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I try not to get too bent out of shape any more about this kind of thing.

I thought the world was gonna end with Disco, but it didn't. Then there was the Designated Hitter, and Rap. Life goes on...

Except when it's we as songwriters defending our copyrights. Then the shoe is on the other foot.

Battery life is great because of the auto-shutoff, an essential feature for those of us who are old and feeble-minded.

I'm a big fan of the Unitune. Works nicely on everything from my mando to my...

Excellent playing. Very creative, and it swings. Best version I've heard of that old chestnut.

Great job, Mike.

I have these on my Blueridge tenor.

Who could possibly be interested in information that's over 20 years old? I am throwing out all my music theory and instruction books published before 2003. And my complete works of Shakespeare too!

There is a name for this kind of behavior, and it's not "kind" or "considerate."

Oh, and Joe, paragraphs, please!

Playing a mandolin with a capo just isn't done. Like playing a right-handed guitar left-handed just isn't done (right Jimi? right Albert?) or playing a bass guitar with a pick (right Macca?)

I asked Santy Claus for Jimi Hendrix's mandolin. Or at least his ocarina.

Some of us only play it half-fast.

Long Journey Home, Blue Ridge Cabin Home, John Hardy, The Old Home Place, are a few of the ones that get played to death around these parts.

Nice job. That was fun.

Couldn't resist...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHPZQNtZ87o

I am prone to this as well. I console myself by remembering that Michael Jordan used to stick out his tongue while driving to the hoop.

I wouldn't call it a substitution. Going from the 1 to the major 3 is not uncommon in popular music. Georgia On My Mind comes to mind.

Yes, that, and a performer frequently checking their watch. I recently attended a show where the performer was guilty of both. I guess they were in a hurry to get it over with.

It's easy for a guy who only has to tote an itty bitty mandolin to say the other guy should be shlepping around a humongous doghouse bass. :)

I don't like to make plans that far ahead. That's when they start throwing terms like "premeditated" around the courtroom.

(Can't remember who I stole that from.)

Also for the uninitiated, Seven Come Eleven was written by Charlie Christian and Benny Goodman. Credit where it's due...

When practicing those fiddle tunes, try changing a few notes here and there. Voila, you're improvising!

IIRC, rumor had it that he did more than that with Janis. (to go even further off topic.)

They also got away with dropping a couple of lyrical f-bombs.

Next up for discussion, Grace's interpretation of James Joyce's 'Ulysses.'


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lscRNsyEzs4

Nice. Next up, Plastic Fantastic Lover?