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Location: CA | When obligations permit, I get together with a bunch of guys in the shop of a Marine Engine service in Sausalito, CA for some bluegrass sessions every Thursay eve. New territory to me so I mostly just strum along but I'm getting the hang of it. Here's a short vid of the 'Engine Room Gang' with a full head of steam. I was one of three guitars this particular evening (playing lusty red 1778T), but we had the full complement of harmonica, fiddles, mandolin, banjo, some percussion, upright bass and who knows what else. Plus a dedicated fan base, of course. The 'T' kinda weirded everyone else out at first (other guits are '50s and '70s Martins) but they got used to those funny side holes pretty quickly.
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| Now that is what it's all about. ! Your all having a great time on that clip you can tell.
I am a little envious that you can get that many people togther like that. It has taken me 6 years now to get 5 to play the music I have always wanted to do.
Enjoy and learn from these guy's you have some good talent there it's free lessons and free concerts all night. Take this out of the Marina and set it down on the beach every night and I'll bet you'll have half the community there in no time.
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Now dang it, that looks like fun! Kinda like a non-discretionary OFC jam!  |
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Location: Texas | Looks and sounds like fun to me. Homemade music in Sausalito? It doesn't get much better than that… |
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Location: Michigan | looks like more fun than old farts should be havin! Sounds great too! |
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Location: Ohio | Way cool stuff..
Most fun I ever had was bluegrass jams |
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Location: Melbourne Australia | What a great time - I could handle a beer or 3 listening to that :) |
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Location: Vernon CT | YEEEE HAAAAA!!!!!
Thanks for sharing that. |
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Location: GA USA | Hey! That's my old guitar playing some real music! Very fun clip. |
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| That was so cool Oddball! BTW, beautiful guitar. Thanks for sharing this clip!
Michelle |
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Location: ms | Playing bluegrass on a pink guitar. I have now seen it all. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Looks like you had a great time, but where are the cloggers? Oh yeah, they usually appear sometime after 4th six pack. |
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Location: CA | One of the cool aspects of the whole thing is how many young folks are there who are really into bluegrass. The Mando player in the pics just turned 31 I think, and the tall guy with the ponytail was actually one of the guitar players who was taking a break. Also, girls dig it! Wish I'd have known this about 30 years ago. Some are girlfriends of the young guys, but we average 5-6 lovely young fans every session. And yes, it's decidedly weird playing a red modern-looking guitar in this bunch. Bit like driving a Prius to a drag meet. Ha ha ha. |
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Location: Vernon CT | It goes perfect with your Name!! :D ;)
Hey, Back in 86 I lived in San Rafael! |
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Just fer kicks — and I never said it was good