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Thanks guys :)
V7, these tunes I've been playing Ive learnt the basic tune from the Fiddlers Fakebook, which I highly recommend, then listened to versions wherever I can find them, and just kept...

My cat does that. I can't blame him. Perfect fit.

Here's me on mandolin doing Leather Britches. I just posted a video on here yesterday, so I hope this isn't too much too often. Let me know if I'm breaking decorum. Also, should I just make one...

What about Chris Henry? He does ultra-traditional stuff for sure, but I've also heard weird stuff from him, one album I know of is "Making My Way to You." It's on Spotify if you do that. I would...

Thank you all for the kind comments :)
Bill, it is a Haynes mandolin, built by Jerry Haynes of Harlan, Ky. Number 37, I believe built in 2011. Not sure about the wood in it.

The Jenny Lind Polka, by me. Upon reflection, it's probably a little quick, maybe a little fast to dance to, but I hope you enjoy it, off-the-cuff as it is. I'm trying to learn some more fiddle...

Thanks for the info, Mandobart. I noticed a blizzard warning today for Western ND, safe to say winters would be a complete change from what I'm used to here in the Bluegrass, but I think the change...

Hey all, I graduate college in the spring and will be headed to graduate school in the fall (English literature, if anyone's interested). One the places I seem to be leaning the heaviest towards is...

What an awesome idea! I'm up for it, I'll just have to be even more careful than usual not to lose a pick. ;)

Sorry for the late reply, guys. Thanks for responding -- Caleb Klauder is indeed the fellow I was looking for. I think he does a great job of echoing the sound from the time when country and...

Hello all.

I have a question which can only be answered here, if it can be answered at all.

I am searching for a mandolin player whose name I can't remember. I can't even remember a name of a...

Honestly, I don't remember a time when I wasn't listening to bluegrass. The very first song I can ever remember hearing was "Hard Hearted" by Jim & Jesse. My dad was and is a big bluegrass fan and...

Wow, very interesting. Thanks.

Thanks Lee, preciate it...I'm hoping that I can finish by the spring; recording gets looong... :)

I wonder what it would sound like if...

Welcome! Nice avatar :)
I'd recommend a Kentucky too.
Also, it's kind of scary that Old 'Mandy has such a hold on you already...you might be one of those real bad cases...Awesome!!! :)

I think that all great improvisational artists know music theory well, whether they are aware of that or not, it just depends on varying factors like method of learning, natural talent/ease of...

Thank you all for your nice comments, I appreciate them. :)
Shortymack, I believe I shall increase the volume on Virgil's mandolin. It sounded pretty good in studio, but the more I listen the more I...

Thanks Charles; Virgil's on a 2004 Sam Bush Gibson and I'm playing a Jerry Haynes #37 made in March of 2010. I haven't had it for long, but I think I like it's sound.
I have also heard this tune...

Thanks for the nice comments; you guys are too kind.
Cheryl, i've heard it called that, but i've also heard it called the E.T. Rag. To me it sounds more like a rag, but i guess the Farewell Blues is...

Hullo all.
Not sure if this is the right place for this, but I thought I would share a recently recorded track from a new CD of mine that should be finished early this spring.
This is the East...

blarneystone, I am making a real, honest to goodness Dawg autographed picture as we speak! Now where did I put that pen....

Yes, one would assume ;) However, at a jam last week, I used a fella's left-handed CT 40, and I couldn't tell much difference with the different bevel. I didn't get to play with it for a couple o'...

I'll trade you 7 sheets of thrice-used paper, a Matt Dillon paperweight, and a personally autographed picture of myself for that dusty old relic..... ;)

Well, if you like about a 2.00, the CT 55 is probably your best bet Blue Chip wise; its pretty much standard for a lot of pickers, though a little thick for my tone preferences.