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Whatever you do, your accesibility is priceless. If I ever had the time or
energy to sit down with a Monroe tune, I know that I could bounce some
things off of you and get an informed and entertaining answer. I think that
knowing that I would have to pick a tune and learn it to an extent on my
Charlie Poole, Roy Harvey, and Posey Rorer!
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Of *Mike Hoffmann
*Sent:* Tuesday, November 18, 2008 10:22 AM
*To:* taterbugmando@googlegroups.com
*Subject:* Re: First Recorded Mandolinist
www.juneberry78s.com
has most of this stuff on it for free, that is where I got most of it.
Also if you sign up for emusic you can get stuff off
A - ha!
I actually really like the DADEAD guitar tuning and after seeing that joke
about DEAD tuning on a mandolin it might actually work on a mando! Hmm, now
I need some free time.
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On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 8:21 PM, mistertaterbug taterbugmu...@gmail.comwrote:
This just in...
On Thursday, January 8, the Pickin' A Bluegrass All-Star Jam is coming
to Raleigh. (I am very excited to be part of this lineup…) The
there was a man, from aberdeen, who owned a great big jersey cow..
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Last time a group of us played in the Philly train station we made over $250
in three hours. Honestly though, perhaps we were trying to engage people
and singing and being goofy. Sometimes, with busking, it is all luck. No
offense to Mr. Bell, but I would be much more apt to stop and listen to
nelson, can you say same page!ha!
Mike
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Might be an improvement on my face! I am going to record something tomorrow
when the cows come home. I think we should get this going!
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Man, you all who can get to this are lucky! This is a great, affordable
event and I wish I could make it this year but I can't swing it.
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Don - that stuff is great and your mandolin sounds great. I really like the
musty diller. Is he related to Dwight? I keep trying to get at dusty
miller but something in me (maybe the black coffee and little twist of
golden blend) made me think about Frank this morning and I pulled an oldie
out
Nelson - I disagree, I think that there are a ton of young people playing
music today and writing original music.
Tater-
you just reminded me. I really should be reading Making the second ghetto
instead of playing mandolin.
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Tater tater tater tater tate-
Your post was about ethnic groups and then there was a sentence about
Chicago. I drank a cup of coffee and read a big chunk of a book (Making the
second ghetto - race and housing in chicago 1940-1960) that I really should
have already finished yesterday before
I really like the way that you all out there in Wisconsin just shrugged off
that alarm and the billowing of the tent behind you. I also really liked
the song, it was snappy!
Mike H
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I met Alan Kaufman at a party last weekend, he was talking it up. Sadly
this falls into the category of I would love to go but can't afford it
right now. He mentioned a scholarship which I will look into. Have fun up
there in Fitchburg, tater.
...
Taterboy
On Mar 4, 3:34 pm, Mike Hoffmann mikehoffma...@gmail.com wrote:
This is a two part post.
I just youtubed mandolin and sorted for added most recently and
found
this video added a few moments ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iOAkZ9s3fw
Also, I was thinking about Frank
the blues, they got a hole in their soul.
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 9:48 PM, mistertaterbug taterbugmu...@gmail.com
wrote:
So far, so good...
Taterboy
On Mar 4, 3:34 pm, Mike Hoffmann mikehoffma...@gmail.com wrote:
This is a two part post.
I just youtubed mandolin and sorted for added most
Wow - Dance to the fiddle, march to the fife. They had that at the
UMass library when I was just learning. I used to try to play the
tunes from it along with recordings. I remember learning that Gotta
Quit Kicking my Dog Around was McKinley's (I think) campaign song!
Shame they are
Ohhh, the Dixon BrothersThe Intoxicated Rat. Those recordings would be
awesome to hear!
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Found this record called The Music of Gay Italy - Italian Mandolin in
a Salvation Army this weekend. I thought it would be cheese, but
didn't know it would be cheese of this quality. I uploaded a track
from it tonight.
Actually, listening to this album the thought of Frank came to mind a
few times. When this tune in particular picks up steam it sounds
somewhat like a place where Frank may have gone to get something like
Mexican Stomp. Ah, motivation!
I play a little fiddle sometimes and find that I can play much better
when I am playing with fiddlers I really enjoy watching and listening
to. Sounds sort of simple, but some fiddlers are much easier to play
with then others.
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I'll get the truck keys
My shot gun is in the rack
Let's go spot some deer
Sadly, this was what parties deteriorated to often when I was growing
up in a deer-heavy part of NJ. I never went out in the truck, but
would eat what was gotten.
One time, a cop showed up at a party which some guys
Damn Cracker Barrel
Why are you so good coming
and so mean going?
On Mar 31, 2009, at 10:23 AM, 14strings wrote:
Biscuits and Gravy
Where is Cracker Barrel?
Perry on Turnpike
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Remove all plants
On Mar 31, 2009, at 2:28 PM, Fred wrote:
This is always a fun thing to do...
Waxing The Dolphin
Sailing The Open C's
Gladly The Cross-Eyed Bear
Lucy In Disguise
Three Bedroom Ramblers (actual band name--one-off recording though)
Augmented Thirds
Keep off the grass = Great Dave Van Ronk and the Hudson Dusters album!
On Mar 31, 2009, at 3:03 PM, Don Grieser wrote:
Keep Off The Grass
Gas Food Lodging
The Presbyterian Snakehandlers
Dreadful Great
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Fred fkel...@scicable.net wrote:
well then, what
Bill Monroe lays
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 5:46 PM, Nelson
nelsonpeddyco...@knology.net wrote:
The road winds around
Brother Charlie's former home
Jerusalem Ridge
On Apr 2, 3:09 pm, Mike Hoffmann mikehoffma...@gmail.com wrote:
Went to play baseball
But instead played my banjo
What would you
Laphroaig, Mossy! Oh, is that why tater referred to himself as
peaty? It all comes full circle, I thought that was a peaty-ato type
of thing, but it is a peat-type of thing. Anyhow, that is some tasty
whiskey! I myself, enjoy the good stuff whenever I can, but I always
have a bottle of
I have always been interested on where strings want to go. I am by no
means the best tuner, but I enjoy playing with the same group of
people (when I can) over the course of a couple of days and always
tuning to one arbitrary instrument that sounds reasonable enough to
tune too.
Ever since I finally bought a White Stripes album and got hooked on it
I have had no reason to believe other than that Jack White is an
upstanding guy. He sure can sing, and he totally reps the old-time
country music. The guy also knows how to gather a band.
I was downloading piano
Womanizing may help with the creative process?
On Sep 20, 2009, at 6:49 PM, mistertaterbug wrote:
Depends on what you're practicing, I reckon. G
Spectater
On Sep 20, 4:30 pm, Robin Gravina robin.grav...@gmail.com wrote:
But that would put me off my practice routine
2009/9/20, Ben Arnold
Well this thread has made me realize how useful this forum can be in
some ways. I had a thread closed down on me on the cafe because I
mentioned that maybe Monroe doesn't deserve so much credit for
starting bluegrass when people were playing a whole lot of commercial,
blues influenced
I gotta give a plug to Shotgun Party. They have an on and off
Wednesday happy hour at the Continental. They are all really nice
folks playing honky tonk type Texican and jazz music. Jenny Parrot
really belts it out.
On Sep 26, 2009, at 6:06 PM, mistertaterbug wrote:
Nelson,
Go
Love how that fiddler just kicks the papers as they fall!
On Oct 1, 2009, at 8:45 PM, Linda wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-_GvVyYCg0NR=1
Stan Gottschalk, his wife Rebecca with Steve and Jane Ray. All live
in Tasmania, Stan originally from USA.
'On The Air: The Story of Early
I was wondering this myself. I sat next to two guys up at Lake Genero
who played everything the Ray Brothers recorded in a row!
On Oct 5, 2009, at 11:53 PM, Tud Jones wrote:
Is Bernice Ray related to the Ray Bros who recorded for Victor in the
1930s?
On Oct 5, 10:40 pm, mistertaterbug
I hate to sound like a northerner, but I don't want to stereotype all
family bands as creepy, although I am sure the dynamic in some is
uncomfortable. I think being educated in business, music, geography,
and performance could be a better education than some schools provide
for kids.
thanks bulldog
On Oct 7, 2009, at 8:58 PM, Terry Bullin wrote:
I don't really have anything, but this bashing is getting old. I
don't know Skaggs or Grier, but I've listened to their music. I
take what I like and leave the rest, just like any other musician.
I don't like everything
I channeled my inner Monroe by playing a double header yesterday.
Finally got my first hit of the fall season, bringing with it two
RBI's, as well as a sac fly and run scored and an error free defensive
double header at second base. We did get shellac'd by the Elizabeth
Bombers and
If you have enough mandolins lying around it might be neat to through
a natural D string on the course where the G formerly was in addition
to the string tuned down to D. May make your head split, but would be
a neat lil' D tuned mandolin.
On Oct 28, 2009, at 8:42 AM, mistertaterbug wrote:
I've got sympathy for all you professional musicians! I played the
ideal gig tonight; it was in the old spare room around some tea cups.
Don't mean any offense to anybody who makes a living playing, I wish I
could do it but I don't have the talent and/or work ethic, drive, or
make-up to
Linda - very interested. Once I can acquire some more time I want to
have another go at Bickford's method. I am historically very
interested in, but bad at following up on, learning from these old
method books. Did you buy digital copies or paper copies of 1 and 2?
Mike
On Nov 8,
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Linda, I have another book on duo and trio style playing which I feel,
more so than the simply double stops, emphasizes the picking
wrote:
How did you find the Bickford book? I would love to see that.
Jeff
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Also wicked that Napalm Death is a related video! Ha, used to listen
to them in High school!
On Nov 12, 2009, at 9:49 AM, Steve Cantrell wrote:
...and that's a wicked kick-off.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VIJtrnfC-U
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I love the Black and White Rag that is floating around youtubeville,
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On Nov 12, 2009, at 10:19 AM, Mando Chef wrote:
sweet tune, Mark . He has a sweet Sally Goodern too! catchya
tonight
On Nov 11, 9:40 am, Mark Seale mark.se...@gmail.com wrote:
So with the talk of Kenny
One of the things I really like about mandolin is finding the
character of different keys. I am yet to explore some REALLY odd keys
like A flat, but I play in Bb and Eb more than I play in D and A.
Just like Mando Chef wrote, Eb makes really great use of that open G
and Bb the open D.
Well, I am mostly playing for myself, so I think I do these types of
things for educational purposes, and you are right it probably would
sound better in the original key. Although some friends and I play
Bury me beneath the weeping willow as a blues in Bb, why, because we
play a lot of
Some fiddlers in New England play a Sally Gooden in G, I also have
heard Gene Goforth doing it out of G. I really like the idea of
learning an A tune in G in case the banjo player doesn't have a
capo. Just another excuse to see how different keys relate/differ
from each other.
On Nov
Well you ain't got much else to do!
On Dec 1, 2009, at 6:10 PM, Fred wrote:
You're dead wrong there. What with the time dilation effect of the
THC
you ought to have all the time in the world to practice...just not
well.
Robin Gravina wrote:
Its hard to be a real pothead and have
Believe me Tate, I searched the whole world over, I slept out in the
clover and I still can't find that perfect chip!
But seriously that is a nice mandolin - one day I'll be in the market
for a tool like that!
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I really enjoy hearing myself and I try to carry around a cassette
recorder at festivals and parties. It is painful to hear those things
that you wish never existed, but it is also a good way to catch them
and learn from them, i.e. ignore the temptation next time. I also
sometimes
I found this version of Silent Night that I recorded last year around
this time. Anyone learn any Christmas tunes this year? If we have to
listen to it, we might as well play it, right? Actually I really like
Christmas tunes cause everyone knows them. Taterbug Mando Christmas
music LP anyone?
Forgot the link to the song.
That link in my nickname was something I found looking for the
nickname for that Evil Santa helper demon that is a folk hero in
Europe. I came across this page made by a group of people who claim
that Santa is evil! I couldn't resist sharing.
Here is the link
Bought my girl a guitar, and me a a couple new sets of strings for the
mando, banjo, and electric guitar!!!
On Dec 17, 2009, at 10:35 PM, Paul Priest wrote:
Well Uncle Tater...
Nothing mandolin related thus far,BUT I did buy myself an Enoch open
back banjo with a 12 pot and a frailing
that rabbits are the highest in protein and lowest in
fat content of most anything that has hair or feathers. I wonder if
they counted squirrel into that survey?
Taterhops
On Dec 17, 11:57 pm, Mike Hoffmann mikehoffma...@gmail.com wrote:
Paul, do you brew? I have a steam beer finishing up primary
A meal that came wrapped in the cutest little rosin bag!
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I am reading Dr. Faustus by Thomas Mann right now. Young Adrian, the
composer in the novel, sits in his room with a keyboard modulating
from chord to chord in as many ways as possible. He rewrites
symphonies for piano, including only the harmonies which he can and
which sound the best to
I can't listen to that Thile interpretation of the Bach prelude in E
major that was recently posted on the Cafe and think of an ill word to
say about his playing. He has definitely interpreted very old-time
music beautifully and in a technically wonderful manner. I used to
trump
Frank, as far as I have experienced is one of the most honest, down to
earth people I have ever met. He also works and has worked very hard
to be a tremendous mandolin player. On top of that, he is quite
eccentric. In my opinion, the complete package. When I first met
Frank in 2003 I
After my writing professor as an undergrad saw me playing a banjo out
at a bar she told me that she studied somewhere (not studied banjo!)
with Allison Brown. Who says banjo players are dumb!
Tater, I saw Allison and NBB on the same bill at Knowlton Riverfest in
Jersey a few years back.
Just wishing I had more time to play my mandolin, Spud man.
I have been able to get completely hooked on Waylon Jennings' album
Honky Tonk Heros during my increased time in the car lately. Dng.
See you at camp sometime!
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Guessing Ted Hawkins. He played with Riley and the Skillet Lickers
with Gordon Tanner in the 1934 era.
Skillet Lickers Volume 6 contains mandolin on just about every track,
played by Ted Hawkins.
For Old Time Mandolin, I would love to recommend Volume 6. There are
some duets between Ted
Me too! And Doc Roberts playing is beautiful. I love that Honeymoon
Stomp, I have been working on it and plan on playing it in Kentucky on
my Honeymoon.
On Jun 21, 2010, at 1:14 PM, Tud Jones wrote:
Don't want to veer to far off topic but I've always dug the mando
backup in the Hoyt Ming
Hey all. The Eighth Annual Harry Smith Frolic is this upcoming
weekend in Greenfield, Ma.
This year we will be recreating Volume 2 of the Anthology of American
Folk music.
We go through the volume song by song and volunteers get up to do
their version of each song until we make it through the
AM, Val Mindel wrote:
It's an excellent festival, and this year I plan to be there, given
cars that start, etc.
On Jul 4, 8:05 pm, Mike Hoffmann mikehoffma...@gmail.com wrote:
Hey all. The Eighth Annual Harry Smith Frolic is this upcoming
weekend in Greenfield, Ma.
This year we
Peter Sarsgaard is a very talented actor. I think it is great that he
is taking the initiative to learn to play mandolin. I am sure he can
find somebody in New York to help him learn to play mandolin!
On Sep 17, 2010, at 12:32 PM, Terry Bullin wrote:
Peter Sarsgaard, 39, is cast as
I agree with you , Mark. I play a few different mandolins, each of
which is over 80 years old. They have made it this far and are in
great shape. I can't imagine what a person who would want to check
the mandolin out and play a tune or two could do to hurt my
instrument. Then again,
Any Charlie McCoy tune, for starters!
On Oct 15, 2010, at 10:19 AM, Steve Cantrell wrote:
I may be with this one, but when I saw it I had to have it. Now I
just have to figure out what tunes might suit it...
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Glad you slipped Alfred Karnes in there!
On Oct 21, 2010, at 1:29 PM, Tud Jones wrote:
Meds kicked in...feelin better now!
On Oct 21, 11:16 am, mistertaterbug taterbugmu...@gmail.com wrote:
Tud,
You didn't explode after that did you? LOL
Tbug
On Oct 19, 5:56 pm, Tud Jones tudjo...@gmail.com
Bummer on the lack of Bobby tunes. That guy is going strong! I,
unlike many folks I meet at shows, really enjoy Bobby's approach to
singing. Even more so at times than Jerry, but not all the time. I
think it is the subject matter, though. Bobby tunes tend to be
country and RB tunes,
Diddly
On Nov 24, 2010, at 4:57 PM, mistertaterbug wrote:
Well, I can offer up one or two if that's what everybody wants to do.
Seems there's about 200 people on the list that ain't saying diddly.
Dah Bug
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The holidays are great. Took some promo photos with the band
yesterday in Philadelphia, we are playing the Sighisoara Blues
Festival in Romania in February?!?! Played a gig on Wednesday night
with some
I'd like a copy, please.
On Dec 2, 2010, at 4:32 PM, Alexander, Jeffrey wrote:
Might as well send that to me also.
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Nice, Robin!
On Dec 6, 2010, at 5:31 AM, Robin Gravina wrote:
Here's my effort. Fighting against rushing as always, but the nose
looks good
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pyV1cWk3f8
Cheers
Robin
On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 12:48 AM, mistertaterbug taterbugmu...@gmail.com
wrote:
Sounding
Bug Water! That sounds like a name Frank Wakefield would give it.
On Dec 17, 2010, at 10:14 AM, kathy nichols wrote:
Very good points Gathel. I have already learned alot about myself
watching my video attempts. Like do I really hold my pick like that?!!
Kinda like listening to your own
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