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This is Mike. Thank you, Ranald I used to spend much more time on this site about 15 years ago. I always posted as Sam Jessin to remain somewhat anonymous as I work in the public sector, but it...

I am rewiring the pick up on one of these right now and I am having trouble. I am pretty new to wiring and followed a diagram. There are three wires coming out of the pick up. A white thicker...

Shoot the Turkey Buzzard?

I have one of these. it says "Reliance" next to the lion.

Lots of Mississippi Sheiks stuff in Bb and Eb. All first position!

Get the original Sonny Boy Williamson recordings with Yank Rachell playing mandolin.

Easy Winners is definitely flat picked. Matthew Prater's style of playing a banjo mandolin really makes each note count.

Check out Mother's Prayer by the Little Brothers on iTunes for some great...

Chris Hillman.

Did you try calling any of the places recommended? I have having a mandolin worked on at Lark Street and his quote was super reasonable.

Peter Stampfel still plays out quite a bit in NYC. Recently, I got to back him up at a show. Still playing great.

Check out the Dust Busters from NYC. They just released a new album with John...

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The Little Brothers and The East River String Band

http://youtu.be/siwwju3Sanw
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My $4500 Toyota Camry has gotten me everywhere I need to go. It has 200,000 miles, everything works, it goes fast when I need it to, handles well, and has never been stuck in the snow even when I...

As a big deadhead and also a big fan of traditional bluegrass and Jesse McReynolds in particular (especially after watching him tame a tough performance sitting between Bobby Osborne and Frank...

Jaybird Coleman and the Birmingham Jug Band. Not sure of the mandolinists name.

Don't leave Earl and Bill Bollick off this list!

Luke Baucom, George Wade, and Reid Summey from the Three Tobacco Tags. Double mandolin!

The nephew of Lurry Hensley from Walker's Corbin...

Flatt and Scrugs and Jim and Jesse both played with harmonica players. Why doesn't this just settle the debate?

Oh, and there are at least to Monroe tunes with electric guitar. Or do those tunes...

So is Jack White not supposed to play Old-time music because he is famous? Is it because he plays rock and roll, also? What do any of us know about his background, his introduction to the music,...

The Trial of Bruno Hauptmann

I have tuned down on quite a few different instruments, wooden, banjo head, and resonator. If you mess with the string thicknesses and go a little heavy most mandolins will sound great tuned down. ...

Many of Lydia Mendoza's recordings feature some really great mandolin playing.

Thankfully they are quite light, so after you build up those odd little tweener muscles you can stand and hold it no problem. On some of my mandolins without strap buttons I run a leather shoe lace...

Dave Van Ronk's autobiography "The Mayor of Macdougal St." discusses the ongoing saga of "traditional" vs. "progressive" in a jazz setting. He has some tremendous insight into the debacle?

You at...

They have been called mandolin slicers for a long time, the slicing mechanism looks like the strings on a mandolin.

I also see that the OP is from Boston - man, you are in one of the many hotbeds of Old-Time activity. Do yourself a favor and track down Alan Kaufman!

Head out to the Harry Smith frolic or John...

This conversation again! Kentucky String Ticklers - old-time? Ha!

As an old-time musician, I am with lgc. For me, old-time music for me as a person who plays it daily refers to the music...