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Excellent tune! I recall reading that the tune didn't exist outside of the Hammons family, and that Edden learned it from his uncle Pete (b. 1840's?), who Edden believed came up with it. Refers to a...

Thanks very much Larry! I didn't know Monroe wrote Reelfoot and Nanook. Good info. Nice of James to share those tunes.

carleshicks - youtube has a number of versions, if you just need a reference.

Hoping someone can help us out here:

James Bryan recorded this tune on Lookout Blues. My understanding is that Bill Monroe gave it to him but Monroe didn't record it himself. We're recording it...

Check out Natasha's Waltz and the Norman and Nancy Blake Compact Disc!

As others posted, what's worked best for me is to listen repeatedly to a tune until I'm sick of it (almost). Then, I hunt down as many different versions of it as I can and listen to those too. In my...

I remember talking to Paula Jean at Sound to Earth a few years back. She told me that they were (then) installing the M-100 internally. STE at the time liked the amp'd tone better than the Feather....

We're using one on a Bovier zouk with an older Fishman Pro EQ II. It's pretty decent, sounds about like the zouk. We have K&K Mini and Schertlers in other noisemakers and we were surprised. Not...

OK - it's actually a 4-tune medley, still missing the 2nd tune...

A part of Susannah Gal(Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss)/___?/Year of Jubilo (Kingdom's Coming)/Fisher's Hornpipe

Nope, it's not White Oak Swamp (great tune, tho).

Thanks much David! Two down, one to go.

Anyone happen to know all the names of the four tunes of "D Medley" on Norman Blake's Blackberry Blossom? The fourth is the 3-part "Fisher's Hornpipe." I've learned the other 3 tunes before but can't...

PhilGE - Hey, do you string up your Old Wave oval with the JM 11's??

Chris

Great thread. I'm with Grimm "I'm more than guilty of loving murder ballads, I could be accused of playing little else..." Pickins (great handle, btw). Death Is An Easy Plot Device just might be the...

What Perry and Klaus said. In my experience, one also needs onstage monitoring (the mains simply won't cut it), some sort of monitor system and/or acoustic amp(s) or combination of.

Once you get...

I was lucky enough to test drive four Altmans last spring, two in the white. Work was flawless, tone and volume were super. The fit and finish (on two) were way good.

Chris

I have a Schertler C-DYN inside my Old Wave oval. It came installed with the mando. The previous owner had to drill out the Allen t.p. to accommodate the jack. Also, placement is very limited. It...

David Blackmon here in Athens, GA is a fine mandolin player and a helluva fiddler.

Christian

I'm a big McMurtry fan. Great Texas songwriter who's been able to not sound country and still be considered alt-country or Americana. Dave Alvin rocks. He's buds with Tom Russell, another great...

I pitched the .ram samples at my site and put up two more mp3's, "The Miller's Daughter" and "Little Red Cap." "Miller's" has some mando (Heritage H-5). "Red Cap" is solo.

I expect to put up a...

Hey Mike! I miss Reno and the Sierras quite a bit...
FYI, over at the UNR library is a guy named Rick Anderson, librarian, banjo picker, and frequent poster on banjo-L. #We were gonna hook up last...

After a failed recording attempt, I became disenchanted as a musician. I'd been playing guitar for about fifteen years at that time. I had moved away from my hometown to Austin and then to Athens to...

My mom flew out of Reno to Vegas to avoid more snow. Oh well... I actually wish I was there for it. Too long down south, I suppose.

Hey Michael - how do you know the Reno scene so well? I grew up...

I just picked up the new dvd "Richard Thompson Live in Providence"! RT doesn't play any mando, but Peter Zorn does. He's got what looks like a Sunrise (don't think it is, tho') in the soundhole and...

Hey y'all,
I wanted to let you know about a webcast that my band and I will be doing this Sunday 12/12. Tune your webdial to www.wuog.org from 11-1 EST. We're doing the Folk Scene Show. Dunno just...

There is also the McIntyre external pup w/carpenter jack. The advantages, to me, are cost (less than Schertler) and both pup and jack can be removed easily. And none of that bridge piezo quack. Or so...