I am honored that Ivan himself started this thread and was willing to communicate with me and so many others concerning his condition. Thank you Ivan...
I am still enjoying my newbieness after four or five years. I think a lot of folks have made faster progress than I have and I know I am not ready to...
By the way, I just looked up Rocky Road to Dublin in ibiblio's fiddlers' companion. It lists eight distinctly different tunes with this name, but the...
I am finding the rhythm and phrasing difficult to get a hold of. It seems to help if I can refer to the words of the tune. Here is a screenshot from...
I was born in Louisiana, been over 30 years in Texas, began playing guitar as a teen. I play guitar with friends, at small gigs and at bluegrass jams. I play acoustic blues, country blues, gospel, country, rock and bluegrass music. I bought a mandolin in 2014, got serious about playing mandolin mid-2015 and my interests are mostly in bluegrass, folk and old-world fiddle tunes.
I also have an interest in documenting information about the group, The Bluegrass Alliance (all incarnations of the previous century rather than the re-alliance group of the 2000's).
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Sweetwater, Texas
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Music, lutherie, woodwork, wood finishing, web design
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Furniture repair, architectural millwork repair, web design
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