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WillaMuse
Posted 2011-12-01 1:49 PM (#346250)
Subject: OT: Mark Twain's 1835 Martin Guitar



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Mark Twain\'s 1835 Martin Guitar

;)
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stonebobbo
Posted 2011-12-01 3:40 PM (#346251 - in reply to #346250)
Subject: Re: OT: Mark Twain's 1835 Martin Guitar



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Location: Tennessee		What's interesting in that story for me was the revelation that Mark Twain was a gigging singer/songwriter. And of course, he did it to get the girls. ;)
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SOBeach
Posted 2011-12-01 4:02 PM (#346252 - in reply to #346250)
Subject: Re: OT: Mark Twain's 1835 Martin Guitar


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Originally posted by stonebobbo:
And of course, he did it to get the girls. ;)
ain't that a fella's Reason Numero Uno to learn guitar? :D

Interesting that he marked his case with Mark Twain rather than Samuel Clemens. Maybe Mark Twain did better with those "willing ladies".
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mbedard
Posted 2011-12-01 4:09 PM (#346253 - in reply to #346250)
Subject: Re: OT: Mark Twain's 1835 Martin Guitar



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Location: Seacoast NH		I find it interesting he was a serious player. What a character he must have been in his time...
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james37214
Posted 2011-12-01 6:26 PM (#346254 - in reply to #346250)
Subject: Re: OT: Mark Twain's 1835 Martin Guitar


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Location: nashville		I'll Take two, here's my Visa.
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Patch
Posted 2011-12-01 7:05 PM (#346255 - in reply to #346250)
Subject: Re: OT: Mark Twain's 1835 Martin Guitar



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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent		Martin should do a "Mark Twain" Signature Model....

Very cool story.
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Beal
Posted 2011-12-01 8:55 PM (#346256 - in reply to #346250)
Subject: Re: OT: Mark Twain's 1835 Martin Guitar



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Location: 6 String Ranch		just wait, they will......
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WillaMuse
Posted 2011-12-01 9:36 PM (#346257 - in reply to #346250)
Subject: Re: OT: Mark Twain's 1835 Martin Guitar



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just wait, they will......
Yep.

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WillaMuse
Posted 2011-12-01 9:37 PM (#346258 - in reply to #346250)
Subject: Re: OT: Mark Twain's 1835 Martin Guitar



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Location: Right now?		Bobbo, I was very surprised to learn he played guitar, and I thought I was pretty familiar with his biography. Musta been loaded when I watched that, ha. KIDDING!

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Mr. Ovation
Posted 2011-12-02 3:21 PM (#346259 - in reply to #346250)
Subject: Re: OT: Mark Twain's 1835 Martin Guitar


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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest		Having grown up in CT, been to the Twain house many times, have read most of the biographies and stories about him, I had never known he played either... feeling kinda silly about that.
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Darkbar
Posted 2011-12-02 4:26 PM (#346260 - in reply to #346250)
Subject: Re: OT: Mark Twain's 1835 Martin Guitar



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Originally posted by Mr. Ovation:
been to the Twain house many times, I had never known he played either... feeling kinda silly about that.
How in the world did you miss his "man cave" and the Marshall half-stack?
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stonebobbo
Posted 2011-12-02 5:29 PM (#346261 - in reply to #346250)
Subject: Re: OT: Mark Twain's 1835 Martin Guitar



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Location: Tennessee		That's out here by me .. the celebrated man cave of Calaveras County.
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