Re: The mandoline in France
Glad this thread got bumped. Somehow I never saw it before. Funny it should happen today, the same day he posted a couple of crazy videos by Feloche on the youtube thread. One of those is contained in his post here; this is the other one.
I'm with bjewell, thinking of moving to France when he retires. Sounds good to me. I studied French in high school for five years and I remember a bit. En autres mots, j'etudié le Francais dans l'ecole pour cinque ans, et je me souviens un peu. I'm thinking I might not wait until retirement age to retire, but rather get the jump on it. The disinterest in mandolin in France could actually mean it's a time of opportunity.
BTW, Nic Gellie, I'm impressed that someone in Australia has heard of Harmonious Wail. They are an obscure little band which I know about only because I have ears, and they were in the right place a the right time. Nearly twenty years ago I was at Falcon Ridge Folk Festival in New York State. They drove all the way from Wisconsin to play for free in the talent contest, two songs, then turned around and drove back - a round trip of over 3000 km. That's dedication! I don't know if they won, but they sure deserved to - they were good. I talked with Sims and his wife, Maggie, a bit - real nice folks. I should dig out their CD sometime. The name is a quote from a Dan Hicks song, ICYDK.
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