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Name: Nate McDonald Country: United States State/Province: Alaska City: Fairbanks Interests: learning,teaching,sharing, laughing, sessioning* Instruments: Guitar, Mandolin - Fiddle in private for now Email: fastfingers50 hotmail.com Phone: 9073785887 |
Styles/Influences, Other Info: Right now I play that guitar for {Lost Dog} which also includes Pete and Ryan Bowers (banjer and bass) and Tom Hart on the fiddle. We play square dances and have pickin parties from time to time. I'd like to meet more people from around town who want to trade tunes and grow musical identities. Any old time is sweet for me.. John Hartford and Bob Carlin, Rayna and Dan Gellert, All the cool old fiddlers who come out of the woods from time to time, Clack Mountain Stringband, Odessa Rose,Scott Meyer, Fuzzy Mountain Stringband, Dirk Powell, Highwoods Stringband, Jason Norris,keep it coming Report problem
Entered: 07/02/09 04:48:17 EST
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Name: Josh Smith Country: United States State/Province: Tennessee City: Murfreesboro Interests: Learning, jamming, playing Instruments: Banjo, Guitar, Mandolin Email: jfs2g17 yahoo.com Phone: 615-517-0006 |
Styles/Influences, Other Info: Clawhammer style banjo, both old time and bluegrass flatpick guitar styles. Same with mandolin, although I am more of a rhythm mandolin player. I have been studying old time and bluegrass music for about 8 years now and I have been really hard on the old time stuff for the past 3 years or so. I like old time fiddle tunes, my biggest influences are Uncle Dave Macon, Tommy Jarrell, Dirk Powell, Tim Obrien, Bruce Molsky, and there are too many others to list. I am interested in contributing to the old time music world in any way that I can. Report problem
Entered: 07/01/09 10:48:44 EST
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Name: Harold (AKA "Old Time Harold") Maurer Country: United States State/Province: Virginia City: Alexandria Interests: Jamming, Socializing, Teaching, Learning Instruments: Clawhammer Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle (In Private) Email: Harold Maurers.US Phone: 571-232-8913 |
Styles/Influences, Other Info: I am most definitely a West Virginia moving toward Kentucky OT banjo player. Thanks to living in Chicago for three years, I tend to be more notey than most but I'm trying to cure that. Principal influences are anyone I am playing with at the moment, Roscoe Holcomb and Bad Bascomb. I am the proprietor, now standing 13 years, of The Bates Motel! Report problem
Entered: 06/30/09 05:50:02 EST
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Name: michael grant Country: United States State/Province: New York City: Bayport Interests: jamming Instruments: guitar, mandolin, just started fiddle Email: slimman53 optonline.com Phone: 631 8680782 |
Styles/Influences, Other Info: I have been playing basic guitar for years, mandolin for 2 years and fiddle for 6 months. Any beginner or advanced beginner (or better if interested) players of mandolin, guitar, banjo, fiddle etc interested in ez jamming, i am interested. Report problem
Entered: 06/20/09 12:02:07 EST
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Name: David Badagnani Country: United States State/Province: Ohio City: Kent Interests: Jamming, performing, festivals Instruments: Fiddle, banjo, viola da gamba, accordion, oboe, english horn, sheng, suona, houguan, zhongruan Email: davidbadagnani yahoo.com Phone: (330) 673-1352 |
Styles/Influences, Other Info: The Roan Mountain Hilltoppers, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, The Hammons Family, Rafe Stefanini, Lester McCumbers, Rayna Gellert, Benton Flippen, Mark Olitsky, David Bass, Joe Thrift, Tommy Jarrell, The Volo Bogtrotters, Brady's Run, Ginny Hawker & Tracy Schwarz, Hazel Dickens, Alice Gerrard, Joe Thompson, Gerry Robichaud, Morgan Sexton, Ashley MacIsaac, Swedish fiddling, Hardanger fiddle, Triakel, Garmarna, Renaissance music, Medieval music, Old Regular Baptist lined-out singing, Sacred harp singing, Chinese music Report problem
Entered: 06/19/09 15:10:50 EST
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Name: mike gordon Country: United States State/Province: California City: costa mesa Interests: meeting other in the old time community Instruments: guitar banjo Email: mgordon44 sbcglobal.net Phone: |
Styles/Influences, Other Info: Van Ronk,Fahey, Kottke,John Hurt My influences on the banjo stem from local aquaintances in the old time community in Southern California. Im a pretty good guitarist and have taken up the banjo within the last four years with an interest in playing festival style. Hooking up with a just learning group of people is ok with me. Send me an e-mail if interested Report problem
Entered: 06/16/09 00:37:52 EST
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Name: BRIEN FAIN Country: United States State/Province: North Carolina City: MOUNT AIRY Interests: JAMMING,FIDDLERS CONVENTIONS,PERFORMING AT FOLK FESTIVALS Instruments: BANJO,FIDDLE,GUITAR,MANDOLIN,BASS,DULCIMER Email: bdfain yahoo.com Phone: 276-692-6562 |
Styles/Influences, Other Info: PLAY IN A STYLE LEARNED FROM MY FAMILY.I AM ORIGINALLY FROM PATRICK COUNTY VIRGINIA.MY INFLUENCES ON MY BANJO & FIDDLE PLAYING WERE MY FATHER AND HIS BROTHERS.MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME THE GUITAR AND AUTOHARP.MY GRANDPA WAS A ELDER IN THE PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCHES AND TAUGHT ME THAT STYLE OF SINGING AS WELL AS THE OLD MOUNTAIN BALLADS. Report problem
Entered: 06/09/09 12:45:49 EST
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Name: Steve Bing Country: United States State/Province: Louisiana City: Baton Rouge Interests: bands, jamming, teaching Instruments: fiddle, guitar, mandolin, Cajun accordion, bouzouki, acoustic bass Email: stevebingmusic aol.com Phone: 225-246-2167 |
Styles/Influences, Other Info: Fiddle Styles: Old-Time, Texas Swing, Cajun & Creole Fiddle Influences: Luderin Darbone, Bob Wills, Benny Thomasson, Canray Fontenot, Clayton McMichen, Tommy Jarrell, Eck Robertson Band: www.laughinglizardsband.com I call old-time squares and contras Report problem
Entered: 06/02/09 12:23:41 EST
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Name: Qristina Bachand Country: Canada State/Province: British Columbia City: Victoria Interests: jamming, performing, teaching Instruments: fiddle Email: qristina live.ca Phone: |
Styles/Influences, Other Info: Major Celtic influences - Scottish, Irish, Cape Breton, Breton. Also like Old Time Canadian, Appalachian, Bluegrass. Report problem
Entered: 05/26/09 18:19:03 EST
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Name: michael ford Country: United States State/Province: Virginia City: richmond Interests: playing for dancers Instruments: fiddle Email: fordsteel msn.com Phone: 8043567926 |
Styles/Influences, Other Info: WVA,KY,NC,VA tunes Report problem
Entered: 05/26/09 17:17:32 EST
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