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    Re: OK, What Are The Odds ?

    This proves that you need an ACOUSTIC metronome! Lol!
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    Re: Rest in Peace Bobby Osborne

    Another giant of the bluegrass mandolin and one of my heroes has left us. I still have the tape I made in 1965 of Bobby and Jesse playing mandolin duets in a shed at a bluegrass show in Maryland...
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    Re: Sad news

    So sad to hear this news. Jesse was one of my heroes, a friend and mentor. Another giant of the mandolin has left us. Rest in peace, Jesse.
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    Happy Birthday Jethro!

    Today I'm thinking about my friend and hero, "the great one" — Jethro Burns, on the 103rd anniversary of his birth. Jethro was and still is the only mandolin player with the timing of BOTH Count...
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    Re: Dix Bruce - Rest in Peace

    I was shocked and saddened to hear this news. Dix was a true champion of the Mandolin World and an incredibly talented musician, teacher and writer. He has left us too soon. Rest in peace dear friend.
  6. Poll: Re: What mandolin is the Dawg playing for Lloyd Loar's Birthday?

    I reckon the time has come to reveal the TRUTH!

    The envelope please......

    It's "Crusher"!

    Bring on more 100th birthdays (for us all!)
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    Re: Crusher turns 100!

    Whoops! Forgot to attach this...
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    Crusher turns 100!

    Today I'm celebrating my old side-kick "Crusher" on its 100th birthday. We're both getting up (and hangin' in) there. I made up a new tune for us to play together, "Crusher's Cruise". I'm also...
  9. Thread: Parrot Party

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    Re: Parrot Party

    That mic is very special to me John. It's a vintage Neumann KM-86, directly from 1750 Arch Studios, and the mic that Tony Rice preferred. It was kindly offered to me by Bob Shumaker, one of the...
  10. Thread: Parrot Party

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    Parrot Party

    Today I'm hosting a birthday party at Dawg studios to celebrate and document the "birth" of a very special mandolin, the "Parrot," whose label was signed by Mr. Lloyd Loar, 100 years ago! Also in...
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    Re: Roland White death?

    I am so saddened to hear this news. Roland White was one of the sweetest souls I ever encountered and a friend for nearly six decades. I'll never forget hearing and meeting the "Country Boys" in the...
  12. Thread: RIP Arthur Stern

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    Re: RIP Arthur Stern

    I was deeply saddened and shocked to receive this news. Arthur was a brilliant artist and a true friend for over 40 years. His studio/home in Oakland was our playroom and hangout in the early days of...
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    Re: Unsigned Loar on Reveb

    As William Shakespeare so wisely observed in Romeo and Juliet, "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet."

    As Darryl so knowledgeably points out, there are a few old Gibson F-5s without the...
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    Re: Peter Ostroushko Passes

    I too am very saddened to receive this news. Peter was a master musician and a gentle soul. Rest in peace.
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    Re: Article: Acoustic Disc Launches New Web Presence

    Thank you all for the positive feedback. To address some questions that have been brought up — we’re in the process of licensing several of our projects for vinyl release, including The Pizza Tapes. ...
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    Re: David Grisman's Acoustic Oasis Web Site Launches

    I'm sorry you were having problems with Nugs. It took us three years to build Acoustic Oasis on their platform and it was the only game in town for us 10 years ago, when this thread began. Now we're...
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    Re: Happy Anniversary Mandolin Cafe!

    Congrats Scott! Onward to the next 25 and beyond. Your tireless efforts are most appreciated here in the kennel.
  18. Re: Article: Introducing David Grisman's Mandolin Workshop Books

    I’d like to thank all you mandolin players for the great response to these collections of my Frets columns! However thanks to an astute purchaser, I’ve realized that the last few bars of my tune...
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    Re: The Don Stiernberg Quartet - New Release

    This CD is FABULOUS!!! I mean it! Congratulations to my good buddy. Now go buy it y'all!
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    Re: F5 with an OVAL hole?

    This thread got me jogging the old memory banks as I recall owning (many moons ago) an original custom F-5 with an oval hole made in the early 1960s. As fate would have it, my wife Tracy showed up...
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    Re: Happy 75th Birthday Today, David Grisman!

    Thank you all! I'm still trying to get these puppies in tune after nearly 60 years.
    Stay safe and be well!! Mandoln pickers survive!
  22. Thread: Cedar Hill

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    Re: Cedar Hill

    Thanks for the interest in this, my first, tune! Too set the record straight, here's the "official" chart including tab, which illustrates the fact that I use my pinky on the 7th fret in bars 3 & 4...
  23. Thread: Piccolo mandolins

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    Re: Piccolo mandolins

    25 years ago I custom ordered a diminutive (piccolo) mandolin from my esteemed friend, Mr. Gilchrist. I used this instrument on several recording sessions and it is featured on a duet with my bassist...
  24. Thread: Hal Blaine - RIP

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    Re: Hal Blaine - RIP

    Hal was a dear friend and mentor. Knowing him and playing with him was one of the great privileges of my life. He taught America how to tap its foot from the 60s to now. 365 gold records and 8...
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    Re: Dawg's J3 with blonde bridge.

    The "blonde" bridge was a gift from Corrado when Tracy and I visited him for several days a few years back. It is made of a rare species called Ligurian Bosso (Buxus sempervirens) and had some great...
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