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My favorite from the past was the purchase of the Monroe mandolin by a Japanese business man for display in the company HQs.

I also like to check each year to see how long it takes before someone...

I couldn't get tickets to the May 3 show in DC. Then I went to the band's site and noticed a second show for May 4 was added and I was able to get tickets to that one.

Why not!

I attended this one. Because it was technically a charter and not a normal NCL cruise, they wouldn't include any of their normal future marketing promotions. One the other hand, no one was on the...

I somehow missed this news and this past weekend David Grisman mentioned this as one of the greats lost this past year. His "Treasures Untold" album is one of my favorites by anyone, any genre.

Perhaps close to what the OP was asking happened at a show in the early 90s. JD asked for a change from the lighting guy and the response was slow. He implied the guy hadn't seen his girlfriend in...

Formal education is just a tool to use to get to a goal. It is not the only way to achive the goal. There are people who wear their success despite formal training like a badge of honor. Still I...

Based completely on a quick google search and a scan of two articles, I'd say that you are stretching the definition of "singer of note". Her friends went to hear her. Her recordings were self...

Perhaps talent is the the return on effort. That is the more "talented" you are, the more you improve after an amount of effort (work/practice/etc.)

Haven't read the book referenced but there is...

I've noticed a few of these in the classifieds recently. I'd be intersted in a review if anyone has owned or played one of these.

Thank you.

Am I the only one who has attended a show only because of this thread? I'd never heard of Red Molly before this thread (several pages back) but when I saw them listed on the schedule at a local...

Thanks for all of the recommendations. I've purchased:
Irish Music for the Mandolin - Kevin McElroy
Northern Roots - David Surette
The Rocky Road - Michael Kerry
The Green Mandolin - David...

Life happened and I never followed thru on any of the recommendations. I thought I'd bump the thread and see if any additional recommendations are out there.

As a note of explanation: A few...

I think this thread is a great idea. On another board I visit they have a similar topic but start a new thread each month so it doesn't get too big. For example, next month the topic would be...

I'd never thought of that perspective of "why buy a 78 when I can get that song on a CD" or for the quality of the music. I was just wondering if there was source to help identify which 78s had...

Thanks for the responses.

My father died recently and I'm dealing with the task of going thru his house (which was also his parents' house) and distributing things among several siblings. One of the things I've found are old...

Not exactly what you wanted but she has released two CDs as the title artist and he played mandolin on both.

Exactly why I like these also. I have at least two more people to check out.

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They used to be amusing when people posted outrage (remember the Japanese company buying Monroe's mandolin - that one tripped me up). Now they probably aren't worth the effort with someone being...

I like mandolin music but I don't play so I any time I spend on the mandolin cafe is more than I spend playing.

Appalachian Bluegrass Music near Baltimore in Catonsville, MD

Melodee Music in Leesburg, VA. That is a little out of the way but from Leesburg, VA you can take 15 north to Frederick, MD and pick...

Once you start looking outside of Fairfax, Picker's Supply in Fredericksburg did a good job for me but that was a few years ago and their employees might have changed.

Melodee Music in Sterling...