Playing Since: 1965
Experience Level: Purty Good

Occupation: disabled

Gender: Male
Age: 71

My Instruments:
Bluridge BR-140 guitar, D-35 Martin circa 1966 , Gibson A-9 mandolin, Morgan Monroe banjo, with a 1960's Stew-Mac tone ring, I shaved the neck and made oit thinner, reworked the rim so only the top of the tone ring sets on the rim, skirt not contacting, Sosobee bridge, made a bone nut for it, took all the finish off back of resonator, installed a Kershner tailpiece, no it don't sound like a music store MM anymore. Pretty good banjo for the money I have in it, around $800.

Favorite Bands/Musicians:
Danny Bowers, Jon Wolfe, Sam Bush, Doc Watson, Tony Rice, original Newgrass Revival, Flatt and Scruggs 1949-'59, eary Osborne Brothers, Red Allen, Doyle Lawson, Mr. Monroe, Rudy Lyle, Reno and Smiley, David Grisman,

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Created 2/14/2009
Last Visit 10/14/2009

Started playing guitar at age 10, picked up banjo and mandolin within two years after that. Love good acoustic music be it Bluegrass, Old Tyme, Scotch Irish, as long as it is picked well all of it is good. Have written several songs/tunes, some of which have been recorded in the past and recently. Have a very good home recorder that I work up my stuff on for demos. Play in a church praise band and am working on getting up a group out of that band to play Gospel, and contemporary songs that I've written. Love to play, pick some everyday , practicing or recording. Not as fast as I used to be, but still learning. I love the challenge of learning new stuff in music. Can't read music, only play by ear. Have a Blueridge Br-140 guitar, a Morgan Monroe banjo that has a lot of non factory pieces on it and it's a pretty good banjo, and a Gibson A-9 mandolin. Will be getting a F-9 also within the next couple months. Soon I will hae my dad's old D-35 Martin back, I had to sell a few years back to help my son out of a vehicle jam. Guy I sold it to is a good friend , who is letting me have it back for the same price. It's a 1966 model. Going to need some work done on it which I hope to get done by the end of the year. I did pick for a living from the time I was 17 up until I turned 22. Am happily married now for 31 years, with two great sons.