Post A Picture Of Yourself

[JimRichter]

I'll do it again, just because I think it is a bit funny.

One of a series of promo pictures I took last month visiting the Old Home Place down in Rosine. If only I could get a different head (or wear my Stetson Open Road to block out some of the face). Nice mandolin though.

Jim

[Gibsonman]

John Dudeck better known as Gibsonman

[Scotti Adams]

..its nice to put a face with a name John....Folks....John is one of the nicest people I have never met...we met here on the Cafe and continue to have great conversation thru email....now..John..can I take that MM off your hands... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[bluesmandolinman]

If only I could get a different head (or wear my Stetson Open Road to block out some of the face). #Jim
http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

You not only play cool Blues Mandolin but also have a good sence of humor. I like that !
Cheers,René

[swampstomper]

OK, here I am with my Lebeda B5, temporarily out of the swamp.

[AlanN]

Gibsonman, that is one honey of a mandolin. Pick it purty, now.

[El Rey del Mando]

John,Scotti is right.It is nice to put a face with a name.He is also right about one of the nicest guys I've met.The big thing with me is,now that I see you,I won't have to worry about that butt kicking you offered me at one time. Nice mando!(for content)Talk to you my brother,

John

[El Rey del Mando]

Ok,Here I am too.

[JEStanek]

El Rey del Mando

Looks like you have a clock for each instrument to know what time to play on 'em! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif actually I looked again... 6 clocks 5 cases Is the last clock for the Wife?

Cool house!

Jamie

[Stephanie Reiser]

No, I think there are 3 banjo and 4 mando cases.
Wow, what a collection! Great job!! Nice mando!

[GVD]

JimRichter Posted

...Nice mandolin though....

Is that one of Will Kimbles two points? If so then I couldn't agree more.

GVD

[JimRichter]

Yeah, it's one of Will's. Kinda weird, couple weeks later, it looks like I may be playing a different Kimble.. It'll give me a reason to reshoot some pictures, hopefully a few pounds lighter.

[JEStanek]

Amanda has better eyes than me... I guess El Rey del Mando's wife doesn't get a clock for her time! Or maybe he needs all the clocks to remember its time to set the collection down for a spell...

Jamie

[Gibsonman]

All of you guys are too kind. I love you all. Thanks alot. John Dudeck.

[El Rey del Mando]

Well,since you all are guessing,I am hiding 2 more pre war Gibson banjos behind me in the corner.There are 2 more mandos lurking about,some guitars a dobro and a 1954 Kay blond bass.As far as clocks go,I have over 200 victorian time pieces.The whole house is a collection.And you all talk about MAS,I have so many kinds of -AS that it is pittyful.Now,if I could only turn some of this stuff into a couple more mandos and banjos,I would be happy.(maybe) Thanks to everyone for the fun times here on the cafe.

John

[TeleMark]

I did notice that there are a few non-mando photos in the mix, so I thought I'd add this... This is me last year at the America's Finest City half-marathon, on my way to a PR of 1:30:45. This was about 300 yards from the finish, and I was in quite a bit of discomfort...

Probably about as much discomfort as those who have to listen to me play...

[Tim Saxton]

Here is a shot of our band Finey Creek form the Sedro Woolley, Wa. Logger Rodeo Gospel Show on 7-3-05.

I am the horizantally challenged fellow on the left http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

Tim

[ira]

hey "toothpick"- nice pick of what i guess is your trad. bg band. just clicked on your link and listened to the tunes on the gertrude's hearse site- really good stuff- i especially liked "hurt and worry"- beautiful tune!

[Tim Saxton]

Thanks. That is a pic of the more traditional BlueGrass band. The Hearse has been a fun project. We have been combining country, rock, honky tonk, and bluegrass together and have come up with a unique sound.

Thanks.

Tim

[Gibson A5]

I'm the one on the left with the two point Gibson A5 playing with my group at the time, Virginia SawGrass.
Bill

[david blair]

Here's a pic of an elated me picking up my new Lewis F5. Life just hasn't been the same since! It's a copy of Reischman's Loar.
David and Yogi Blair
Tahoe CA.

[david blair]

Sorry, here's the picture!

[mandolin_cauldron24]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y231/xblackandwhite01/Untitled-4.jpg
This is me and my sister who's not in the picture who is playing the guitar next to me- playing what seemed like a very fast version of John Hartford's Aereoplane.
That's it.

[mandopete]

Okay, here's me posing as <span style='color:red'>The Bhagwan of Dick's Drive-In</span> at the Darrington Bluegrass Festival.

(Don't ask, but someone said I looked like a "target")

[Jim Hilburn]

Sometimes you have to let Bhagwan's be Bhagwan's.

[AlanN]

Gee, folks wearing long sleeves and pants, what a sight.

***It's 100 degrees and getting warmer down in Raleigh town today***

[Scotti Adams]

120 degrees here today with the heat index..

[twaaang]

Jim Hilburn, thanks for a great call, you just turned my morning around! Bhagwans, indeed. Holy cow! -- Paul

[Jim Hilburn]

I didn't think there would ever be an opportunity to use that joke again.

[twaaang]

I thought better of, and removed, a "related" joke I had posted for awhile, apologies to those who may have been not-amused. #It's been a long week already.

Another bow to Jim Hilburn, since the funniest jokes in the universe are "strictly clean and decent". #-- #Paul

[siliqua]

Any of you other guys know about Dick's Drive-In?

[OdnamNool]

No, but where I live, we have a "Skinny Dick's Halfway Inn." #I'm not making this up! # http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[GVD]

Me and the 46 Tcart. (Mando content - I'm wearing a Winfield mando shirt).

GVD

[stevenmando]

Hi this is my bowlback mandolin that I have had for 20 years ,i bought it in a shop in studio city and it has a sweet sound.

[mandoman15]

hmmm. were they seperated at birth?? no it's not a picture of me...either of them... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif just thought i'd post an unlikely but interesting comparison! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Tim Saxton]

Hhahahahhaaaahhahahha

blalahahahahahhahahahahahha

lmao!!http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

tim

[Eugene]

Hi this is my bowlback mandolin that I have had for 20 years ,i bought it in a shop in studio city and it has a sweet sound.
Nice. Who's the maker, Steven?

[stevenmando]

I realy don,t know, the man who owned the shop made his instruments mainly violins and bases I went into the shop one day and I saw the mandolin and bought it and I have had it since but it realy is nice and realy pleasing to the eye and sounds sweet.

[mandoman15]

heres' me with my new old washburn

[mandomick]

Me and my loyal bandmates "The Howlers".

[mandoman15]

what are you pickin there mandomick???

[Jonathan James]

Whatever it is, he's definitely got the attention of the dogs!

[mandomick]

what are you pickin there mandomick???
That's my new BRW. There're a few pics of it on pg.2 of the post a pic.....topics.

Okay,the truth. The dogs don't much care for my pickin' but they know when I don the hat and mando that we're headed out for a walk in the field. That's why I have their attention!

[1860]

The Kids (Johannes and Caroline), the Mandos, and Me.

[Ken Berner]

Hey GVD, I have a great, old (1928-'30) aviation photo for you. E-mail me at &lt;Flatiron93@msn.com&gt; and I will get it to you. Sorry, no mandolin content.

[Ken Berner]

Working out on my '92 Flatiron F5 Artist in a jam last year down in LA.

[mandopete]

Are those carpet samples in the background?

[jefflester]

Look like upholstery samples to me.

[Ken Berner]

mandopete and jefflester, The samples are primarily for custom window fashions, etc. located at The Drapery Makery & Canvas Workshop, Inc. in Fairhope, AL. We have been jamming there for several years now and the core group of original members sometime perform as The Old Hat Band.

[Derrick]

hahaha oh my god guys I'm so the youngest member on this message board http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif unfortunately I don't have a picture of me playing a mando but here's one taken during a gig in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. I was just explaining a little something about my next song as the picture was shot.http://www.geocities.com/dirc666/backupfiles/DerrickOnStage2.jpg

[mandoman15]

i think i'm probbalby the youngest...16!

[Derrick]

yeah okay, i'm not that young http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[mandopete]

&lt;bump&gt;

Kickin' back with the MF-5 by the trailer!

[Ken Berner]

mandopete, Could Hemlock have anything to do with length restrictions on ladies skirts? Or, could this be some device that you manufacture? Or, are you a sort of hemline monitor for the industry? Certainly you don't sell hemlock for "medicinal" purposes!

[otterly2k]

Derrick-check out Dash over on page 60. I don't think you're the youngest. I'm not certain Dash is either, but one of the really nice thing about these boards is that it cuts across many other differences, including age, and everyone is equally welcome.

[mad dawg]

mandopete, Could Hemlock have anything to do with length restrictions on ladies skirts? Or, could this be some device that you manufacture?...
...or perhaps it is a more comfortable alternative to a chastity belt?

[Keith Erickson]

This was taken in Tuscon right after I bought my mando. The first tunes to grace the strings were Zep tunes.

[Keith Erickson]

...and when I'm not playing with my mandolin, I like to hang with the wildlife http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[mandopete]

mandopete, Could Hemlock have anything to do with length restrictions on ladies skirts?
Come again?

Not sure I follow - This is a Hemlock model Coleman foldng trailer, suitable for bluegrass festivals in the Pacific Northwest (home of liquid sunshine!)

Now that name, Hemlock, may have been prophetic as I've had some real experiences with that trailer.

[dixiecreek]

oops

[dixiecreek]

playing my mando at 3:00 am in my laundry room, of course

[Rob Zamites]

Just pickin' out "Julia Delaney" on my almost free (traded for) Romanian short-scale 'zouk. I know, it's not a high-quality instrument, but it's great for learning on!

[mandopete]

Beer Fueled Flatpicking

I love it!

[Rob Zamites]

mandopete, thanks! I'm brewing up some meads at home right now, but hoping to have my* brewpub open in April/May; I'm going to try my best to get regular 'sessions' going there!

(*not really mine, per se, but I'm doing the brewery design, and will be the head brewer)

[Mando4Life]

me....at about 1:00 am after being up for 36+ hours at an emergency response in cincy...note the "headache medicine" on the desk....two of the best ways to unwind... #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

WBL

[mad dawg]

Here is young Aidan with his new sleep-deprived dad...

[nigelgatherer]

Well, I guess it's my turn...

http://www.nigelgatherer.com/mando/bajoni/niget.jpg

[mando bandage]

Nice "daddy shot" there Mad Dawg. I've got the same pose with our little guy 11 years ago. Congrats to you and your wife. "It's the beginning of a great adventure."

R

[mad dawg]

Thanks R, and from what I'm told, I can look forward to getting a long peaceful night's sleep in about 20 years or so. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

[mad dawg]

Nice action shot Nigel, and gorgeous finish on your instrument.

[Markelberry]

I would like to post a picture,I know how to do this but Idont understand how to make it smaller so it will fit.

[nigelgatherer]

I would like to post a picture,I know how to do this but I dont understand how to make it smaller so it will fit.

There was probably a CD which came with your camera. On that CD there's maybe a photo programme, with which you can reduce the size of the image. My photo (above) is 200 pixels wide; if you want yours bigger, make it 400 pixels wide. Good luck!

[ira]

hey nigel, that mando looks beautiful, can't make out the maker?http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif?

[nigelgatherer]

It's a Red Diamond built by Don MacRostie. Beautiful instrument, but alas not mine! The person who owns it, however, insists that I play it every time we meet, so I get to play it very often.

[jefflester]

I would like to post a picture,I know how to do this but Idont understand how to make it smaller so it will fit.
You can read Germain's help info:

Germain's Guide for posting pics (http://www.grandmainger.com/picpost/)

[DryBones]

Only one I have for the moment. I will repost when I get the hawaiian shirt photo! #



http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a182/JBWicklund/JasonMandoMK.jpg

[DryBones]

I would like to post a picture,I know how to do this but Idont understand how to make it smaller so it will fit.
You can read Germain's help info:

Germain's Guide for posting pics (http://www.grandmainger.com/picpost/)
go to photobucket.com and set up a free account. then all you have to do is upload your photo file and they will resize for you. copy and paste the url of the photo from photobucket to your post here and you are done.

[OdnamNool]

(DryBones, reflecting on the picture that he just posted...)

"Well, yes-ir-ee! That new tee-shirt looks pretty spiffy! But, why did I forget to take the dirty socks off the printer?" http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[OdnamNool]

And, look! He's a lefty!

[Markelberry]

OK Im gonna try a picture now me with my band hwy41

[AlanN]

Looks like a fine band, Mark. Man, comparing this to the photo I have of Ronnie, Monroe, Big Joe and the rest of Butchie's class way back when is cool!

[Ken Sager]

Here's a new one of me playing my Bussman. It was taken at the Oyster Ridge Music Fest (Kemmerer, Wyoming) this past July.

http://www.randomnoise.net/images/oyster_ken.jpg

[Aran]

Dunmore East Bluegrass Festival, Co. Waterford, Ireland, Last weekend in August 2005.

I think I am playing my stepdads 1949 Gibson!! Not that you can see it that well.

[DryBones]

(DryBones, reflecting on the picture that he just posted...)

"Well, yes-ir-ee! #That new tee-shirt looks pretty spiffy! #But, why did I forget to take the dirty socks off the printer?" # http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
not socks, cloth diapers for wiping down the mando and guitars! and yes I do need to clean up a bit! LOL The T-shirt is from my son. He plays Upright Bass in the orchestra at school and went to a camp at James Madison University this past spring (Spring String Thing)#http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[OdnamNool]

http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif Diggin' all the pix.

[Nathan Sanders]

OK...here's a shot of me several years ago playing an outdoor gig with my F-5G.

[DryBones]

And, look! #He's a lefty!
BTW, that's the infamous lefty MK with the righty nut I had replaced.

[Markelberry]

Looks like a fine band, Mark. Man, comparing this to the photo I have of Ronnie, Monroe, Big Joe and the rest of Butchie's class way back when is cool!
I was so much older then,Im younger than that now!

[Doug Edwards]

Earl Clark (pdlstl) and myself at Nash Farm in Grapevine, Texas. Our bands, Blue Valley & No Turning Back, represented the Southwest Bluegrass Club at the community Family First event today. Earl's band had about 5-10 seconds on the local news. There were about 6,000 people reported to be at the event. Earl is on the left.

[BlueMountain]

My wonderful '96 Ratliff R-5 in the foreground and Blue Mountain, on which I live, in the background. I'm sitting on a pile of wood I'd meant to split today, but didn't.

[diamond ace]

I hope this works.

[diamond ace]

I hope this works.

[mandopete]

Looks like it worked!

[mandopete]

Looks like it worked!

[mad dawg]

LOL!

[mad dawg]

LOL!

[John Flynn]

Here is a pic of my Bluegrass Mandolin class from the St. Louis Folk School performing at the St. Louis Taproom last week. I am the middle mando and the right hand mando is "Ducati08." Unfortunately, the mike is blocking the view of the best looking one of the bunch!

[John Flynn]

And another shot with the Bluegrass Ensemble II the same evening.

[jlyhd28]

Here is a photo of our band and my Benson #21
www.CatchAndReleaseBluegrass.com

[mandopete]

Nice photo, nice website and nice neckties!

[AlanN]

Now there's a grass band!

[jlyhd28]

Mandopete,
Y'all got a great site, too! Could use a necktie or two, however. We're just over the hill in Yakima (bet you recognized the Valley behind us, huh?) We ought to talk about a show over here sometime. We just had the Downtown Mountain Boys here last week in a great little 400 seat venue - the Yakima Valley Museum. We've done Darrington a while back, Toppenish, Lewis and Clark but don't venture over your way much. Stay in touch.
Best thing about our site is the web master, Doug Thomas, we believe him to be the last guy to beat Mark O'Conner in a fiddle contest. They were both 14 years old when they competed at the nationals in Idaho. He's been quadraplegic for about 12 years. Check out his link at our site. Stay tuned, and, stay in touch.
john

[Jack Roberts]

posted on another thread.

[pchristi]

OK, So here is an action shot - playing my Ratliff on the air. #Having so much fun.... it was hard to stay still. #
Prescott

[SurebetVA]

I've never done this before, but I will give it a try. #Me acting silly in the Christmas Spirit a month early! #I doctored the beard in my photoshop elements.

http://www.vabluegrass.com/images/ChristmasNut2lite2.gif

[clarksavage]

Here's one of me with my favorite piece of wood in my lap

[clarksavage]

OK, I made the file smaller :-) now it might appear!

[mad dawg]

Here's one of me with my favorite piece of wood in my lap
Dude -- this is a family site! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[glauber]

How about something non-mandolin? This is from the last gig my latest band did, before going the way most bands go...

(Dude, is that a whistle in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?) http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[mandopete]

...and a cell phone on the belt, tres chic! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

That reminds me of an old music school joke:

Q: What's the definition of an optimist?
A: A trombone player with a pager!

....maybe we should change that to cowbell player.


More Cowbell, Man!

[mad dawg]

More Cowbell, Man!
You can watch that skit here (http://www.ojaiwan.net/audio/cowbell.wmv). http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[chirorehab]

Mad Dawg,

Thanks for that link!!!!

Also, 42 might be the answer but what is the question?

Eric

[WireBoy]

Ok, you want a Santa, i got your Santa right here. I did this for Halloween at work for our costume contest... and Lost !!!! (mando content - there is a bowlback and baliliaka on top of the piano behind the bush behind my shoulder)

[WireBoy]

that's my real beard, but i did paint it (and the eyebrows!)white. and i didn't need any padding for the red suit !

[OdnamNool]

How about something non-mandolin? This is from the last gig my latest band did, before going the way most bands go...

(Dude, is that a whistle in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?) http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
Diggin' the lid, glaub. It's exactly what I would have expected from you...

Whistle in your pocket? I missed that! However, those drumsticks probably unk-chucka-lucka-lucka-UNK-chucka-lucka-lucka....
Rock!

Oh! And Santa! (gotta stay on his good side...) I like your hat too!

All in fun, http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[Cary Fagan]

Here's me with my Holoubek at last summer's picnic jam. Not sure what that move with my foot's about. Might be trying to do a pirhouette. (Did I spell that right?)

[JimRichter]

A fine mandolin w/ a fine player. Great photo, Cary!

Jim

[glauber]

Diggin' the lid, glaub. It's exactly what I would have expected from you...

Whistle in your pocket? I missed that! However, those drumsticks probably unk-chucka-lucka-lucka-UNK-chucka-lucka-lucka....
Rock!
http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif The hat helps a lot outdoors; it reflects some of the sound back to my ears. Good for singers too.

In my pocket i had 2 pennywhistles: an Alba (http://www.albawhistles.com/) in C and a Silkstone (http://www.silkstone-whistles.com/) in D.

I've been wearing a cell phone for so long, i forget i have it on me.

I didn't play mando in that gig because we shared the stage with a few other bands, and i wanted to keep the setup and soundcheck to a minimum.

[glauber]

More Cowbell, Man!
You can watch that skit here (http://www.ojaiwan.net/audio/cowbell.wmv). http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
Thanks for the link! This is such a classic. "Really explore the studio space this time!"

[mando-red]

Here I am with my band Smokey Mountain Haze performing at a small town festival and playing my beloved Dearstone. Notice the "hip" raccoon tails

[levin4now]

mando-red. nice pic. what's with the arm band/sleeve? Part of the costume, wrist protection, sweat band, or some Michael Jordan thing?

[phynie]

mando red, you folks gotta come to chicago more often. You guys are sound great! Oh and the coon tail is awesome! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Ken Berner]

phynie, That is to keep the beautiful shine on the neat Allen tailpiece!!!!

[dan@kins]

mando-red.

You sure are pretty!

[bluesmandolinman]

mando-red looks just http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif

thanks for the photo http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[mando-red]

Awwww ya'll are makin' me blush.........

levin4now the old white sock is indeed a sweatband. It was in the upper 90's when we did that gig. Don't want to mess up the beautiful finish on the mandolin.

[mandofiddle]

Alright, it's been a while. Here's a pic of me getting to pick with John McEuen of the Nitty Gritty Dirt band.

[PicknBow]

Here I am showing Ken Cartwright some really hot licks( I wish) at Darrington, WA last summer.

[mandopete]

Ken's too old to learn new tricks!

&lt;grins&gt;

[Martin Jonas]

Here's a photo of our informal classical ensemble, The Wirral Mandoliers, taken at a concert we played last month at Knowsley Village Church, just outside Liverpool. That's me in the centre with my Ceccherini bowlback (pure coincidence that I'm in the middle, by the way). Lovely acoustics in that church!

Martin

[Ken Berner]

Hey Mandofiddle, Neat picture! John is definitely a string wizard and did you perhaps notice his sock? Right, his socks; they NEVER match!

[Plamen Ivanov]

All members of your orchestra look so good-natured, Martin! Although they do not know me, could you, please, send them my regards?! And it was good to add a face to my idea about "martinjonas".

Best,
Plamen

[mandopete]

Anyone else note that <span style='color:blue'>Loar Picture of the Day</span> is catching up with <span style='color:blue'>Post A Picture Of Yourself</span> ?

[Martin Jonas]

Thanks, Plamen -- I'll pass it on. It's a fun ensemble to be in. I've only played with them for a few months, but they've been going for decades in one form or another. What I like is that it's very informal and non-hierarchical. There is no official conductor or director of music, although Tony (second from the left in the photo) as the best mandolinist does the count-ins and prepares most of the arrangements. We all have quite a bit of input, though. We're very much an amateur ensemble without academic pretensions -- just right for me.

Martin

[James P]

This was me last Saturday.
http://www.shredderlink.com/data/2/2jacks2.jpg
http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

[JohnF]

James P - there's a mando in that backpack right? Seriously, where is that. Nice! Are you telemarking there?

[mad dawg]

All members of your orchestra look so good-natured, Martin...
Aren't all mandolinists good natured? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[James P]

Umm... no. I've been known to pack a mandolin, John, but not last weekend. That was on the East side of Mt Hood here in Oregon. Telemarking always makes the snow pack seem deeper. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Loren Bailey]

Man, looks like a better year on Hood this year (like some snow!!) Makes me long for my ol' home place.

Loren
Displaced Oregonian

[Plamen Ivanov]

Aren't all mandolinists good natured? #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
Of course they are!!! Just not all of them look that way! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

Best,
Plamen

[steve in tampa]

Here is most of our band at a recent gig. My wife got cut out of the photo.

[steve in tampa]

Backing up Blondie Snowflake and Johnny Hendrix at the Hyatt last Friday

[Darryl Wolfe]

Anyone else note that <span style='color:blue'>Loar Picture of the Day</span> is catching up with <span style='color:blue'>Post A Picture Of Yourself</span> ?
Thanks..mandopete. I didn't want to just throw that out on my own. There are several threads that have survived and generated some impressive numbers. A good time to thank Scott, Dan, Ted and all for their fine work.

[Ashville Picker]

Me and my best picking buddy about a month ago (just before I upgraded to my Eastman).

[Ashville Picker]

With the image this time.

[Ashville Picker]

The new Eastman.

[mandopete]

A good time to thank Scott, Dan, Ted and all for their fine work.
Seeing as how it's getting close to Thanksgiving and all, thanks to those dudes for sure!

Thanks to you too Darryl for all of those sweet Loar photo's and the great memories over on the bluegrass thread. #

I wonder just how long these topics will continue?

[mandofiddle]

Hey Mandofiddle, Neat picture! John is definitely a string wizard and did you perhaps notice his sock? Right, his socks; they NEVER match!
Didn't notice his socks, but his shoes (red leather with sparkles and flames) sure were out there. We picked one fiddle tune that I'd never played before, and afterwards he mentions "Yeah, Sam Bush recorded a really good solo for that." I really wasn't sure what to follow that up with http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Dave

[handpicked]

Finally I have an image to post....this was taken Friday night at my/our new regular weekly gig at the Pied Piper Inn/Cathouse Lounge in Eureka Springs, Arkansas...about an hour up the road...been having a blast...upstairs the Inn has 2 rooms....this time the wife and I took one of the rooms after the gig (since the kids were spending the night at Grandma's!)...free dinner and drinks, and the pleasure of being treated like a rock star for a little while (albeit a rockstar who plays for tips)...made almost $300 in tips....

It feels like I've finally connected with the right group of musicians, too...a pickup band that jelled pretty much instantly...folks at our first gig were amazed when we told them it was our first time playing together...I met the fiddle player and guitar player (Wayne...shown in the pic)...while we were tuning up...the set list we made up as we went along (easy to follow stuff...Take me Back to Tulsa, Move it on Over, My Babe, Friend of the Devil, The Weight, That's Alright Mama, Jambalaya, Midnite Special, You Ain't Goin' Nowhere, I am a Pilgrim, Wonderful Tonight...etc...) with yours truly singing and leading the 2nd set...Wayne and I did a beaut of a duet on Wonderful Tonight and the other players just fell right in (Jerry on Dobro/Harmonica; Melissa on Upright Bass; Wayne on plugged in Gibson J-200 guitar; Chris on fiddle; myself on the gift A-9 (thanks, again Charlie...I'm putting it to good use).

See the image a few posts below...finally got it to attach...

[mandocaster]

Here I am at the Meridian in Houston with the Flying Fish Sailors. I'm the one with the Givens A, rather than the Flatiron OM (Jim Henkle)

[Jim Gallaher]

A couple of bluegrassers "get medieval" at the local public library children's program. Jim "Will Scarlet" Gallaher on my LaPlant at left, Steve "Little John" DeVenny on fiddle and Mike "Alan a Dale" Riddel on guitar.

[mad dawg]

Considering the time of year this is, you guys looked a bit "elfin" at first glance.

[mmukav]

"Considering the time of year this is, you guys looked a bit "elfin" at first glance."


If so, wouldn't he be playing an 'Elvenwood' mando?
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[ira]

great photo , and love the children's library thing. what did you play jim???

[Jim Gallaher]

My 13th Century English ballad repertoire was admittedly weak. All I could contribute was "Greensleeves" and "Fair and Tender Ladies". The guitar player threw in some New Zealand / Aussie tunes ("Wild Colonial Boy") and the fiddle player and I handled the old-time chores to get the kids dancing.

Last year's "Old MacDonald's Farm" gig was easier to prepare.

The cool thing about playing for the kids is that one or two of them are always fascinated by the mandolin and ask how it's played, held, etc. I think it has a higher kid-friendly quotient than fiddle or guitar -- probably due to the shorter scale length vs guitar and pick vs bow for the fiddle.

BTW, we agreed to play on the condition that we wouldn't wear tights -- for the safety of all involved.

[mandopete]

Here's wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving, even Dubbya!

[Lefty&French]

http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
(Hi, Mandopete : CD sent today...)

[glauber]

[insert humorous caption here]
"Boy, they're gonna have to photoshop this one!"

[handpicked]

try try again

[Tim Saxton]

"I did not have relations......."

[Django Fret]

Here's wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving, even Dubbya!
Mandopete, do you know if this picture was taken before or after the Turkey was pardoned?

[neal]

o ho!

[sean808080]

finally got someone to take a pic of me trying to pick (emphasis on trying...)


here's the ugly mug:

http://static.flickr.com/24/67618954_9093fd6a01_m.jpg

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


and here's my partner in pickin, michael:

http://static.flickr.com/35/67619009_e3fc1d0eb8_m.jpg


i sure can't wait for mando camp north!

sean

[bluesmandolinman]

here´s me 4 weeks ago at the Celtic Cottage in Berlin,Germany

check out that Bass with a cutaway http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif

It´s a Framus from the 1960´s .

[Brian Ray]

Me and Orange... I enjoy making odd faces.

[ira]

hey rene- sittin down and looking soulful- what tune were you playing?http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/blues.gif

[mandopete]

Now that's what I call a scowl!

[AlanN]

Good looking F-5, what is it?

[mad dawg]

I agree -- Orange sure is purty. (As for the odd face... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif )

[levin4now]

Me and my youngest daughter (dressed up in "dress-up" clothes) playing a tune, while the grill was heating up (not too recent a picture - past summer). A Cabelas catalog on the ground and a tall Sweet Tea by the grill (out of photo). A nice evening.

[ShaneJ]

Cabela's catalog, Gander Mountain t-shirt, and a mando. Now, that's livin'! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Tim Saxton]

Here is a pic of the Hearse playing at PW Murphy's in Anacortes, Wa. last friday night. What a hoot. Stephen broke his tub-a-tar 2000. Well really a spectator broke it. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

Tim

[jefflester]

That was then (playing "Paranoid" at a high school assembly in 1982), I'm on the right:

[jefflester]

This is now (actually about a year ago, playing a holiday party in my living room with my friend Mike on guitar). Weber Bitterroot Custom Gold and my Mandolin Symposium 2004 T-shirt.

[mandopete]

Nice socks!

[GVD]

jefflester Posted

That was then (playing "Paranoid" at a high school assembly in 1982....

I would have guessed "Bell Bottom Blues"

GVD

[jefflester]

jefflester Posted

That was then (playing "Paranoid" at a high school assembly in 1982....

I would have guessed "Bell Bottom Blues"
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Black velvet slacks. #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif #Fashion sense courtesy of Jimmy Page, minus the embroidery and bare-chest.

[Yellowmandolin]

Me jammin out in the barn... So much fun, but not good clean bluegrass fun. #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif # I do play in a BG band though, so don't be hatin'! #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif #http://gallery.photo.net/photo/3941788-lg.jpg

[Mark Walker]

Is it me, or is Yellowmandolin's image NOT showing??? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif

[JGWoods]

It's me too- Yellowmandolin ain't showing

[mad dawg]

I see the pic, but it looks like the barn door is closed and it has a big red X on it.

[Pete Braccio]

Here's one of me playing a mando that Peter Mix from Rigel sent to the SIGGRAPH conference.

Pete

[Bill Snyder]

Is it me, or is Yellowmandolin's image NOT showing??? #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif
No it is not you. Here is his picture.

[Mark Walker]

That does not look like a yellow mandolin at all! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif But he looks like he's really into it!

[Yellowmandolin]

Thanks, Bill. #Do you know why it did not show up? #Or how you could see it?

[fredfrank]

The first one shows up on my computer.

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[Yellowmandolin]

this is so weird... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mad.gif

[Bill Snyder]

I right clicked on the little red x and then clicked properties. This gave me the website where the picture is stored. I saved it to my computer then posted it to the Cafe where it is now saved on their server (I have since deleted it from my computer). http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif

[mad dawg]

Now I see both. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif

[mandopete]

...and I can see Billy and Susie and Johnny and...

[Bill Snyder]

mandopete, which one is you? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif

[mandopete]

I'm the one on the right...

[WireBoy]

hey mandopete,
thanks for the peek at Hobo Kelley. she was the queen of afternoon kid tv in LA in the 60's.

[OdnamNool]

Yeah, but el cap-i-tan ruled... Man![I] You all probably think I'm old! I'm not! I mean... well... I'm under 50! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif Really!

I had older siblings, and I remember all this ancient, m'pete-related-nostalgic-stuff... Same with the music... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

(edit) (I forgot to add... uh... hmmm... I wonder if Captain Kangaroo ever featured a [I]mandolin on his show?

[OdnamNool]

Yipes! All of my (attempted) italics, etc... (above) didn't come out right at all! Fer mandolin sakes!

[billkilpatrick]

shortly before he died, bob keeshan sold his jeep to my stepfather. #i want you'awl to know ... i HAVE sat in the captain's seat!

i also have a vague memory of him playing a stringed instrument of some sort ...

just checked - mr. greenjeans played banjo.

[OdnamNool]

Kinda funny...strange...even sad...

But! I read that thread about (whatever it was called... heartfelt songs that make you cry?) Huh my list! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

But, pertaining to this particular portion of this rambling... (I mean... since we're talkin' about old t.v. and such...) Well... There's a song that don't laugh! Mr. Rogers did, and it has a most beautiful melody (and words) and it went something like this: (as I recall...)

"When your heart is full of (blah, blah, blah... blah,
Then your heart is full of love...

"Love is like....................?

I can hear the melody in my head, but I forget the words...

[OdnamNool]

"When your heart feels just like overflowing..."

(that is in there somewhere...) Spoze I should try to look it up on the internet... A very beautiful song...

[billkilpatrick]

i always liked mr. greenjeans ... such a doleful, soulful looking guy.

check out "capt. kangaroo" on the tv nostalgia sites, find out the name of the actor who played greenjeans and do a search on him. your tune is bound to come up.

ciao - bill

if you're in your 40's ... you weren't there. if you're leaning heavy on your 50's ... you were (alas - tick-tock) there.

[OdnamNool]

Beil!

The song I'm talkin' about is a "Mr. Rogers" song.

By the way, Hiya!

[skippy]

From Symposium #1 Me picking Fisher's Hornpipe (and shaking like a dog) with Thile. Funny thing was, as cool as playing Fisher's with Thile was, I think I got more out of a lesson with Compton... and no pictures. (My wife was right when she said bring a camera)

[OdnamNool]

"Then Your Heart is Full of Love"

Lyrics: Josie Carey Franz
Music: Fred M. Rogers

When your heart has butterflies inside it,
Then your heart is full of love.
When your heart feels just like overflowing,
Then your heart is full of love.

Love is fragile as your tears.
Love is stronger than your fears.

When your heart can sing another's gladness,
Then your heart is full of love.
When your heart can cry another's sadness,
Then your heart is full of love.

Love is fragile as your tears.
Love is stronger than your fears.

When your heart beats for a special someone,
Then your heart is full of love.
When your heart has room for everybody,
Then your heart is full of love.

There it is... I found it. Beautiful melody.

[billkilpatrick]

i could be sticking my neck out a little here so don't go and pin me down or anything like that but i don't think one would be too far wrong if one were to go and consider you as having somewhat of a sentimental nature ...

... where can i hear the melody?

- bill

[Scotti Adams]

...heres one I dug up..do you recognize any of these fellers?

[french guy]

Absolutly sure for JD Crowe in the right place .Hesitate for the others guys .Maybe Jerry Douglas in place N°2 .

[mandopete]

(Left to Right)

John, Paul, George and Ringo - they were one of those funky English skiffle/bluegrass hybrid bands!

[AlanN]

Bryant, then a bonehead, then Harley Allen, then Crowe

[Tom C]

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

[AlanN]

And, of course, just kidding about the bonehead remark, Scotti is good people (and a fair to midlin picker) http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[f5loar]

Is the bonehead the Allen brother that played mandolin that died? He's holding a mandolin there.
Was Neil Allen his name?
For sure Steve Byrant and Harley Allen with Crowe cira early 1970's.

[AlanN]

I knew the humor would be lost &lt;g&gt;

He's actually Scotti Adams from this very board.

[Scotti Adams]

..geesh..thanks guys....I guess...but..hey..Ive been called worse http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif...I was about 19 then. Yes Neil Allen was the mando picker with the Allen Bros. died very young back in the 70's of pnuemonia. And..it wouldnt be the first time I was cornfused with that Jerry Douglas fellow. The pic was taken when we were recording the Across The Blueridge Mountains Lp. It sure was a treat to be looking beside me and seeing Crowe bare down on one. Boom Boom Bryant was such a huge talent too...what a bass player he is. I wonder what he is up to know. I heard he was playing with the Country band Trick Pony.

[jim simpson]

Okay so the 2nd attempt worked:

The following photo is over 10 years old but what fond memories. This was taken backstage at the TLA on South St. in Philadelphia. What a great gig! Bill even came out on stage and sang a gospel song with our group. For just a short while I was a Bluegrass Boy!

[jim simpson]

2nd try!

[Scotti Adams]

...very cool pic Jim..I'd hold on to that one...

[jim simpson]

Thanks Scotti,
My wife and son couldn't wait for Christmas so they made me open a gift (new scanner, copier, printer). I must be on a roll!

This was at a DGQ gig in NJ 10 years ago.

[jim simpson]

Sorry, I seem to be hogging the bandwidth. A friend took this shot of our band, "Walls of Time" when I had switched from mando to guitar while our guitarist switched to dobro.

[mandopete]

Matching shirts, cool!

[Mark Walker]

I've heard about them there gee-tars with a hubcap in the middle of 'em! #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif It doesn't look like a Scheerhorn though!

[jim simpson]

When I joined the group I found out that the shirt & tie thing was already established. My wife knew I didn't like wearing ties and thought I wouldn't join, I told her I wouldn't let something like that stop me as it was a good opportunity to play with some really talented folks.
The dobro is a Fairchild made by our bass player. Our guitarist also owns a Fairchild Brazilian rosewood guitar that is just killer! I hope to get him to make me one of his mandolins someday.

[phiddlepicker]

My hairy visage..Hi all.

[f5loar]

Nice blonde there. What is it?

[phiddlepicker]

It's a Gibson F-5L Special (81)

[mmukav]

Here I am! With my trusty Gibson F9. This shot was taken prior to a gig at the Cleveland Natural History Museum.

[glauber]

It's a Gibson F-5L Special (81)
Hubba hubba hubba! How did a gorgeous thing like that end up with you? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[Markelberry]

Ive posted already,I thought this was kinda cool! Alan are you out there is that Mark to your left,Im lookin over the top of Bills Stetson

[AlanN]

Now that brings back memories, thanks, Markelberry. Yes, Marc M. to my right in front of Big Joe, you're on my left, Ronnie M. in front. Imapickin is in there too.

[levin4now]

I seem to remember that blond Gibson for sale somewhere - either on our classifieds or thru Elderly or something like that.

[mandopete]

Ive posted already,I thought this was kinda cool! Alan are you out there is that Mark to your left,Im lookin over the top of Bills Stetson
Very cool, what year was that picture taken?

[phiddlepicker]

Guess it's a case of "opposites attract", I bought it from Gruhn Guitars. I was luckily just the first one to grab the phone when it posted.

[Bobbie Dier]

Hey! I remember that day! I couldn't keep my jaw from dropping open after Bill Monroe showed up(It was a total surprise). I guess that is why that guy has his mando covering my mouth in the picture. Thanks Marklebery . That was a good group of folks!!
ima

That was in Nashville in 1994.

[Markelberry]

Hey! I remember that day! I couldn't keep my jaw from dropping open after Bill Monroe showed up(It was a total surprise). I guess that is why that guy has his mando covering #my mouth in the picture. Thanks Marklebery . That was a good group of folks!!
ima

That was in Nashville in 1994.
Right on to that one very special time I will never forget everyone was 100% great folks!

[Bobbie Dier]

Markelberry,
I sent you a private message. The private maessage board is all screwed up it seems. It said thanks your message to "swampstomper?" about (whatever) will be sent. It has been doing that for a while. Also the profile thing is messed up too. Has anyone else noticed this? I hope you got my message. If not, please let me know and I'll try again.
imapickn http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Markelberry]

I got your message just fine and I will get in touch when things develop MERRY X-MAS Mark

[mandopete]

Well now, Christmas 2005 is now just a memory and as I sit here amongst the empty boxes and leftover wrapping paper I think I got a couple of the best mandolin related gifts ever.

My sister-in-law got me one of those "Got Mando?" sweatshirts, so along with my Mandolin Cafe sweatshirt I should be mando-stylin' in 2006!

But the coolest gift was something my wife made for me. #She found a photo I had taken at one of my mando gatherings a few years back (seen elsewhere here on the Cafe) on the computer upstairs. #She cleaned it up a bit in Photoshop and framed it in a nice wooden frame - don't think it's Engleman Spruce or anything &lt;grins&gt;.

Well I'm gonna hang this baby right here in the home office next to my picture of Bill Monroe (and The Gibson F-5L) and always be reminded of just how lucky I am.

Merry Chrismas to all and have a great New Year

[Mark Walker]

MandoPete - that is WAY cool! Both the shirt and the framed collection of mandolins! Reading through this thread, all I can say is no one famous has ever been NEAR me and my Silver Angel - nor vice versa! Lucky people! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif Have a great 2006!

[Darren Kern]

Markelberry,
I sent you a private message. The private maessage board is all screwed up it seems. It said thanks your message to "swampstomper?" about (whatever) will be sent. It has been doing that for a while. Also the profile thing is messed up too. Has anyone else noticed this? I hope you got my message. If not, please let me know and I'll try again.
imapickn http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
Scott is aware of this "issue", he and I have talked about it offline. I have observed this for a while, and even though it might say your message went to the wrong person, rest assured, it will go to who you sent it to. Every single time that this has happened to me, the correct person got the private message. In other words, it is more of an inconvenience than anything. Scott, hope you don't mind me mentioning this.

[Bobbie Dier]

Thanks Hydrilla. That is good to know. I'll not worry about it then and send messages when I need to. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif

[phiddlepicker]

Great Christmas pic Mandopete. It must be great to have such a supportive family.

[Linda Binder]

-a gig at a bank today with holiday robot penguins emerging from spaceship.
--Linda

[Ken Berner]

Beautiful face, fine mandolin, too; forget the penguins. Happy New Year, Linda!

[Linda Binder]

Thanks Ken! #Happy New Year to you as well. #I'm trying to forget the penguins but, further down in the tableau were polar bears in haz mat suits. #Those will be harder to forget. #It was interesting to see people looking at space penguins, etc. who would then notice my mandolin and say "What is THAT!".
--Linda

[phiddlepicker]

Nice picture. Just remember, mandolin music is not safe.

[Bob A]

Well, what IS that? A Pandini?

I wear a hazmat suit when I cut my weeds - about 2x a year. I think the neighbors don't mind too much that the place is overgrown with whatever happens to spring up - it makes their place look so much better.

I suspect my function in life is to serve as a Horrible Example. At least I'm doing something I'm good at.

[DryBones]

Linda,
Sounds like a bank with too much money(penguins from outer space?) http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif
Great pic though, what kind of mando you playing?

[neal]

Linda, what happened to your Vega?

[Linda Binder]

Yes, that's a Pandini. #It's a beautiful mandolin. #I spend most of my playing time with it. #The Vega went to a good home with a fellow Cafe member. #That was a terrific mandolin but I needed funds for the Pandini and the Vega was easy to sell--lots of interest in those. #I still have my Vega cylinderback mandola which sounds great and a few other mandolins kicking around that fit particular musical niches. I feel very fortunate, although I daydream about someday owning a bandolim, and an Emberger, and ....etc. MAS! #You know how it is.
Happy New Year!
--Linda

[levin4now]

Didn't get anything mando-related for Christmas until...New Year's Eve. Then my sister in law gave a few bucks in an envelope entitled Alan's Mandolin Trust Fund. So, it's official. I'm officially saving for another mandolin.

Self portrait with digital camera - a little freaky.

[Lane Pryce]

Alan I can dig it. I saved pocket change forever in my new mandolin fund. The down side was counting it all. The silver wasn't too bad. I had a 1.5 gal of pennies which used to fill a Salvation Army bell ringer's pot. Might have been 30-40 bucks worth of change there but it was a good seasonal feel good for me seeing the expression on her face as the pot runneth over. Lp

[levin4now]

Lane, I actually got some more moolah over Christmas - undesignated, but there are so many funds it could go into - the "Replace my aging peeling car fund" or the "Upgrade the guitar fund" or the "Maybe I should see a dentist fund"....