jun-25-2003, 5:12pm

All right Aprilibre, if you insist, here is a real patina. Seriously!

Nik-chick

Jun-25-2003, 5:25pm

That must be. It's in black and white and someone would have to be really old to be THAT afraid of posting their pic. Jess messin. Nice shirt.

BenE

Jun-25-2003, 5:38pm

Where's Dale?
He has gotta be in this picture somewhere...

BenE

Jun-25-2003, 5:40pm

Try not to make any Johnson jokes http://mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

ethanopia

Jun-25-2003, 6:01pm

that Johnsons farm picture is hilarious!
That cow *ss looks like a stretch limo cow that turns into a horse!

very cool....

mandomick

Jun-25-2003, 7:00pm

Nice bike Mandodude (6 pages later). I know all about the other MAS too!

Ted Eschliman

Jun-25-2003, 8:58pm

Dale had to run back and grab his twin "Elliotts."

mandodude

Jun-25-2003, 9:08pm

Hey, Dale,

Nice patina!!

;-)

mandodude

Jun-25-2003, 9:16pm

Dale had to run back and grab his twin "Elliotts."
Last time I grabbed my twin "Elliotts" I was 13 years old... and my mom caught me!!

...but that's a topic for a different thread...

;-)

Nik-chick

Jun-25-2003, 9:44pm

Who was more traumatized? You or your mom?

Marty Jacobson

Jun-25-2003, 10:33pm

I know that band! It's "Dale and the Cater Creek Crate-Crackers"!

Didn't you used to play in it, Mandodude? What, did they kick you out after your mom told you......

Sorry, I'll go back to the tap-tuning thread now. ;-)

mandodude

Jun-26-2003, 7:24am

Who was more traumatized? You or your mom?
My mom loves mandolins. Why on earth would she be trau........

Oh!... Wait a minute!... Twin Elliotts!!?! I get it!! You must've thought I was referring to my... ahhh... ummmm.... *ahem*

Gosh, Nik... what are you thinking??!?

...I'm so embarassed!...

;-)

mandodude

Jun-26-2003, 7:57am

Actually, Martin, I did play with those guys for a while. In fact, I'm in that photo!... kinda...

Y'see, I used to do a two-man, mandolin-pickin' horse gig with my partner, a fellow everybody just called Mr. Ed... we'd dress up as a horse (Ed was the horse's head, I was... ahhh... the rest of the outfit)... that's us with our head stickin' out of the barn window... well, that's Ed that you see there, but, trust me, I'm back there!! Man, we used to bring the house down with that mando-pickin' horse act!! Ask Dale - I'll bet he remembers!!

Poor ol' Ed passed away some time ago, at which point I was forced to modify the act from a two-man horse to a one-man jackass. Did quite well on my own, actually - turns out I was somewhat of a natural!!

Ahhh... those were the days!...

;-)

Joe F

Jun-26-2003, 10:00am

I remember seeing your band once: "Mr. Ed and the Twin Elliotts."

Ted Eschliman

Jun-26-2003, 10:07am

Poor ol' Ed passed away some time ago, at which point I was forced to modify the act from a two-man horse to a one-man jackass.
Of course, M'Dude, Mr. Ed WAS from Nebraska.
Until he found out he could leave.

mandodude

Jun-26-2003, 10:28am

I remember seeing your band once: "Mr. Ed and the Twin Elliotts."
Joe,

WOW!! You must've caught our act really early on in our career!

Wasn't too long after we first put the act together that we were booked to play the Westminster Dog Show, where we endured a rather unfortunate incident involving an angry Rottweiler... from that point on we billed ourselves merely as "The Gelding Brothers."

mandodude

Jun-26-2003, 10:32am

Of course, M'Dude, Mr. Ed WAS from Nebraska.
Until he found out he could leave.
Yeah, 'hack... and he would have spent his entire career there, playin' to cornstalks, had it not been for ME, bringin' up his rear (so to speak)!

;-)

Django Fret

Jun-26-2003, 12:06pm

Mandodude, #you are not going to believe this, but I did a search on "Mr. Ed and the Twin Elliotts" and "The Gelding Brothers" and look what showed up!

What a great story, and I hope that this will help to bring back some more good memories! #I'm still trying to figure out how you guys managed to play mandolins inside that get-up...

Aprilibre

Jun-26-2003, 12:21pm

Oh, I'm cryin' here...you guys are a riot! I think I just snorted. I shouldn't look at this stuff at work...

Bobbie Dier

Jun-26-2003, 12:44pm

One man jackass! Heehaw Heehaw Heehawlways calls himself that.

Russ(String-Alley)

Jun-26-2003, 12:45pm

yes its true...........get enough mando players in one area and your sure to have some type of mania going on.....don't know why we are the wacky bunch that we are...... anyone have an opinion on that?http://mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif?

Mabye its trying to play on these small fretboards or somthing that gives us a strange sense of humor......dunno I'm at a loss explaining it to non-playing folks...hell, they don't even think any of this funny..and if you explain it to a non-player, they will just look at you all wierd.

mandodude

Jun-26-2003, 12:56pm

Russ,

Here's how I rationalize it...

If you are a mandolin player, no explanation is necessary...
If you are not a mandolin player, no explanation will suffice...

Landgrass

Jun-26-2003, 2:38pm

As Woody Paul from the Rider In The Sky said...

"It's nice to be introduced for a change....Usually I have to be EXPLAINED!"

Kinda sums up us mando folk!

jamman

Jun-26-2003, 3:15pm

here's a pic of me when i was "on the beat"

Nik-chick

Jun-26-2003, 3:22pm

Mandodude: Better a jackblank than a dumbblank. ;) Now I see how you get into slightly more trouble than me around here.

jamman: Is that really your police portrait, or is that from some TV show I've never seen (which is most of them)?

Russ(String-Alley)

Jun-26-2003, 3:45pm

jamman!

I didn't know you were really eric Estrada of C.H.I.P.S fame.....I use to see that show when I was a kid. I think I had a chips lunch box too. Hey do you know played that really cool Wah-guitar part on the opening theme? was it Tommy Tedesco?

Nik-chick

Jun-26-2003, 4:05pm

Thanks Russ...that answered my question. I just scored three more ditz points!

mandodude

Jun-26-2003, 5:19pm

I'm still trying to figure out how you guys managed to play mandolins inside that get-up...
'Bout as well as I do outside that get-up, actually...

;-)

Russ(String-Alley)

Jun-26-2003, 5:29pm

you have no ditz points by my count there gal! Its just my mom used to make me watch TV alot to keep me from playing music......My playing would make everybody sick in the house and my poor old dog charliebrown (rest that good ol' dogs soul),go into a daze and throw up.

cheers y'all
Russ

OdnamNool

Jun-27-2003, 5:49am

Oh, people...This is really going to come as a shock to y'all...I was just funnin' with you awhile back, trying to see if anyone would catch on... (And trying to drum up some sort of support for Nebraska...) Brace yourselves...This is a shocker...(gulp)...MR. ED IS REALLY FROM OKLAHOMA!!! I am not kidding. P.S. Russ...Thanks for the nice recovery concerning Italian literary...whatever it was...You know what I mean...whew...

jugband

Jun-27-2003, 7:10am

Well, I guess it's time...

Nik-chick

Jun-27-2003, 1:52pm

Why does it look like "Barefoot" Larry is wearing boots?

Landgrass

Jun-27-2003, 2:31pm

Oh well...I'll go. This is (what's left of) me in a bar in Denver the afternoon I decided to be a mandolin player. Went to a bar that night and watched a jam. Decided that after 30 years of playin' guitar I was gonna get me one of them thangs.

mandodude

Jun-27-2003, 4:22pm

For those who care about such things, here ya go...

Since mandopete first started this thread back on March 15, we've been introduced to the stunning visual features of 75 bona fide list members (76 if you count Maverick, who was here but disappeared), 3 member photos of "dubious authenticity" (wusses!!... sheesh!) and a host of cameo appearances by the famous and not-so-famous!

Without further ado, and in order of appearance, here are our bona fide photo posters:

mandopete (the guy who started it all!), G_Smolt, mando777, Jim Hilburn, Bob Kellett, Eugene, mandohack (almost a dubious poster, but he redeemed himself with a link to the real Ted!), evanreilly, OlderThanWillie (although your guess is as good as mine as to which one he is!), jessboo, JimW, Thomas, ethanopia, mandolooter, oldwave maker (and El Vez!), J. Wiens, mandomick, Ancient, cloyd, BenE (and Sam's belly!), tartan phantom (childhood pic - technically, I believe the Statute of Limitations ran out on this one!), lucho, earthsave, Crowder (and the very lovely Mrs. Crowder!), Bill James, bratsche, rovinmando, Harrmob, mcashion, SlowHands, avanti, Scotti Adams, mad dawg, Ken Sager, mando medic, elenbrandt, Scott Tichenor (the ol' Statute of Limitations thing again!), PhilGE, Rick, dvatchka, imapickin, french guy (and his "brother"), Banger, zeke, midmando, ffpizza5 (and his superb collection!), kevin@bluegrassbrethren (and, I assume, the Bluegrass Brethren!), Shandy, strapper, softshell, LilCreekster, mandobsessed, mrt10x, kyswede, Feanor, Benignus, levin4now, resonant68, stanley, Davetnova, ngladd, mrmando, mnormand, fishdawg40, withak, MandoMonster, mpeknox, ArtDecoMandos, dane, goldtopper's lovely daughter (but no goldtopper - half credit at best for this one!), pdlstl, Nik-chick (settle down now, boys!!), Doug Edwards, Dale (and his "Twin Elliotts"), jugband AND Landgrass!!

Among those photos with "dubious authenticity" (C'mon... who you guys tryin' to kid?? #Boy, what a wuss each of you guys are!! #Really, now... is it gonna kill ya to show your real face??) are:

mandodude (...Oops!!), Django Fret and halfdeadhippie!

Believe it or not, among those making cameo guest appearances are:

Merle Haggard, Andy Rooney, George Clooney, Sammy Sosa, Bill Monroe, Abraham Lincoln, the Gelding Brothers, a couple of real clowns, the Krusty Krab dude, a plankton, a number of very large fish, numerous spermatozoa (?) and Eric Estrada...
(...Eric Estrada??).

Well, there you have it! #Enjoy, my friends!!

Mandodude (waiting for his patina to look just right before he posts his mug!!)

;-)

mandodude

Jun-27-2003, 4:45pm

...another way of putting it...

We now know what 2.4% of our membership looks like!!

mandofiddle

Jun-27-2003, 4:48pm

Hmmm... I thought I had posted my photo in here somewhere, but when I went back and perused the photos, I couldn't find it...

Here it is again.

mandodude

Jun-27-2003, 5:18pm

...2.5%...

Thanks, mandofiddle!!

FLAWO

Jun-27-2003, 6:29pm

mandofiddle,

you should see about having one of those heads removed...although thay both seem like decent fellows

mandopete

Jun-28-2003, 9:30am

Hey, I love the idea of the picks m'dude! You can never have too many picks.

I'm glad that some the good folks here on the cafe have gotten a kick out of this thread and frankly I'm surprised myself that it has lasted this long.

I'm also surprised that Mr. Tichenor hasn't killed it, thanks Scott! I know that all of these photos must take up a fair amount of real estate on the old RAID-5 array (that's geeky-speak for computer resources), but it's been a lot of fun and hopefully it will continue.

You Photoshop guys are breakin' me down. Djanjo Fret and Mandohack, those photos are priceless! I gotta learn how to do that.

Back when we had the Internet Cafe I started a recipe thread. I had hoped to collect enough recipes to even make a small cook book that we could all share. Perhaps with this thread we should start a yearbook of sorts. Sounds a bit crazy, but that's what I like about the cafe.

mandoryan

Jun-29-2003, 3:34pm

Finally got around to doing this. This is a pic of me in Mexico. Miss that place and the weather....ah well, Indiana is close to the Carribean. http://mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Vincent

Jun-29-2003, 8:58pm

I'm not one of these folks who post phony shots and say its them- that IS me. I know, I know- I'm playing b@njo, but they already had two guys playing mandolin onstage already... (photo credit Jon Sievert)

skippy

Jun-29-2003, 9:38pm

Vincent, if you tell no lies I will hear no lies.. if that is truly you I think we have a winner!!!!

Vincent

Jun-29-2003, 10:55pm

Umm, well it's my *face*....

skippy

Jun-30-2003, 9:14am

Nice job.. had to look twice at that!

halfdeadhippie

Jun-30-2003, 1:45pm

actually mandodude you can see the real halfdeadhippie at the pictures from the "Upstate Mando Spring String Thing"
(I'm the grey haired guy with the mandocello)
There's some even better pictures of some nice mandolins, and a few cafe members who never got round to posting here,

I think Django Fret and mandopete tossed it back and forth between a few posts a few pages back.

Upstate Mando Spring String Thing (http://www.stormymorning.com/upstatemando/index.html)

Peakbgr took the pictures and managed to stay out of them, I would have to reduce either the size or the dpi(probably both) to post them here.
And Hats off to Scott for giving us this venue to make all kinds of connections that might not have otherwise come to be.

mandodude

Jun-30-2003, 2:01pm

Mea culpa, buddy!!

...and then there were two...

Django Fret

Jun-30-2003, 7:05pm

[QUOTE]...and then there were two...

Mandodude, I don't think that I disagree with you on too many subjects, but I think your math is way off on this one.

The way I calculate it, we would be more accurate to say
"and then there were 3,032."

That is how many members of this community have not posted any "real" image of themselves. I haven't figured out how many have posted to this thread, but without pictures, but I have got to think it must be pretty high.

How about this? When we get to at least a certain percentage (5%?) posting rate for the rest of the community, then we both post our real pictures, regardless if they are patina ready or not...

mandopete

Jul-01-2003, 8:54am

I still say you guys are just plain old CHICKEN!

BGAK, BGAK, BGAK

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

mandodude

Jul-01-2003, 9:22am

BGAK, BGAK, BGAK
Hmmmmm... I always wondered how one would go about spelling that...

;-)

mandopete

Jul-01-2003, 10:27pm

Ah sed, I do believe dem boys is plum CHICKEN!

acornett

Jul-01-2003, 10:44pm

Taking bets on who the better mandolinist is:

jugband

Jul-01-2003, 11:32pm

Why does it look like "Barefoot" Larry is wearing boots?
Not boots... thong sandals.

The short answer is that the health department doesn't allow barefooted people into any place that sells food, and that was taken at a "Bar & Grill".

The actual answer is: How Barefoot Larry Got His Name (http://www.traditionmusic.com/howbf.html) at www.traditionmusic.com

Nik-chick

Jul-02-2003, 2:52am

Alan: Just a wild shot but the guy on the left?

Larry: Cute story.

mandopete

Jul-02-2003, 9:44am

Any relationship to Barefoot Nellie?

bratsche

Jul-02-2003, 12:20pm

I agree, Pete, there are a lot of chickens in the MandolinCafe!

Perhaps they need to be called out by name. Do we need a new topic for this? I can think of several posters with whom I frequently correspond, but I have no idea what they even look like. Some even seem to be proud of the fact that their visages are absent from the forum. How might we shame these barnyard fowl into revealing all?

bratsche

BGAK, BGAK, BGAK!

mandodude

Jul-02-2003, 1:56pm

How might we shame these barnyard fowl into revealing all?
bratsche,

Please define "all..."

;-)

Nik-chick

Jul-02-2003, 3:53pm

You beat me to it as often mandodude. *L* No, she doesn't want everyone to show her their seriously.

bratche: Different people have different things they feel safe with. Maybe that's part of it. My personal hang up is full name, I don't want that online anywhere. I would be hard to find by appearance because I'm one of many many many girls my age on a college campus. Finding one and being sure you had the right girl would be almost impossible (esp since I commute across three counties on a regular basis so someone could be up to 70mi off). But for someone from a small town, going there and finding the right man or woman would be easier. Not that any of US would do that, but this is open on the internet.

Dan Adams

Jul-02-2003, 7:44pm

Always and adventure, trying to post a photo that is... Two mics, a mando, and looks like a real gig! Hey wait I don't sing do I, at least not on purpose. One guitar player on my right, a guitar/mandolin player on my left, and the bass player. Umnfortunately, I can't shrink them all into this format.

ryru14

Jul-02-2003, 8:48pm

I don't have any pictures of me and my "Johnson" (mandolin of course), but here goes on of me and my Youngest. #

Enough "minnie" mini me jokes alright?

Darn MS spell check.

Nik-chick

Jul-03-2003, 1:51am

I think that's "mini" you not "minnie" you. "Minnie" you would involve a baby bonnet with flowers and a price tag hanging off of it. =) I can't spell either, ofcourse. But I just thought I'd point that out anyway.

What I think is so cool about this thread: When it's the most recently posted to the main page says "Post a picture of your... [last poster's name here]" which is exactly what we did. "Post a picture of your... Mandodude" for example if he was the last poster.

bratsche

Jul-03-2003, 2:26am

mandodude: Please define "all..."

Why, whatever you feel comfortable posting on a family-appropriate forum, of course. http://mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

Nik-Chick: Different people have different things they feel safe with. Maybe that's part of it. My personal hang up is full name, I don't want that online anywhere.

I empathize with the full name thing. Really I do. I had a web page back in '96 that had practically everything about myself on it. Then came AOL, and all the weirdos started showing up. Now I stay incognito.

But most of the chickens I'm thinking of are guys, fer cryin' out loud... what are they so afraid of?

bratsche

mandopete

Jul-03-2003, 8:54am

For what it's worth, my full name is:

Sir Mandopete High-Ho d'Addario of Emerald City

OdnamNool

Jul-05-2003, 7:21am

Farmer Takes His Wife
Oz is just an illusion
There's no place like home

Joey Ace

Jul-06-2003, 8:40pm

http://www.joeyace.com/img/pic.jpg

The real scary ones are at my web site.

newmandoplayer

Jul-06-2003, 8:41pm

this is me.....no picture of the new mando yet

OdnamNool

Jul-08-2003, 5:01am

Is that your "reel to reel" tape collection ya got there in the background?

mandobob

Jul-08-2003, 3:17pm

Me on my beloved Gretsch archtop and my buddy Rusty on my 60's Harmony Monterey
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-7/270484/jam_with_rusty.jpg
(note empty seats)

Lex Luthier

Jul-08-2003, 3:33pm

Here's me

The Mandinator!

http://www.piczonline.com/client/gorlock/termimando.jpg

Just kidding. :o)

mandodude

Jul-08-2003, 5:12pm

WHOA!! So you're the guy who bought Dale's world famous MK!!

;-)

newmandoplayer

Jul-08-2003, 9:48pm

OdnamNool , nope that in the background is all video tapes, over 750 all with 3 to 5 movies on each....it is what my mom does ......

mandopete

Jul-08-2003, 10:47pm

We're getting dangerously close to 25,000 views!

mandofiddle

Jul-09-2003, 10:57am

I did a Google search in my frugal attempt to find the real mandodude.

Here's what I came up with...

http://www.robthefiddler.com/photos/misc_1_2003/mandodude.html

Could it be???

mandodude

Jul-09-2003, 4:24pm

It's not me, mandofiddle... some feeble impostor!! Wait'll my attorneys get hold of him!! I did, however, once have a hat like that!

Y'know, folks... I'm not trying to be a smart-a** with the picture-posting thing (or, I should say, lack thereof) - it's just that some folks seem to enjoy the "challenge of the hunt!"

Soooo... as Sean Connery says in the movie trailer for LXG, "So, the game is on!"...

Clue #1 - I already gave y'all the year & page number of one of my my old college yearbook photos (actually, I attended FOUR colleges throughout my academic "career" - sign of a rather indecisive youth, I guess!). Realizing that may be a tough volume to locate, here's...

Clue #2 - Chicago Tribune Magazine, July 29, 1990... I'm one of the folks featured in the cover story, complete with photo!!

Side note - Clue #1 shows moustache only; Clue #2, full beard; Current state of affairs - goatee (albeit somewhat "whiter" than earlier photos!).

M'dude ;-)

dvatchka

Jul-09-2003, 5:03pm

<quote>For what it's worth, my full name is:
Sir Mandopete High-Ho d'Addario of Emerald City</quote>

Darn, I didn't address my "picks for Pete" envelope right. Wonder if the USPS will still get it there...

mandodude

Jul-09-2003, 6:08pm

dvatchka,

I wouldn't worry about it... anyone with a title like that should be easy enough for the USPS to find... kinda like "Santa Claus, North Pole," y'know...

;-)

mandopete

Jul-09-2003, 9:44pm

Yeah, I'm sure if you just addressed it as :

Pete
Pacific Northwest

They will find me

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

Darryl Wolfe

Jul-10-2003, 12:59pm

This is me at a Halloween gig a number of years ago

BlueGrassPunk

Jul-10-2003, 11:35pm

But now that i've realised theres nothing like a pickin (I saw the light no more darkness no more.....) I nearly turned a complete 180.

OdnamNool

Jul-10-2003, 11:36pm

Current state of affairs - goatee (albeit somewhat "whiter" than earlier photos!).

M'dude #;-)
Huh? Boy am I confused. Oh, but I suppose it is about time for the "change in life."

OdnamNool

Jul-10-2003, 11:39pm

And, what were you, f5journl, a lynx?

OdnamNool

Jul-11-2003, 5:56am

One last thing...Django...where are your clues? O.K...another last thing, then I promise I'll pipe down...Mandinater...For once...I'm at a loss of words...Hmmmm...Meee-Owwwwww! http://mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

Darryl Wolfe

Jul-11-2003, 6:43am

Lynx....anyone should recognize Bill Monroe and his mando (prior to his passing)

mandodude

Jul-11-2003, 10:43am

Lynx....anyone should recognize Bill Monroe and his mando (prior to his passing)
WHOA!! #DUDE!! #That is one "haggard visage!!"

...are you sure about the "prior to his passing" part??...

OUCH!!

;-)

Darryl Wolfe

Jul-11-2003, 10:53am

Lets just say it was the best rubber mask I could find to cover my "young face" It was all in fun

dgw

mandopete

Jul-11-2003, 6:02pm

Anyone else notice the obviously "Monroe-ized" mandolin that picture, nice detail!

News Flash: We've now gone over 25,000 views as of July 12th! #I think that deserves a nice golf clap!

Nik-chick

Jul-12-2003, 2:55pm

Lex: "I'll play Bach." Or atleast you will in that pic.

f5journl (sp?): I kinda figured who you were supposed to be, though the face doesn't look much like him. I'm sure they don't exactly sell Bill Monroe masks

-------

Re: Men in general (but not all): Have you ever noticed that when a man has his picture made (and some women and children, but mostly men) they just stand there infront of the camera unposed and unsmiling like it's a mug shot or driver's license photo?

Moosewiz

Jul-14-2003, 4:47pm

Mr Mandodude sir, is this handsome gentleman you?

If not... oopsy daisy, don't mind me...

Nik-chick

Jul-14-2003, 5:18pm

Wow! You found the pic w/out any fake heads (if that's right, but it looks like it is) Nice work!

Also, on the message board main page it shortens thread names on the "last post in" deal. This one says "Post a Picture of Your..." and the name of the last poster right under it. Until I posted this it said "Post a Picture of Your Moosewiz." That just sounded kinda funny read aloud.

OdnamNool

Jul-15-2003, 4:38am

I think they're up to something, Nik...Probably M'Dudes body and Moose's head, or somethin' like that...

siliqua

Jul-15-2003, 5:27am

Uuuuummmmmmmm..."golf clap"?

Moosewiz

Jul-15-2003, 9:43am

Well I may not be the *most* girly girl in the world.. but I didn't have a beard last time I checked..

Nik-chick

Jul-15-2003, 5:01pm

Moosewiz: Sometimes it's hard to tell if a handle belongs to a male or female. That's why there's a "-chick" attached to that "Nik" (which would have been my whole handle otherwise) I got called "he" enough times. Maybe you could put something in your signiture or under your handle (like even your first name)?

Django Fret

Jul-15-2003, 9:30pm

It seems that there is some confusion about if that is the real Mandodude. Someone sent me this picture which they claimed was a real one of M'dude.

OdnamNool, to answer your question, I’m afraid that I am clueless.

midmando

Jul-15-2003, 9:41pm

...mandodude has fallen uncharacteristically silent...

jimcarroll

Jul-15-2003, 11:12pm

This is me with my '50 Martin A.

That's masking tape on my mouth -- my niece's comment on my singing ability.

Bobbie Dier

Jul-16-2003, 4:21am

jimcarroll,
Is that a Sigma Martin mandolin you are playing? I had one just like it. It wound up in a shop in Roanoke, Va.! I loved that mandolin.

OdnamNool

Jul-16-2003, 5:02am

OdnamNool, to answer your question, I’m afraid that I am clueless.
Does that mean that you havn't a clue? #Hmmm. #Nice gag, JimCarroll! (I like your mando, too...)

OdnamNool

Jul-16-2003, 5:09am

Anyways...who cares about what Mandodude's face looks like...I just see that big, fat walet pokin' through his pants there...Catch my drift?

jimcarroll

Jul-16-2003, 9:07pm

Imapickin

It's just your garden variety C.F. Martin A model, made in 1950. #I bought it in 1970 in San Diego. #It sat mainly unused in a case until my brother told me he is making me an F mando (he's a luthier in Vegas). #That motivated me -- I figured I'd better learn to do more than play three chords in G and noodle with tremolo and double-stops. #So it goes everywhere I go. #I'm going to hang on to it. #It just keeps sounding better.

levin4now

Jul-16-2003, 9:58pm

Hey Jim Carroll,

What a great brother!

ADM

jimcarroll

Jul-17-2003, 11:37pm

levin4now:

I agree -- he's the greatest brother ever. I'm going to try to attach a picture of the mando he's building me, but it won't do it justice. It's being lacquered now.

The wood has both fiddleback and birdseye figures. There are "owl's eyes" figures in it, though they don't show up well in this pic. I'll post another one when it's done and I can photograph it in better light.

mandodude

Jul-18-2003, 1:00pm

WHOA!! I go away for a week and the "photo detectives" crawl outta the woodwork!

First, there was this pic of "me"(?) posted by Moosewiz...

mandodude

Jul-18-2003, 1:01pm

...then there was this one of "me"(?) put up here by Django...

mandodude

Jul-18-2003, 1:04pm

...and we can't forget about this one of "me"(?) posted some time ago by... well... I forgot who posted this one...

mandodude

Jul-18-2003, 1:09pm

...anyway, I absolutely guarantee that the real Mandodude is one of these six hombres... circa 1975 (BTW - the band was called "Daddy Claxton"... honest!!).

Now, I ask you... do any of these guys look like any of those Bikerdudes??

Django Fret

Jul-18-2003, 1:26pm

Mandodude, #I'm glad you cleared the air about those false leads! #I was worried that you had gone undercover and that one of them was legit. #Good to have you back, and it will be interesting to see how many of us guess who the real M'dude is from these band members.

By the way, I have one question before I venture my guess. You're not in any kind of horse suit inside the barn, are you?

Russ(String-Alley)

Jul-18-2003, 1:30pm

my vote is for the guy with the 6 shooter leaning on the side of the barn....

Yes?? no??

dig the hat man!

Bill James

Jul-18-2003, 1:58pm

The Stacy Keach wannabe with the dog eared 12 gauge...yep, that's gotta be him.

mandoryan

Jul-18-2003, 2:51pm

It think it's the guy with the cowboy hat on in the middle with the wheat in his mouth. Am I right?

Bobbie Dier

Jul-18-2003, 3:30pm

jimcarroll,
I guess mine was just a copy of the mando you have. It looked like it though. It had that bent top. (is that what you call it?)

Mandodude,
Are you the one with the black hat and vest and the white shirt?

Moosewiz

Jul-18-2003, 4:27pm

Ladies and Gentlemen, please don't be fooled by the feeble attempts of our 'Dude to get himself out of this sticky spot. I am quite sure I have found the real mandodude, and I stand by that whole-heartedly. (well almost, one of the ventricles isn't so sure.. ha ha.. I'm not funny I know)

Nik-Chick: Now you see, I thought that "chick" bit refered to your species, like the "moose" part of my username.

Liz The Moose

Moosewiz

Jul-18-2003, 4:29pm

Oh and think that if any of those guys is mandodude, that it would be the one in the middle. If I'm right do i get a prize? http://mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

mad dawg

Jul-18-2003, 8:18pm

I'm with Russ on this one...
(Besides, 'Dude's been in far too many bands with freaky names to not have had long hair in the 70's.)

OdnamNool

Jul-19-2003, 4:12am

It's obviously the dude in the glasses. I trust Moosewiz.

Django Fret

Jul-19-2003, 7:58am

Anyways...who cares about what Mandodude's face looks like...I just see that big, fat walet pokin' through his pants there...Catch my drift?
OdnamNool, is your choice based solely upon your trust in Moosewhiz, or is it due to your keen observation of that guy’s walet??

OdnamNool

Jul-20-2003, 5:00am

Trust in Moosewiz.

mandodude

Jul-20-2003, 9:53am

I am quite sure I have found the real mandodude...
Indeed she has!!

I gotta fess up and give credit where credit is due... Liz (Moosewiz) did her homework and found the real me - and she did it without any yearbook photo or magazine article type clues!! Boy, I'm still amazed that an individual all the way over in England was able to find me out!!

(Lesson for us all - BE CAREFUL!! Apparently anything & everything you ever post on the internet stays there FOREVER!!)

Liz, my hat is off to you. Your tenacity is something to be admired, and that I do! In an attempt to be the man that Mandodude is supposed to be, I humbly and respectfully admit defeat!

BTW - The motorcycle shot was taken last year... the old band photo was taken 25+ years earlier, and it is me in both! Which one am I in the band photo?? Well, let's jus' say that the good guy always wears a white hat!!

;-)

Mandodude

mad dawg

Jul-21-2003, 2:57pm

...but you did have long hair at some point during the 70's -- am I right?

Joe F

Jul-21-2003, 3:44pm

Didn't we all?

Eugene

Jul-21-2003, 3:48pm

As a whippersnapper, my long hair didn't materialize until the late 1980s...and I will not post an image of my haggard visage from that thankfully brief span.

Russ(String-Alley)

Jul-21-2003, 4:11pm

Yeah me too,..........was that photo with a Slayer or Rush T-shirt.

cheers
Russ

Eugene

Jul-21-2003, 5:43pm

One of each...and a Motorhead t-shirt for good measure.

mandopete

Jul-22-2003, 9:21am

Okay, here's an updated photo from last week's Darrington Bluegrass Festival. #That's me on the far left playing my Collings MF5-R along with my friends in a band we called Unfinished Business. Apparently I missed the band meeting where they decided we would all wear blue jeans http://mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

OdnamNool

Jul-26-2003, 5:30am

Nik-Chick: Now you see, I thought that "chick" bit refered to your species, like the "moose" part of my username.
Interesting comment... Hey folks, keep on postin'! Sure do like seeing all yer mugs.

Nik-chick

Jul-26-2003, 5:54am

Alright Moosewiz and Odnamnool, you caught me. The other picture was fake, this is really me. I'm the one on the right, the little one can't quite peck the keyboard yet.

http://www.feathersite.com//Poultry/CGA/Arau/EEChix2d2wk.JPEG

OdnamNool

Jul-26-2003, 6:22am

Adorable! #Adorable! #If you tell me you're a chicken, by golly...I won't believe it.

Nik-chick

Jul-28-2003, 1:08am

There's a MAJOR difference between "Chick" and "Chicken" especially when it comes to the non-barnyard variety. *L*

OdnamNool

Jul-28-2003, 6:02am

Oh. I thought we were talkin' barnyard variety...

OdnamNool

Jul-28-2003, 6:05am

But, hey, Nik... Don't you think that Mandodude is cute?

mandopete

Jul-28-2003, 9:18am

Hey, what's happened to the pictures? No one seems to be posting pictures anymore. And where the heck is Mandodude, it's been awfully quiet . . . . .

Okay here's one more from a jam inside the "Temple of Doom" at Darrington. Left to right, that's Jason Parker on the blond Heiden F-5, my son Wesley playing my Guild D-50 (I bought it that same year he was born), Mike Johnson on the Gibson F5 and me playing a Fletcher Brock octave mandolin - that thing was a serious buzz!

mandodude

Jul-28-2003, 9:54am

And where the heck is Mandodude, it's been awfully quiet . . . . .
Been gone for two weeks, Pete!

Week #1 was a motorcycle trip with my lovely wife, Bonnie, and another couple o' great friends. Did an Illinois-Iowa-Wisconsin loop with bed & breakfasts in the evenings and lots of miles during the days... had a blast!! LOTS o' fun!!

Week #2 was on-the-road, work-related stuff (boo! hiss!) spent in southeastern Iowa... NO fun!! Gotta go back again this week...

Anyway, in the immortal words of Dorothy... "There's no place like home!"

Ted Eschliman

Jul-28-2003, 10:49am

Week #2 was on-the-road, work-related stuff (boo! hiss!) spent in southeastern Iowa... #NO fun!!
DANG!
Al, we're only 60 miles from the Iowa/Nebraska border, and you DIDN'T stop by???
That's your problem!
You didn't go far enough...

halfdeadhippie

Jul-28-2003, 11:01am

Mandopete -
that Fletcher Brock looks way cool - any details?

mandodude

Jul-28-2003, 11:31am

DANG!
Al, we're only 60 miles from the Iowa/Nebraska border, and you DIDN'T stop by???
That's your problem!
You didn't go far enough...
Ted,

Woulda had to go really far... I was in the extreme southeast corner of Iowa (Keokuk, to be specific), not southwest... nowhere near Nebraska (Whew!!).

Seriously, had I been closer, I woulda popped in for a surprise visit... I'd have even let you buy me lunch!! ;-)

It's lookin' like I may be headed to the Omaha/Council Bluffs area later in the year (spent some time there last year)... that might be an opportunity to hook up!

jessboo

Jul-28-2003, 12:45pm

mandodude, i'm in Muscatine stop by next time your over this way

MandoMonster

Jul-28-2003, 1:04pm

Here's a picture of my hands http://mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Scotti Adams

Jul-28-2003, 1:41pm

..whats ya playin there Jake?....did ya get ya something new?

MandoMonster

Jul-28-2003, 2:01pm

Hey Scotti...that's my friend's brand new July 9th copy Master Model...that he Oh-so-kindly let me play for a set on stage. Too cool. That thing is a killer.

Bobbie Dier

Jul-28-2003, 3:14pm

OdnamNool Quote " Don't you think that mandodude is cute?"

Hey OdnamNool,
Somebody needs to put mandodudes picture over in the mando hunk section. I was thinking the same thing.
ima

mandopete

Jul-28-2003, 4:57pm

that Fletcher Brock looks way cool - any details?
It was on it's way back to Fletcher to be re-finished as there was some sort of problem with the varnish and it had desolved in parts. #I can't tell you too much about it as it's not my instrument. but that thing was a total blast to play. #It's tuned an octave below a mandolin with the bottom courses (G and D) tuned in octaves. #That makes it easy to jam on as you don't have to transpose the notes. #It had a beautiful sound, nice and deep with good projection. #I'm not sure if this is similar to Tim O'Brien's bazouki, but the it sure yearned to play those Celtic tunes. #I played "Liza Jane" for about 20 minutes, what a blast! Jason, the fellow on the blond Heiden, is good friends with Fletcher and is having him build a florentine mandola, blonde of course!