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I met Andrew at IBMA in Louisville - maybe 20 years ago. He was playing with The Creaking Tree String Quartet. Amazingly progressive and wonderful music and musicians - all very open, generous and...

In 2018, I took delivery of a LaBraid "Breton" mandolin (Brian Dean) and a Hoffee case custom fitted to it. It is unlike any mandolin I have ever seen before and Brian sent him scale drawings and...

I can make a pretty educated guess as to which mandolin Jethro is playing on the Playing it straight album - Big Red. I took lessons from him in 1975 and as far as I could tell, he only owned that...

Great interview - I, too, would love to read more.

In 2007 or 2008, Andy came to our house in Madison to do a workshop. It was attended by folks from across the Midwest including Don Julin, who...

Don't know if anyone is still watching this thread. I was in Stan's shop, looking to buy a D'Angelico he had forever on the web. It was a dog. I played everything that was worth anything including...

I found about about Red from Jethro back in the mid 70s. Jethro had the utmost respect for Red as a player and they were close friends. At the time I was star struck by Jethro and didn't fully...

To Doug's point on Ken Burns, I would love to know how he selects his music. He made Jay Ungar's "Ashokan Farewell" famous, though locals in the Twin Cities have been playing it for decades. He chose...

To the definition of folk music, or at least a partial definition, I attended a workshop almost 25 years ago with Robin Bullock on "learning to play by ear". His method was to pick out key notes of...

Richard,

At the urging of DougC, I just finished watching this amazing video. I was thoroughly engaged from start to end. I echo the previous posters' accolades to the content, production and...

Thanks to both for your input. I have been using the session.org site for years and have made several submissions - mostly versions of existing tunes - all of which require the use of abc notation,...

About a year ago, I found a website called musescore.com. It has thousands - maybe hundreds of thousands, of scores available. I have searched across many genres - Irish, Scottish, bluegrass, French...

I'd like to try it but there are a few more instruments I really have to have before I jump off that cliff. Besides, I don't have MAS. Did you hear me? I don't have MAS... I DO NOT HAVE MAS!

Years ago I worked for the Madison, WI PD. They referred to eBay as the world's fence. This is just another way for criminals to use this powerful, worldwide tool to cheat people. There is nothing to...

Thanks to Scott for making this available. Thanks to Don for all the hard work, great stories and insights into The Great One. And thanks to all the super stars for their stories and tributes. This...

I just shipped a mandolin from Minneapolis, MN to Bellingham, WA USPS Overnight insured for $5K (maximum available). $175. UPS or FedEx will be more. If you are willing to expose it to longer times...

There are a number of hard working and dedicated online and brick and mortar retailers who sell mandolins, guitars and all kinds of accessories. They often take risks carrying arcane inventory and...

A really fine and revealing interview.

I traveled from Wisconsin twice to the "city" and took detours both times to Staten Island to see Mandolin Bros. - an institution whose ads I have watched,...

Just have to add - after inquiring about where to submit payment, I was told the the Tech fixed it at no charge. This was clearly out of warranty, stated or implied, and the damage was caused by my...

Got my repaired tuner in the mail today. I have had this StroboClip for a year or two - can't remember the exact date or even vendor. I took a long trip with a Sweet Pea and stuck it in the zipper...

Scott,

What a great story - it reminded me of the experience Nancy and I had at the synagogue.

In February 2007, Andy came to Wisconsin and did a workshop in our home. People came from all over...

Coletrickle,

I am obviously a Jethro-phile and have super software and equipment to convert LP to CD. I was loaned a copy some years ago and did it but have misplaced it.

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I believe you are right on the chord chemistry. Jethro did understand the chemistry to a large degree but his knowledge was what I liked to call "native". He once told me that you can't play a tune...

Danbui,

Thanks for the acknowledgment. I can't think of what Jethro called that tune. I am impressed by your tenacity to play it - not easy! The voicing he used for the main chord was - and pardon...

Raymando,

It is a C whole tone scale but it is played over D7 or D7b5 - it is the lick he uses as an interlude in "Take the A Train" - the subsequent licks are variations that he used to close the...

Raymando,

Can you be more specific? Where is "Lick 1"? There are no tracks by that name in the Lessons.