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I was lucky enough to catch this - it was a Joe Walsh mando workshop at at Joe Val Festival, maybe in 2009 or 10? Wonderful performance, and Joe just kept inviting friends up to play. Very generous...

I am enjoying it! Her skill really stands out as she plays basically solo. A great step forward for her.

If cheap rent ain't the biggest part of your equation, than NYC can give you nightly jams and is increasingly good for (urban) bike riding. The best place I've lived for accessible bluegrass jams...

Shutdown in 3, 2.....

To take this thread back to a more prosaic, mandolin-centric, focus (though I'm loving the suggestions here), I can't get enough of Joe Walsh's (the mando player, not that guy) new album - Sweet...

If you like the Band Perry, check out Edens Edge. Cheryl can really play the mando.

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I've been playing with a 1.7 for the last two weeks. I'm really liking it! Very smooth, no catching on the strings = easy tremolo. Nice thick tone. The 2.2 was a little thick for me when I just...

5 days after I move to town? Great! I'll officially call this my welcome-back-to-Arkansas show. That is, if I can find my car keys among the boxes.

The Model 1 I played at Gruhn's is probably my favorite mando I've every played. I haven't played it, but I've heard an Ellis oval, and it was great as well. I think, though, I'd rather have the...

It's great to see my old dermatologist in a non-acne filled setting. He's allright on that fiddle!

Is this kinda like:

Ninja vs Samurai
Godzilla vs Mothra
Chuck Norris vs Mr T
Oldtime vs Bluegrass
Yeti vs Bigfoot

I can keep going...

There is certainly a high correlation. I do hope, however, that no scientist is foolish enough to imply causation from the correlation...

You can watch it for free on hulu.com right now!

I was at the Grand Ol Opry this weekend (watching my brother's band, Edens Edge, play there for the first time!!!!!), and in one of the mens rooms on the balcony level, there is a picture of Bill...

Another plug for a teens Gibby here. They can have widely varying quality, but if you find a good 'un, it's hard to beat for the price. And the mojomcan be unbeatable, especially if you're a player...

Are these beautiful mandolins here just to rub in the drubbing they gave my Razorbacks last night?

I haven't made the Sunday jam at Paddy's yet (see above listing), but the "Bluegrass and Beyond" on the 1st and 3rd Mondays from 7ish and later have been fun. There is a slow jam on 2nd and 4th...

Amazing. There's another great on on this guys channel of Sam playing the Old North Woods, a fiddle tune I didn't know but now I love. I'd never heard him playing a solo fiddle tune before.

Try On The Rise Bakery in Richmond on 2nd and 4th Wednesdays (i ink I have the days right). Great musicians, good food. 15 minutes from burlington.

Johnny Cash - Jackson - it's hotter than a pepper sprout

RL Burnside - Heat

Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight - preferably by Mississippi John Hurt

The Specials - Too Hot

To close, Tom...

Check out The Flatlanders - More a Legend Than a Band for a great use of the saw in country music. Though I must admit that I wouldn't have minded them letting the saw player (sawyer?) have one or...

I had the reverse occur last night. I put on Coltrane's A Love Supreme for the first time in years, and I didn't enjoy it much. I used to love it.

Now, I'm wondering if I just thought that I...

Maybe try going to some of the more distant jams and seeing if there are other simpatico players who live closer to you who are looking for the same thing. That's how the very loose jam that a few...

Ahh, man, this is great!!! Thanks! Now you've gone and added more songs I just gotta know to the long, long list.

I went to a Wayne Benson workshop at Joe Val a few weekends ago (wonderful teacher, by the way). He talked about sending his mandolin back multiple times until it was set up exactly like he wanted...