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Topic: My idea of a jam session |
Gerald Ross
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Randy Reeves
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LaCrosse, Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 20 Dec 2006 12:38 pm |
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with toast!  |
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 20 Dec 2006 12:50 pm
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I wish I knew who that tricone player is. Nice little clip! Thanks for sharing.
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Edward Meisse
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Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 20 Dec 2006 1:32 pm
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If you didn't live so far away, I'd invite you to Camp Crudd at the Strawberry Music Festival out here. Our jams are just like that (really).  |
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Fernando Fernandez
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Cadiz,Spain
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Posted 20 Dec 2006 2:35 pm
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| The mandolinist is Dave Apollon [This message was edited by Fernando Fernandez on 20 December 2006 at 02:35 PM.] |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 20 Dec 2006 4:11 pm
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| Dig the upright bass!!! Looks like a huge flat top guitar. |
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Craig Stenseth
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Naperville, Illinois, USA
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Posted 20 Dec 2006 4:20 pm
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| What's that 14-string thing about :52 into it? By the time he's tuned up, everyone else is ready to go home. |
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 20 Dec 2006 4:27 pm
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That's a bandurria.
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Andy Sandoval
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Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 20 Dec 2006 4:57 pm
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| Those boys rock! |
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Keith Cordell
From:
San Diego
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Posted 20 Dec 2006 5:24 pm
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| That looks like Sol Ho'opi'i, right? |
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Bill Creller
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Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 20 Dec 2006 5:58 pm
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| man, I hate accordian players (my first wife played one) |
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Gary Lynch
From:
Creston, California, USA
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Posted 20 Dec 2006 6:35 pm
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| Tricone player sure looks like he's from the Islands. |
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Gerald Ross
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Edward Meisse
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Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 20 Dec 2006 9:20 pm
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| It does look kinda like Sol. But I would've expected a bit more from him. Definitely an islander, though. |
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 21 Dec 2006 2:21 am
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Courtesy of Mandozine:
Born in Kiev, Dave Apollon was known during his time as the “world’s greatest mandolin virtuoso.” He began playing the mandolin at a young age and apparently taught himself. When he was 13 he met a renowned italian mandolinist who was touring Russia, and Dave managed to persuade the man to help him. He taught Dave how to hold the pick and a few other “tricks” that would later serve him well. In 1919, Dave Apollon decided to escape the hardships of the Russian Revolution and made his way to America. Dave performed in vaudeville, and in 1926 he met a group of filipino string players who had just lost their job in another show. He immediately hired them to be his “orchestra” and began working up the routines and musical numbers that would be part of his show. In 1930, Dave embarked on a motion picture career, filming the first of six musical shorts. In 1937, he was featured in Universal’s “Merry Go ‘Round of 1938”, his only full-length American film. He was also a popular night club performer throughout the ‘40s and ‘50s. Dave Apollon was the first “new world” mandolinist. He was the first to technically master the instrument and at the same time adapt this technique to an extremely wide variety of music. |
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Jeff Au Hoy
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Honolulu, Hawai'i
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Posted 21 Dec 2006 5:57 am
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| Haha, you gotta be kidding... that guy doesn't look in the least bit like Sol...no Hawaiian features at all. These guys look much more Asian than they do Pacific Islander. |
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Gerald Ross
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 21 Dec 2006 6:10 am
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| Yep. Jethro Idolized Apollon and the only time that Jethro got to play for him in person, Apollon told him how he heard a lot of Django's influence in Jethro's playing. |
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Gerald Ross
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 21 Dec 2006 8:18 am
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Since this has turned into a discussion of a mandolin player rather than a non pedal steel guitar, I'm moving it to the Music section. Carry on!
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