The Wednesday night jam this week will be held at the garage on the hill above the Cooper-Payne Tree Company building. The physical address is: 3224 Old NC Hwy 86, Hillsborough, NC 27278.
Here is a Mapquest map of the location:
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/3224+Old+NC+Hwy+86+Hillsborough+NC+27278/
Take Churton Street South out of Hillsborough (It becomes Old NC Hwy 86). After you pass under I-40, look for the large rocking chair ~75 yards past the interstate on the left. Turn left into the gravel drive between the chair and the Cooper-Payne building/group of palm trees and follow it up the hill to the garage. This is exit 261 off of I-40.
The jam will be held from 7:30 until 10:30 as always.
The calendar at the bottom of this window has entries for the jams and if you click on those entries, it will bring up the location and links to maps, etc.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
4/22/09 Wednesday Night Jam
Just a reminder that the 4/22/09 jam will be at my house in Hillsborough starting at 7:30 pm.
Many of you have been there already, but I'll include directions just in case...
I'm located at 908 Orange High School Road in Hillsborough, 27278. Here is a link to a Mapquest.com map. You should be able to put your starting addressin the field below the map and get door-to-door directions.
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/908+Orange+High+School+Rd+Hillsborough+NC+27278-8481/
My phone number is (336) 684-2813 if you want to give me a call.
I hope to see everyone there!
Many of you have been there already, but I'll include directions just in case...
I'm located at 908 Orange High School Road in Hillsborough, 27278. Here is a link to a Mapquest.com map. You should be able to put your starting addressin the field below the map and get door-to-door directions.
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/908+Orange+High+School+Rd+Hillsborough+NC+27278-8481/
My phone number is (336) 684-2813 if you want to give me a call.
I hope to see everyone there!
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
4/15/09 Wednesday Night Jam
The Wednesday night jam this week will be held at the garage on the hill above the Cooper-Payne Tree Company building. The physical address is: 3224 Old NC Hwy 86, Hillsborough, NC 27278.
Here is a Mapquest map of the location:
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/3224+Old+NC+Hwy+86+Hillsborough+NC+27278/
Take Churton Street South out of Hillsborough (It becomes Old NC Hwy 86). After you pass under I-40, look for the large rocking chair ~75 yards past the interstate on the left. Turn left into the gravel drive between the chair and the Cooper-Payne building/group of palm trees and follow it up the hill to the garage. This is exit 261 off of I-40.
The jam will be held from 7:30 until 10:30 as always.
The calendar at the bottom of this window has entries for the jams and if you click on those entries, it will bring up the location and links to maps, etc.
See you tonight!
Here is a Mapquest map of the location:
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/3224+Old+NC+Hwy+86+Hillsborough+NC+27278/
Take Churton Street South out of Hillsborough (It becomes Old NC Hwy 86). After you pass under I-40, look for the large rocking chair ~75 yards past the interstate on the left. Turn left into the gravel drive between the chair and the Cooper-Payne building/group of palm trees and follow it up the hill to the garage. This is exit 261 off of I-40.
The jam will be held from 7:30 until 10:30 as always.
The calendar at the bottom of this window has entries for the jams and if you click on those entries, it will bring up the location and links to maps, etc.
See you tonight!
Monday, April 6, 2009
Mandolin for Sale
For Sale
1989 Gibson A5-G Mandolin
$1950
1989 Gibson A5-G Mandolin
$1950
Serial No. 9081068. Gibson A style mandolin designed by Loar with Sitka spruce top and curly maple back and sides. Complete with all original hardware, etc. Excellent playing condition. Finish is original lacquer and shows very little wear common to normal use and aging with only several small dings. No defects or repairs. Manufactured by Gibson in 1989 in Bozeman, Montana factory and signed by Steve Carlson, plant manager and builder. One owner since 1989.
Good sounding, loud mandolin with good chop and bark. Excellent bluegrass mandolin. Appraised for insurance at $2000 in 2006. Original hard shell case in good condition.
Contact: Michael Veselica (919)-933-6385 or mveselica@netscape.net
Direction, Format and Content...
With the web site for our jam being somewhat new, I'm not sure what direction we'll take as far as the resources we offer, etc. That said, I'll gladly include whatever you send me on the site, including gigs you may have, instruments for sale, or information about other jams or events.
Feel free to email them to me and I'll post whatever as long as it's relevant and you specifically request that I add it to the site.
Feel free to email them to me and I'll post whatever as long as it's relevant and you specifically request that I add it to the site.
The Ten Commandments of Playing Bluegrass Music
This was forwarded to me by one of our regular jam members and I found it too funny not to post....
I. Ye who makes the pie plate sing, the hubcap moan, ye of many metal finger picks and a bar of steel, keep thine eye squarely on the fret markers and thine ear at strict attention. Thou art blessed with the opportunity to create great joy, but poor pitch on a Dobro is unclean, as is missing the turnaround. Both are offenses so grievous as to be damnable for seven generations.
II. Practitioner of the tiny eight-string, know that if thy solos are good, all the better, but that is not why thou art in the band. Focus on timing, for sloppy chopping is unclean and an abomination before the maker, and his wrath shall be loosed, yea unto the seventh generation.
III. Rattle not your tableware, nor strike it first against thy leg, then thy rib cage, all the while assuming the countenance of the stooge, for it is unclean and an abomination before me. Such apish behavior is damnable for seven generations.
IV. Nor shall ye rake thine thimble-tipped fingers across the tool of the washerwoman for this is an abomination before me, and is damnable, yea unto the seventh generation of thy seed.
V. Neither shall ye slaughter the goat and stretch its hide across wooden barrels, then beat upon it with wooden timbers on the two and the four. This is the task of the mandolin, and to usurp it is unclean, and damnable unto the seventh generation.
VI. When thou drag equine hair across filaments of intestine, thou art slave to pitch, as is thy bastard cousin, the stringed doghouse. Thine scale is small, and the possibility for peril immense. The difficulty is understood by the maker, still, poor pitch on a fiddle is damnable for seven generations, yea verily.
VII. Banjo player-thou art damned. The five-string tambourine makes a hellish racket that few have been able to tame. May the power of the maker be with thee in thy quest, but five gets you ten that thou art damned.
VIII. Oh ye of the aforementioned big stringed doghouse. The rest of the guys and gals are probably just glad you showed up. Try to keep the slapping to a minimum, for it is damnable.
IX. Ye who stand in the center and emit pitched words, know that thou art not a God. Thou art a chooch with a guitar whose vocal folds are of such consistency as to be pleasant to the listener, or perhaps some other alpha characteristics has made thee a defacto leader of misfits. To imagine thyself to be anything more is unclean and an abomination before Me, and is damnable, yea unto the seventh generation of thy seed.
X. All who perpetuate the bluegrass idiom, whether ye drag the bow, grasp the plectrum, thump the doghouse or tickle the five-string tambourine, assume not the countenance of the constipated man, nor display false overbite. Playing bluegrass music is pleasurable, and to
feign painful artistic reverie is unclean, and damnable for seven generations, yea verily, so say
I. Ye who makes the pie plate sing, the hubcap moan, ye of many metal finger picks and a bar of steel, keep thine eye squarely on the fret markers and thine ear at strict attention. Thou art blessed with the opportunity to create great joy, but poor pitch on a Dobro is unclean, as is missing the turnaround. Both are offenses so grievous as to be damnable for seven generations.
II. Practitioner of the tiny eight-string, know that if thy solos are good, all the better, but that is not why thou art in the band. Focus on timing, for sloppy chopping is unclean and an abomination before the maker, and his wrath shall be loosed, yea unto the seventh generation.
III. Rattle not your tableware, nor strike it first against thy leg, then thy rib cage, all the while assuming the countenance of the stooge, for it is unclean and an abomination before me. Such apish behavior is damnable for seven generations.
IV. Nor shall ye rake thine thimble-tipped fingers across the tool of the washerwoman for this is an abomination before me, and is damnable, yea unto the seventh generation of thy seed.
V. Neither shall ye slaughter the goat and stretch its hide across wooden barrels, then beat upon it with wooden timbers on the two and the four. This is the task of the mandolin, and to usurp it is unclean, and damnable unto the seventh generation.
VI. When thou drag equine hair across filaments of intestine, thou art slave to pitch, as is thy bastard cousin, the stringed doghouse. Thine scale is small, and the possibility for peril immense. The difficulty is understood by the maker, still, poor pitch on a fiddle is damnable for seven generations, yea verily.
VII. Banjo player-thou art damned. The five-string tambourine makes a hellish racket that few have been able to tame. May the power of the maker be with thee in thy quest, but five gets you ten that thou art damned.
VIII. Oh ye of the aforementioned big stringed doghouse. The rest of the guys and gals are probably just glad you showed up. Try to keep the slapping to a minimum, for it is damnable.
IX. Ye who stand in the center and emit pitched words, know that thou art not a God. Thou art a chooch with a guitar whose vocal folds are of such consistency as to be pleasant to the listener, or perhaps some other alpha characteristics has made thee a defacto leader of misfits. To imagine thyself to be anything more is unclean and an abomination before Me, and is damnable, yea unto the seventh generation of thy seed.
X. All who perpetuate the bluegrass idiom, whether ye drag the bow, grasp the plectrum, thump the doghouse or tickle the five-string tambourine, assume not the countenance of the constipated man, nor display false overbite. Playing bluegrass music is pleasurable, and to
feign painful artistic reverie is unclean, and damnable for seven generations, yea verily, so say
Friday, April 3, 2009
4/8/09 Wednesday Night Jam
Just a reminder that the 4/8/09 jam will be at my house in Hillsborough starting at 7:30 pm.
Many of you have been there already, but I'll include directions just in case...
I'm located at 908 Orange High School Road in Hillsborough, 27278. Here is a link to a Mapquest.com map. You should be able to put your starting addressin the field below the map and get door-to-door directions.
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/908+Orange+High+School+Rd+Hillsborough+NC+27278-8481/
My phone number is (336) 684-2813 if you want to give me a call.
I hope to see everyone there!
Many of you have been there already, but I'll include directions just in case...
I'm located at 908 Orange High School Road in Hillsborough, 27278. Here is a link to a Mapquest.com map. You should be able to put your starting addressin the field below the map and get door-to-door directions.
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/908+Orange+High+School+Rd+Hillsborough+NC+27278-8481/
My phone number is (336) 684-2813 if you want to give me a call.
I hope to see everyone there!
Welcome!
Howdy folks!
I thought I'd try this new format for getting information out to y'all. I'll update this space weekly and send out the reminder email with a link to the most recent posting, which will contain information on the current jam.
Please check back weekly!
I thought I'd try this new format for getting information out to y'all. I'll update this space weekly and send out the reminder email with a link to the most recent posting, which will contain information on the current jam.
Please check back weekly!
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