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Al LaMonaca posted a status"For those of you interested in the rules of the The Shady Grove Flatpicking Guitar Contest see the link below.
http://ning.it/M3Qesl"
Al LaMonaca commented on Al LaMonaca's event Shady Grove Flatpicking Contest"The Shady Grove Bluegrass Festival and Flatpicking Guitar Contest is happening at Broadway Farm, Nanton, Alberta, Canada.
August 17-19, 2012"
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Shady Grove Flatpicking Contest at Broadway Farm, Nanton,
August 17, 2012 to August 19, 2012
The First Bi-Annual Shady Grove Flatpicking Contest is intended to draw the best Flatpickers from western Canada and beyond to a competition to showcase their prowess at this challenging guitar style. The competition is 'Bi-Annual' because it will aleternate with a Fiddle... Contest on the other years. The FBMS Executive decided to introduce these contests to further put our wonderful and intimate Shady Grove Festival on the map, make it unique and still keep it small. The competition rules…See More
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- Favorite Flatpickers
- David Greer
Bryan Sutton
Jim Hurst
- Favorite Flatpicking Tunes
- Fisher's Hornpipe
Huckleberry Hornpipe
Beaumont Rag
Billy In The Lowground
- Favorite Guitars
- Bourgeious
- Tell us more about yourself (place a Bio here if you wish)
- 50% of what I play is Bluegrass, 25% Gypsy Jazz, 15% Swing and 10% tele/strat blues-hybrid
Comment Wall (2 comments)
- At 6:55am on May 16, 2008,
Greg Yavorsky said… - Hi Al. How are you doin'
Thanks for teaching me Billy in the Lowground. That's about 8 years ago now. Hope to get a chance to pick some tunes with you!
- At 10:34am on May 16, 2008, Al LaMonaca said…
- Greg,
Having a blast playing my Bourgeois. Got a new group, the Stray Dogs (4 piece when we play BG but a trio for swing). We'll be at the gazebo during Spruce Meadows Nationals and BG Festival, June 7 & 8. Looks like a great lineup.
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Tom Faux replied to Todd McFarland's discussion What brand do you play?"I recently came across a steel string parlor guitar made by P. Benson, in Minneapolis. It's really a nice little instrument--well built, comfortable, very much like an old Martin 00-18 (mahogany, slotted headstock, pyramid bridge, ladder…"
Marc Schlotthauer replied to Todd McFarland's discussion What brand do you play?"My gear is much better than my skill - for straight flatpickin', I play a Martin D-18 Authentic 1937. My go-to guitar for just about everything else (and it flatpicks just fine, thank you) is my Huss & Dalton D-RH with a Red Spruce top.…"
Derek commented on Derek's video
Ragtime Annie
"Hey Craig. Thanks for the kind comment. The credit for this version should really go To Steve Kaufman who's arrangement it is. Good luck with your bluegrass studies, it's wonderful music and great fun to play. I look forward to…"
Craig commented on Derek's videoRagtime Annie
"Derek: Mike above is teaching me blue grass and showed me this site. Fantastic rendition by you of this great song. Thanks for sharing. I'm off to Mike's to practice!!!!"
Clyde J.Ortego replied to Todd McFarland's discussion What brand do you play?"I play a Silvertone Acoustic from back in the Sixties."
Mike FlatPickingBuddy replied to Todd McFarland's discussion What brand do you play?"I have a Guild Bluegrass D40 made in the original factory at Hoboken that has been with me since 1964
I also have a Martin D18 made sometime around 1994 and a 1977 or earlier Yamaha FG336SB"
Derek commented on Derek's videoRagtime Annie
"Thanks Mike. I have to prove to myself that I can play the material as written but once I've done that I start to allow myself some leeway to have fun and drop in my own bits. There's not too much space to do that in SK's version of…"
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