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It's official! Our CD EP is now available! :mandosmiley: We were on our way out to a gig, and saw the box from Discmakers had arrived - two days ahead of their earliest estimated date. How...

It might help to know where in RI you are. It's a big state with a few regions, so it would be good to focus efforts re: convening. I'm from the southern shores, though I live in the Florida Keys...

For electrics, I'd second the recommendation for Epiphone MandoBird, with some reservations. They're discontinued, so their pricing may include some supply/demand or collectors' item inflation....

Here's a clip of the end of "Maggie May," with that all-important historic, classic riff. It seems Patti lost her place and ended too soon. Oh well! That's how you know it's live. ;) At least you can...

Close - she's from New York. The reference is to the subway platform where she used to busk before she got discovered. The 9 train has since been discontinued. IIRC your 1 and 9 are highway route...

Here is my duo Finders Keepers from our world debut at Parkside Lounge in lower Manhattan last night. This is the third song of the set, just after "Maggie May." (Unfortunately, the guy shooting...

Oh, yeah, I've seen a bunch of those. Also, there are "worst band promo photos." :disbelief: But if you need a pick-me-up after all that, look up "funny country song titles." :))

Here ya go!

/-oaVcBQ1lWc

In fact, we address the above issue (somewhat) in the introduction to this song: "If you miss us, you're losers weepers." :grin:

This is the third song of the set,...

I think it would be really sad if a band called itself "Losers Weepers." :crying: I mean, life - and a musical career - can be sad enough without any help, but naming your musical endeavor something...

Nope! :)) But I do. :disbelief: No, I don't. That's the name of the duo. We don't have a song by that name in our repertoire. Yet ... :whistling:

Announcing the world debut of Finders Keepers, my duo with absolutely fabulous Patti Rothberg. We'll be playing a heady, eclectic mix of originals and covers - rock, folk, blues, and pop - with...

Yeah, that's the studio version, regardless of the visuals. A transformative piece of music for me - first time I'd heard mandolin played with that much strength, variety, and imagination, and rarely...

Good to hear from you! Glad you took our joshing in stride. Just so you know, it just can't be a Gibson. That scroll coming to a point is not Gibson style. There are plenty other aspects as well, as...

Oh, no worries. You have a right to your opinion, as do we all, and it's good to b e reminded now and then to mind what we say, because it's easy enough to get carried away with the repartée. We can...

Yes, autocorrect. Meant to include that in my rant. Relying on these apps way too much leads to ... OK, I'm repeating myself. :whistling: I love that "auto-incorrect." Sadly, too true. ;)

I don't think the misspellings we see so often these days are caused by illiteracy as much as a sort of sloppiness bred by an overwhelming tendency to text quickly. Which is something I don't...

While I agree that is a good approach, I disagree with the assertion that we've been inordinately demeaning in our assessments. I think we have concentrated on the instrument in our fun-making and...

Seems to me I nearly always get poked during the changing process, but never afterward. Bending the ends down is the key (regardless of what some folks have come up with as alternative methods) -...

Aha! Missed that. My bad. :redface: Probably too busy ogling that Fern. ;) Thanks for the correction. Though now the debate will continue ... :whistling:



The mandolin carved by Orville Gibson...

Very cool! :cool: Thanks for sharing. The fellow is pretty enthusiastic, eh? As well he should be. ;)

The F9 was fine. But then he brought out the F5G, with that lovely gloss finish and stunning...

That sure is a purty one! I'd be interested myself, but I got a 1916 just a year and a half ago. Re: price ... I paid $1650, with OHSC, but it was through an online auction, so there were fees and...

Well, now, lookit them cosmic cowboys cavortin'! :mandosmiley: Oh, to be a fly on the wall at one of these sessions! Or in this context, a potato bug. ;)

I push them down with the tip of my needle-nose pliers, which I would have at the ready because that's what I use to snip the strings. If I'm feeling ambitious I might grap the pokey bit and bend it...

Yes, well ... I didn't want to spend a lot of time on such a search, and I kept seeing those low-rent one-image videos, and I wanted to avoid anything with "Pulp Fiction" as being distracting - not...

Nice take on this classic. You capture the light, bright bounce that Chuck had in his version. I think people forget that, and tend to do it the way they would any other Chuck Berry song, with a...