Musical talent

[lunchbox508]

I was wandering if anyboday else in this forum has any type of musical talent. I personally play bass guitar.

[KU_Bassmaster.]

Just the voice of an angel .... I've been known to throw it down pretty good on the karaoke stage every now and then.

[Dan:]

i'm currently trying to learn the blues harp.

[Guest avid]

I play the skin flute.  :-/

[carySE406]

I play the skin flute. :-/

Way too much info Avid!!

[dink]

KU... a fellow "K" junkie  ;D ;D.  A buddy of mine has a Karaoke gig on the weekends.  I've been known to do a little Bono once in a while. 8-)

[burleytog]

Currently play or have played:

baritone horn

tuba

trumpet

bass trombone

guitar

mandolin

The mandolin my late grandfather gave me.

[Guest the_muddy_man]

Drums! I have not touched them for years but have started up playing again. The lifestyle around the music world ate me up and spit me out BELIEVE ME I WAS A WILLING PARTICIPANT. I would never consider playing for a living again but would love to play in a small time local blues/soul band again ;D

[Dan:]

speaking of blues, muddy, do you have an advice or sources or just plain information or history about the blues harp?

[edbassmaster]

I play the skin flute. :-/

LMAO!!

[Guest the_muddy_man]

Yea you can PM me about blues harp. Some names you will need to know and listen to( not the complete list but my favorites)

Sonny Boy Williamson

Little Walter

Lazy Lester

Charlie Musselwhite

Jumpin Johnny Sansone

Lee Oscar(war)

Junior Wells

Magic Dick( J Giels Band)

James Cotton

and Paul Butterfield Just my Favs there are a lot more

[Dan:]

I've got Sonny Boy, Little and Big Walter, Junior Wells (maybe my favorite), James Cotton, Butterfield, Sonny Terry, and some more. My favorites are some of the tracks that Sonny Terry plays with Lightnin' Hopkins and Junior Wells playing with Buddy Guy.

I am probably going to see James Cotton play in April, I'm really excited.

I've heard about Charlie Musselwhite but I don't have any of his songs and I have heard of Lee Oskar because I have a Lee Oskar harp.

[lunchbox508]

Burley,

What brand of mandolin is that?

I have also played tuba and trumpet and mandolin now im with the bass guitar

[lunchbox508]

Im gunna take a wild guess and say its an epiphone( i have one that looks very similar to that maybe a little newer)

[Murray]

i was raised on the drums, picked up guitar at 9, picked up bass at 12, then concentrated on drums for a few years, now i play banjo and guitar almost full time. i sometimes play solo acoustic shows.

[burleytog]

Burley,

What brand of mandolin is that?

I have also played tuba and trumpet and mandolin now im with the bass guitar

It is a Fraley.  Hand-made by my cousin.  Purchased by my grandfather in 97 after my grandmother died.

[burleytog]

I wish I could play the banjo.  My grandfather gave me his about a month before he died.  I get it out every now and then and play with it a bit.  About all I can play is Dueling Banjos (not the runs, etc).  My fingers just don't have the mojo for it.

[Troutfisher]

I play the acoustic guitar and sing for a bluegrass group. My brother plays the banjo. We have a website on my profile if anyone is interested.

That's me on the guitar.

What a nice mandolin, Burley!

[Dan:]

any of you bluegrass people heard of Randy Barrett the banjo player, by chance?

and troutfisher, very impressive. I'm not much of a bluegrass fan, but I was very impressed.

[Tom Bass]

DARN!

I clicked on this thread thinkin' I was goin' to hear some tunes.

Avid,

"playing with" and "playing" the SF have two totally different meanings my friend.

[senile1]

speaking of blues, muddy, do you have an advice or sources or just plain information or history about the blues harp?

Add John Popper of Blues Traveler to your blues harp afficionados.  If you haven't heard him, please do.  He's a virtuoso through and through.  

I play

guitar

bass

mandolin

some keyboard on past recordings when I didn't have a keyboard player handy

trumpet

Gazoo  

[Guest the_muddy_man]

Hey Burley and Troutfisher my exposure to bluegrass has been minimal. Mostly covers by the Band,Johnny Cash etc. If I want to go back and listen to the masters and the originators whou should i be Listening to?

[senile1]

Hey Burley and Troutfisher my exposure to bluegrass has been minimal. Mostly covers by the Band,Johnny Cash etc. If I want to go back and listen to the masters and the originators whou should i be Listening to?

I'm not an avid bluegrass follower but my Dad loves it.  I always liked the guys below.

Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs with the Foggy Mountain Boys (They did the theme to the Beverly Hillbillies.)

[Floridabassking352]

I play the electric and acoustic guitar. I would post pics but they always show up as red x's. I still can't get it to work when I try to post a pic. Anyway, I play classic rock, southern rock, and blues. I've been playing since fourth grade, so it's been about nine years since I first started. My electric is a Johnson (looks like a stratocaster) and my acoustic is an Ovation Pinnacle OP30.

[Troutfisher]

any of you bluegrass people heard of Randy Barrett the banjo player, by chance?

and troutfisher, very impressive. I'm not much of a bluegrass fan, but I was very impressed.

Thanks!

Muddy, Senile said it best.  Flatt and Scruggs are great, as well as the bluegrass doctor himself, Bill Monroe.  I bet you would enjoy their work, and if you get the chance, some of the newer groups such as the Grascals and Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder are good as well.