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Hot Rize "Live"
Seldom Scene "At the Cellar Door"
Country Gentlemen "Live in Japan"
Newgrass Revival the recent 'best of' 2 cd set
Bluegrass Album Band the first 2 on 1 cd

I strongly recommend developing a strategic business plan. You may want to go to the local Chamber of Commerce and see if there is a SCORE Chapter in the area. SCORE is a group of retired business...

Thanks for the feedback. I took about 6 months worth of voice lessons this past year and it was worth the time and money. The 2 bands I pick with would never do it, but they all say they notice a...

The Sam and Tim thread inspired this. And....I saw Bill Yates and friends Sat. at Lucketts, VA. The lead singer sounded so much like Charlie Waller. I don't remember his name but he seemed to be a...

This is the list of my favorites to listen to:
Herschel
Alan Bibey
Compton
Monroe
Sam Bush
Doyle
Ron Pennington
Dempsey Young
Johnny Gimble (always liked his mando. pickin)

Get Niles' book, Pentatonic Mandolin. I've had it for about 16 years I think. It's a challenge. It's a wealth of applicable music knowledge. It will teach you to think of developing breaks in a much...

Whatever works. #I tried to learn mandolin by ear (I didn't have Murphy's stuff) for about 5 years. #Total frustration. I quit and went to electric bass, then guitar. #But I wanted to play the...

It's common problem with most part time bands. I think you first need to get everyone to agree on the mix that you want. This will require some compromise from everyone. You will each have a...

If you have a picture of Bill playing the instrument you're selling it might bring a few more dollars.

Whitewater!!!

Someone asked why Joe Vest would even respond to this stuff. I don't know Joe Vest, but read the replies after Joe's response and compare them to the ones before. The tone has changed completely....

Agreed. My inclination to buy a gibson is solely based on others players, not 'the name.' Lou Reid and Herschel Sizemore have opinions I trust. They both recommended Gibson. I value other players'...

I was just about sold on the Gibson F5 Fern. #I've heard several that I thought were great. My plan was to find several music stores and play all of them I can find and buy the best one. #

And I...

"Little Annie" in D
"Old Dangerfield"
Lonesome Moonlight Waltz
"Over the Rainbow" in A

I'm looking for a Larry & Wyatt LP that has "Did she Mention My Name," "Alabama Jubilee," "Get Up John" and some others on it. I found an old, bad tape of a tape of a record this weekend. It's a...

#I attended the last 'big' Indian Springs festival in 1980(Pop Lewis celebrated his 75th birthday) I was hooked by: Jimmy Gaudreau with Spectrum, and the great Joe Val. It was Joe's first time in the...

Thanks. I'm now looking at some F5-Ferns. I've been persuaded away from the Bush.

I'm a professional mandolinist and singer, and earned about $3,000 in 2006 (minus $2,000 in gas money). When I'm not mandolining nor singing I coordinate a truck driver training program at a college...

Thank you Joe. Well said. I did not know Charlie. I would assume he would be flattered by the discussion of his signed mandolins.

Took a 3 1/2 hr. lesson from Herschel Sizemore in January, and played 3 Loars.
Played David McLaughlin's Loar at Gettysburg.
Started recording a solo cd.

Been there!!! Listen to Charlie Waller in the 60's and '70's, and the Scene in the 70's and '80's. Very few traditional bluegrass songs. I still like traditional bluegrass, but, man, it gets old! The...

Charlie Derrington's tragic death is the story of '06.

I'm out of the loop. What did Gibson do.....marketing plan, etc.?

It's a land animal found in the mountainous area behind Rosine, Kentucky. The arpeggio mainly survives by killing and eating banjos and fiddles. The arpeggio is alturnal, which means, 'awake all the...

This was a joke. I didn't go there looking for that Gibson Sam Bush. I needed a card and candy for my co-worker and noticed all the instruments. My first mando: a Kay for $90 at a pawn shop in 1981,...

I've only played a few and I am not an expert. But Herschel's mandolin that Big Joe mentioned is the best I've ever heard or played. Did you ever hear someone "just sing?" And then hear someone like...