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I think this is one of his most compelling songs but somehow it's often overlooked in discussions about Lightfoot:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCQmx_wJH6o

Such a tremendous talent. Condolences to his family.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nsy1VCmQkjg

https://youtu.be/r-rg5Lpvouk

"Everyone is part of the deal" - That's one of his themes; everyone is included. Peter would have everyone crying at the Prairie Home Companion show because they were invited to sing "You are My...

Relative humidity , even the measurement may be relative ?
compare it with what the National Weather service gives you on that day where you live?
of course that is outside RH. but set them all...

Joanie has still got it!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJPvc5vvKY4

A friend of my wife shared this CS Lewis quote (Circa 1948) with her a little while ago and I think it applies well here:

In one way we think a great deal too much of the atomic bomb. “How are we...

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Apparently Steve Martin posted this on Twitter while self-isolating.

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OK, I’m an old man (72), but I have been playing a while. I’m going to recommend (although it’s totally your-the OP-decision) a mandolin vs an octave to start. More learning resources, better...

Here's another video. The Loar was in a big safe and some of the violins look like they took the heat badly. He takes out the Loar and opens the case around 3:30.

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Except for maybe Jesse McReynolds they are all second generation bluegrassers. Sonny started with Bill Monroe when Sonny was 14 (about 7 years after BM hired Earl Scruggs), the same age J.D.Crowe...

Hang on to your hats for this bit of news. What I'm told is Byron and his crew are going to post and confirm this on the web as well, where I don't know but I'd guess on Facebook:

Byron's Loar was...

Don't know if this has been posted yet:
"Very sad news in the bluegrass and entire music world today. Mac Wiseman has passed away. The "Voice With a Heart" was 93 years old. He was a musical...

Received an email from John Baxter just now who has announced on his Facebook page (not sure if his Facebook settings are public) that he has been receiving treatment for Stage 4 colon cancer for...

I think that we are in a discussion about the term "raw". By raw I do not mean "sloppy" or "simple" or "uneducated" or "sounds like these 40ies records".

By raw I mean a quality to produce tension...

Thanks for all the kind words about Phoenix mandolins and the support for Jenny. She made the difficult phone call to me a while back and, while it is sad, it is a good move for her. She is an...

An electric can be used for silent practice but for me the whole feel is so different that it would not be the same benefit as practicing on your main axe. However for learning chords scales etc.....

Are you having fun?

If you are, accept the shortcomings and have more fun.

If you are not, make the necessary moves to have more fun.

There are some really good F12s and F5s from the 50's out there. I have a few mid 50's and seem to like them a lot. They are made lighter than the F12 due to the lack of the heavier binding and...

I know Groucho's daughter. She owns and plays a Gibson F mandolin...I wonder?

Wearing hearing aids definitely changes how things sound...hopefully for the better. I took my mandolin in to my Audiologist's office and had her set one of my programs for "music". We worked back...

I use the pinky when it makes sense to do it. Sometimes it's needed, other times not.

If it's insignificant being 40 years ago don't waste another minute on it. I just find it interesting, like a "Mando She Wrote" mystery.

Before we move off this subject, can I bring up some interesting questions about these instruments? I have always had an interest because it wasn't long after I became aware of what an F5 was and...