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The perfect start to my Christmas celebration - may yours be full of joy and inspiration, and may you find things to be thankful for everywhere you look!

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Jerry...

The suspense is killing me...

I just now heard the news. I took mandolin lessons from him for seven and a half years before the stroke ended his playing. He was my teacher, my mentor, and my friend. We saw eye-to-eye...

True, but it'd be one way to get that high lonesome sound. :disbelief:

I have a friend who took guitar lessons from Albert Bellson many years ago. In a recent email exchange, my friend sent me the following information - I assume the 'narrow bar' he mentions is the nut:...

Hard and easy at the same time. I pick Jethro, with about fifty players tied for second.

Jerry M.

When you cross a state line
With a girl under nine
That's immoral

(Rowan & Martin, date unknown)

Jerry M.

The newest generation Theremin somehow creates spatial 'steps', so you have room for error in hitting the right note. It's called the "Theremini", and its made by Moog Music; they have cheaper, more...

Powerball winner:
all the Loar Gibsons are mine!
alarm clock says no

I've long considered solo live mandolin to be excellent ambient music; I've never been paid to provide it, but the occasions I've played for pleasure have been happy ones. Good for you for grabbing...

Two household tips for removing tape gum: (1) If you were able to pull off a sticky piece, or if you have a similar kind of tape handy, dab it on the gum that remains, and it will lift the gum off...

When I was a graduate student at Minnesota (circa 1975), a buddy who worked on a big mainframe computer asked me if I knew any computation-intensive calculations he could use to test out some new...

It's nice to reminisce...

In 1969, I splurged on a new Gibson A-50, whose 'voice' became my standard of how a mandolin should sound. In 1989, Peter Ostroushko gave some workshops at Homestead...

It was 1963 or maybe '64, and I was in high school. I had tickets to a musical comedy revue that was touring the country, but the girl I wanted to date turned me down, and I had no backup plan. My...

Like bells new strings ring
Even wrong notes sound better
Big dumb happy grin