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"Hello Paul,
Glad to know ya! I love bluegrass too. Although I live in a place in Chicago where it is not that prevalent. It takes some work to find a session sometimes. I work full time in ministry with the Catholic Church as a priest and have to…"
Paul Whitcomb replied to Art Headley's discussion Christmas (Hannukah, Kwanza and any other winter-solstice holidays) Presents & Goals for 2009 in the group Beginner Flatpickers"Art, I hope your health is good and you are ok. Thanks for the tip on Beppe Gaambetta. I had never heard of him. Can you tell us a bit more about him? Also, what is Jpin Flatpick_L?
I am a raw beginner in bluegrass and my goal is to find some…"
Paul Whitcomb replied to Doug Lindhout's discussion What tuner do you use? in the group Beginner Flatpickers"Right now, I'm using the Sabine ZIP-700, and as long as I lay the tuner flat on the pick guard, I get a good result. Sometimes, I have to pluck the string a couple of times to get a response, but it is my impression that that happens when I…"
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- Favorite Flatpickers
- Joe Carr.
- Favorite Flatpicking Tunes
- Couldn't tell you.., but I'm ready to learn
- Favorite Guitars
- Guild D-40, Washburn D-55 Cherokee
- Tell us more about yourself (place a Bio here if you wish)
- I started listening to bluegrass a few years ago on WHRB's Hillbilly at Harvard. I like just about all of it, classic or contemporary. I couldn't tell you who is using a flatpick and who's not, though. I'm 52, and come from a folk/rock background and have decided to keep the pick even now that I'm working on country/bluegrass guitar.
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- At 10:01am on January 10, 2010,
Edward McKenzie said…
- Hello Paul,
Glad to know ya! I love bluegrass too. Although I live in a place in Chicago where it is not that prevalent. It takes some work to find a session sometimes. I work full time in ministry with the Catholic Church as a priest and have to "squeeze" out some "me" time for my music. I have been playing a lot of Celtic music lately. I like it a lot.
I have just finished taking some fiddle lessons and every now and then what I do on a fiddle sounds like music!
What all do you play?
I have to get to the jail for prison ministry and Mass. See ya later gator!
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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…"
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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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