An article by Pat in a back Issue of Aloha dream raises some interesting points, one of which is, If Joseph Kekuku picked up a bolt from a railway track and...
he was obviously way ahead of his time.... ... From: ResoUK@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ResoUK@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Basil Henriques Sent: 05 December 2007...
I've heard different dates for when Kekuku started the playing. However, while it is a *nice story*, we maybe should not take it too seriously. ... -- Beware...
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Hi there slidy boys. Sally's class for Easter 2008 currently stands at 8 students. We need more like fifteen to break even. If you are intending to book, can...
Hi guys, a good friend and a great dobro player, Todd Livingstone will be in glasgow for Celtic Connections from 18th jan to 23rd. he wants to know if anyone...
You can always rely on them baddies from Glasgow can't you? A load of old banjos? What next? A load of old Dobros.... The Captain ... will be in glasgow for...
Who you callin baldies ??? well actually it is getting thinner! You should come up for the festival....it's a three week endurance race!! Once I get my...
John. Do you know anything about Leon playing Celtic Connections?? Dave David Currie Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences. University of...
Hi I mainly just lurk and listen on this list, but I must just say that the opportunity of being taught by Sally is to good to miss. She is a fantastic teacher...
Ah...Flook are great, they've got a great dadgadder called Ed Byrne, I did a workshop with him once....great flautists in that band and a cool bodhranner David...
Is there anybody selling gold tone dobros in the UK now?? i think they might be the best bang for buck of the cheapies?? I have a new student who is looking to...
That should have read contact me off-list but really there is no reason why it shouldn't be on list as I assume there won't be hundreds of replies and it is...
thanks graham. dobros from Spain, who'd have guessed it! We had a spanish lad on the sore fingers course last year Urbil , he was a pretty good player. I was...
Hi Dave That chap from Spain was I think a guy called Urbil Artola from the Basque area. His sister lives in Dublin which is how i met him and his dad. Would...
Good to hear from you Gerry. So Urbil hasn't been playing that long then? he's depressingly good for a newcomer!! What about yourself? are you tempted to come...
Hi Dave Urbil has been playing for a few years alriight but until he saw me he had never seen another person play the dobro. Sorry i probably hadn't expressed...
I know that several members wanted us to run a dobro class in 2008, but there was, unfortunately, not enough interest to do it this year. We hope that we will...
Is it quiet around here or am I bouncing ? Anyway - a "peaceful" and healthy 2008 to you all. Last night, instead of doing anything constructive, I took my...
Howard Parker (of Beard Guitars) has a site called resoguit dot com and there is a link to an article called "the care and feeding of your resonator guitar"....
Andrew, it's a good thing to clean it out once and a while. Tension screw wisdom usually says turn till you feel it start to bite then one more quarter to a...
I had a bit of an adventure with my scheerhorn, I chipped the slot for the high D string which meant that it popped out if I played hard, which despite my...
Thanks Gerry, David and Lennie, Very helpful and I've discovered the resoguit thingy ! Thanks. Andrew Perry Singer-songwriter, guitarist, song re-modeller -...
Hi, did someone here ask me about banjo lessons from Noam Pikelny while he is here with the Punch Bros??? Well it's a "not this time" reply but I just got this...
Folks, I've been running a modest little club called the Bognor Acoustic Music Club since October, and we've had some great performers. I've "rested" the club...
Bill's using Delrin on his Guernsey and ebony capped maple on his Lebeda and the travel guitar I built for him. I use maple on my own full-sized dobros, an...
We have entered the new BBC3 Competition upstaged. We have made it into the top 5 and now need lots of votes to get through to the next round. If anyone has...
OK done that good luck girls. So who's going to the dobro class at sore fingers this year with the wonderful Ms. Sally van Meter?? i believe there are still...
Dave first time in five years I can't make it and I'd really love to do Sally's class. You very luck people. Richard A PS I do have a very good excuse! ... ...
