Coming down to the wire! I leave for my trip next Monday. I will be flying into Shannon and spending 4 days in Doonbeg (Clare), 5 days in Enniskerry (Wicklow) and 5 days in Killorglin (Kerry). I...
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Coming down to the wire! I leave for my trip next Monday. I will be flying into Shannon and spending 4 days in Doonbeg (Clare), 5 days in Enniskerry (Wicklow) and 5 days in Killorglin (Kerry). I...
Thanks very much for all the suggestions. Mike, your description of a "session" is what I had in mind, and is not a lot different from the old-time jams I've been to in terms of structure and...
A friend and I are planning a trip to Ireland in July. The main focus of the trip will be sightseeing and hiking, mostly along the west coast, but I'm hoping to bring along the mandolin and sit in...
Thanks for all you do, Scott.
My first Snark went through batteries in 3 weeks, even though I made sure it was turned off. I contacted the company, which had me send it back to them in exchange for a new one. The replacement...
Thanks, everyone, for the info. I'm not sure if I am going to get it or not, but at least I now have a pretty good idea of what I'm dealing with. Unfortunately, that particular shop is almost 400...
I ran across this instrument in an upper Michigan antique shop. There is no label inside, and nothing on the headstock. The owner of the shop believes it dates to the 1930s, but I have no other...
Never tried one -- sounds interesting!
I am the owner of a Clark F5 (#27) that Austin built for me almost 4 years ago. The tone was phenomenal right out of the box, and has gotten even better over time. I play mostly old-time music, so...
I've been working on a Ward Jarvis tune, "Head of the Creek." Fun tune to play, and crooked enough to keep things interesting.
Whenever Bill Hinkley showed up at one of the local old-time jams, we knew were in for a real treat. The scope and depth of his musical knowledge was astounding. He was a stellar musician as well...
My band is working on "Johnson Boys", which is played in C. Our fiddler uses GDGD tuning with D fingering. Just for the fun of it, I tuned my old Kentucky (the one that my Clark replaced) to that...
Welcome to the Clark family! My #27 is an F5 with the red burst and triple-tortoise binding. I've had it for almost 2 years, and it simply gets better and better every time I play it (the tone,...
Sammy and Nadine are doing a fiddle workshop and house concert in St. Paul next weekend. It should be a blast. Sammy's brother, Eric, is a great old-time fiddler as well; he and his wife Teresa...
I've had pretty good results with Anderson Group. No claims, fortunately, but the customer service has been pretty good.
I checked with the agent for my homeowners insurance, and was told that...
Some of the tunes in my "To Learn" folder are "New Five Cent Piece", "Five Miles From Town" (Skip Gorman's version; I already have Clyde Davenport's "5 Miles..." down pretty well), "Silver Lake" and...
Norman Blake's "White Oak Swamp."
When I decided to take the custom-built plunge a couple of years ago, I was quite nervous about it. I had never paid more than $500 for any musical instrument in my life, and yet I was seriously...
Triple-tortoise binding on my Clark F5 #27. It was a cost upgrade, but very well worth it.
I'm in. I've been hanging around this site for a number of years. In that time, I've made a number of new friends, learned a lot of things from some very talented people, and even purchased...
Nice idea, Fred. I'm in!
While this area may have a limited selection of mandolins, there are a large number of open jam sessions every week for both bluegrass and old-time. The Homestead Pickin' Parlor, mentioned by...
"Indian Squaw" has been making the rounds of the local jams. Terrible title but a great tune. A recording by Jake Krack is the main source for this one.
Next weekend, August 6-9 at El Rancho Manana Campground, near Richmond, MN (about 70 miles northwest of the Twin Cities).
http://minnesotabluegrass.org/index.php?contentID=559
Anybody from here...
When I first became interested in the mandolin many years ago, I decided I could never learn how to play it, for the same reason as you describe. A year or two later, I went to hear an old-time duo...