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Thanks, ampeep! I'm glad you shared that anecdote about Peter Moon. I heard he'd been in a nursing home, and when he passed away, it...

Uke with Smitty, well done!!

I have this record framed. It just turned 100, recorded September 6, 1923

I think the oldest thing I "own" is this body.

Great job, John. I'd completely forgotten about this song by Peter Moon. Some friends played for him at Maunalani Hospital a few years...

Was trying to think of the oldest thing & remembered that I bought this trilobite fossil on Guam (of all places) years ago.

I recently got back into mandolin after a many year hiatus. Here’s Worried Man Blues played with all double stops. Playing mandolin...

Sukiyaki is an interesting song. The original Japanese-language lyrics are completely different from the English-language lyrics. The...

Well I guess I should clarify. There ARE mandolin specific picks. But what there are even more of (and a lot of players get excited...

I had one for a while. I've never played bass so it felt very unfamiliar. I asked several friends who are accomplished electric bass...

Music should be the same, but lyrics........ Used to share music in our quartet with a lady from Japan, so lyrics to ‘Sukiyaki’ & ‘Kimi...

Didn't know that mandolin picks existed!

Yep, and getting into mandolin REALLY sent me down the rabbit hole. Holy smokes there are a lot of mandolin picks people speak highly of...

There are 1 or 2 more but an hour drive each way. I am playing with a uke group at the South Wayne Porchfest this Sunday, 9/24...

This was my strategy when I was playing an amplified bass... better to have the reputation as the guy who needs to be asked to turn it...