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Cuda
02-22-2010, 07:59 PM
They say that with MS, the best exercise for your brain is to either learn a new language, or a new musical instrument. I already have two guitars, a sax, an organ, and a harmonica, but I can barely play the radio.

Anyway, I decided I either wanted to learn the trumpet, or the mandolin.
The mandolin won out. :)
Ghost
02-22-2010, 08:04 PM
Cool. Mandolins have a great sound. Gotta be a lot more fun to play than a trumpet.
justleft
02-22-2010, 08:06 PM
Very nice. :yes:

Also learn to read upside down. Then place the book so you have to read top to bottom, them 180 it so it's bottom to top.
Cuda
02-22-2010, 08:33 PM
Ricky Skaggs and the Chieftans, :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QZ0eZ196SM
MOP
02-22-2010, 11:57 PM
Joe it is just as much fun getting a swerve on and humming!
Cuda
02-23-2010, 11:08 PM
My swerving days are over. I can't drink with the medicine I'm on.:(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtSVfK53LcE
Walt. H.
03-12-2010, 09:37 PM
Here's another good ballad for you Joe showing the string action on a mandolin, and it takes me back to some good times during the late 70's while I was between wives.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wph_bI10eVk&feature=related
sweet 16 1966
03-12-2010, 10:37 PM
Good times should repeat themselves.
silverghost
03-12-2010, 11:03 PM
Hey- Your in good company !
They are all great players.
Bill Monroe also !

BUT~

Tiny Tim was my all time favorite Mandolin player !
He really had an Act !
He was a triple threat, Mandolin, Ukulele, and sang falsetto too !

Let's see you try to beat that !

Send us all a web video when you learn Tip-Toe through the Tulips !

Or better yet:
Theme from the Godfather !

Keep up your Spirits ;-)
Cuda
03-13-2010, 08:50 PM
Here's another good ballad for you Joe showing the string action on a mandolin, and it takes me back to some good times during the late 70's while I was between wives.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wph_bI10eVk&feature=related
I saw Marshall Tucker at Tampa Stadium in the mid seventies. The Doobie Brothers were the main act, but Marshall Tucker stole the show.

I've been between wives for about 20 years now.
Cuda
03-13-2010, 08:52 PM
Hey- Your in good company !
They are all great players.
Bill Monroe also !

BUT~

Tiny Tim was my all time favorite Mandolin player !
He really had an Act !
He was a triple threat, Mandolin, Ukulele, and sang falsetto too !

Let's see you try to beat that !

Send us all a web video when you learn Tip-Toe through the Tulips !

Or better yet:
Theme from the Godfather !

Keep up your Spirits ;-)
I remember Tiny Tim with the Ukulele.
Cuda
03-13-2010, 08:56 PM
Cool. Mandolins have a great sound. Gotta be a lot more fun to play than a trumpet.
My neighbor across the street lent me a trumpet. It took me all of one evening to get a sound out of it!

I'm thinking steel guitar next. :)
Cuda
03-13-2010, 09:03 PM
Bill Monroe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NcCgsAMxhs
Walt. H.
03-14-2010, 02:43 PM
My neighbor across the street lent me a trumpet. It took me all of one evening to get a sound out of it!
I'm thinking steel guitar next. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0TuUBwhh4E&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjEMB4eK1Qs
Just Say N20
03-14-2010, 04:09 PM
Just for fun.

I've seen Leo Kottke twice, and will always be amazed. It sounds like there are several guitarists playing, but its just him. I have tremendous respect for someone who has such a career as a somewhat eclectic soloist, playing mostly his own music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJthGsBB5YQ&feature=related



Andy McKee should be watched, just because.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddn4MGaS3N4&feature=fvw
Ghost
03-14-2010, 05:58 PM
I've seen Kottke twice as well--one of my all time favorites. The rambling stories alone are worth the price of admission.

Mike
Cuda
03-15-2010, 02:41 PM
Led Zepplin Battle For Evermore

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5zUqpK65p0&feature=related
NJFASTECH
03-24-2010, 07:43 PM
I saw Marshall Tucker at Tampa Stadium in the mid seventies. The Doobie Brothers were the main act, but Marshall Tucker stole the show.

I've been between wives for about 20 years now.

I saw MT at Vetran's Stadium about 1980 with 38 special,Charlie Daniels and Little feet. How are you feeling? A friend of ours was recently diagnosed with MS. You once had a great Quote in your signature which I will never forget and is so true! Something like "A suitcase full of money beats a 40 footer tied to the Bank" Mandolin is a good choice but Spanish probably couldn"t hurt either these days.:yes:
Cuda
03-24-2010, 08:45 PM
I saw MT at Vetran's Stadium about 1980 with 38 special,Charlie Daniels and Little feet. How are you feeling? A friend of ours was recently diagnosed with MS. You once had a great Quote in your signature which I will never forget and is so true! Something like "A suitcase full of money beats a 40 footer tied to the Bank" Mandolin is a good choice but Spanish probably couldn"t hurt either these days.:yes:
I had that sig for years, :)

That sounds like a great concert!