Nope me and that group of so and so's never played together again. I was just thinkin on that song today and how Youtube made me take it down for copyright infringement... What a crock they haven't asked me to take any others down... What a stack of jokers.
On Oct 9, 10:32 am, mistertaterbug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adam, > Did you ever get "Raspberry Beret" worked out? <G> > Tater tater instigator > > On Oct 9, 8:43 am, Mando Chef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Well, I got interested in music by my mom first I would guess. She > > had a pretty good variety of records growing up and my dad 20 years > > her elder brought interests to the relationship from a different > > generation. She had an Autoharp which intrigued me but never really > > drove me to wanting to play it. > > > I played a recorder in the 3rd grade music class and then the > > saxaphone as it was the same basic fingering. That lasted only so > > long 3 years maybe and I dropped out because there is just only so > > much Frere Jacques a person can take. None of my living relatives at > > the time played anything besides my grandfather who played Oh Susanna > > on the harmonica. Nobody to "jam" with became a downer because IMHO > > you get so much better when you play with others. Iterestingly my > > Great Grandmothers brother played banjo on a Baltimore harbor dinner > > cruise ship in the 20's... Wish I could have seen that! > > > 2 years later I wanted a guitar, I worked at mowing lawns and my dad > > matched my earnings to get the guitar. 2 years of Frere Jacques > > again... no luck. I took the guitar to college and sold it for $50. 10 > > years or so went from when I stopped with that guitar went by and I > > was now living in Portland, OR, doin' my chef thing and here comes a > > waiter carrying a mysterious little case and I asked that question, > > that is very tiresome for me to hear now... "What is that.... a > > violin?" Nope the waiter whipped out the Mando and kicked it's little > > ass. I said I have got to do that someday. > > > So I got a little Tacoma in '98 took two lessons from that guy and > > began to learn the little demon. I had my little instructional book > > and again now nobody to play with.. I had no idea about jam sessions, > > Bill Monroe or Bluegrass really for that matter. I know I had heard > > bluegrass but only in tastes at Disneyworld or on our Family vacation > > Drives from the DC area to Appilachia as a kid. Put it down for 5 > > years. > > > I was learning more and more as I never lost interest in the new music > > just the drive to get better. My wife and I were doing a personal > > chef job in Jackson Hole, Wyoming and saw David Grisman was coming to > > Alta, Wyoming's Grand Targhee Festival. WOW..... total bewilderment. > > I thought Woodstock was the only time there were more than an opening > > act and the main band. I saw Sam Bush, Vassar, Dawg, Tony Rice, Pete > > Rowan and several others on the last song all together and I knew I > > had to pick it back up. So I did in 2003 and started taking lessons > > but still had nobody to play with in the Houston area. Had twins and > > put the mando down again for a couple years. > > > My former instructor retired and has been a jam partner for a couple > > years now and has been a great supporter for my need to play. The > > internal fire has been lit now for 3 1/2 years and no sign of it going > > out... That's why I'm here. > > > Uh be Uh be Uh be that's all folks > > > Sorry for the length (Ba Dum... Tsss) > > Adam- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
