Links to Friends, Shops, Manufacturers and Makers
Listed below are a few links that I find worthy of note in my own small
but musical world. I hope you enjoy the variety of bits n pieces I have
lined up for your edification (mental note: stop using big silly words
like edification when you don't really know what it means)
www.barn-dance-bands.co.uk
Well this is my band - so I just had to put it top of the list now didn't
I?
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www.jigsandreels.co.uk
An excellent place to find a barn dance band
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www.mandolin.org.uk
A great site for everything mandolin related.
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www.folkband.co.uk
Everything you need to know about folk music and a little more.......
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www.smokeymountaindulcimer.com
This is my pal Blaine over in Florida - he has made me some excellent
instruments, including a banjo strum stick that I currently play in the
band. Well worth a visit - tell him Dave sent you.
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www.hmsmusic.co.uk
This is the website of Hugh Scullion - instrument maker extroadinaire
and maker of my solid bodied electric Bouzouki, a mainstay in my musical
arsenal with the band
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www.madmonksmusic.co.uk
These lads are great ! - Andy and Pete, collectively known as Mad Monks
Music, are based over in Orton, Cumbria. They have a brilliant and well
stocked shop. I bought my double bass from them.
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www.bandsandmusicians.co.uk
This is Fiona's Barn Dance Agency. She is a good friend and we swap
a few gigs when they are in our own respective areas. She has a brilliant
band called Jigabit.
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www.melodeon.net
This is the website for all melodeon lovers - a one-stop website for
everything you ever wanted to know about melodeons and the people who
play them.
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www.mandolincafe.com
Probably the most authoritative and complete site on the entire internet
about mandolins. Make sure you put plenty of time at one side as this
site is both massive and fascinating
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www.squirrelheads.com
This is Al's band "Squirrel Heads and Gravy" over in Washington
State USA. A nice guy and a great musician. Great band too - love their
stuff.
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www.ronrigsby.com
Ron Rigsby's website - banjo player extraordinary. Simply bluegrass
picking at its very best
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/www.123greetings.com/events/accordian_day/
A little bit of fun for all you accordian players
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www.musicequipmentnow.com
A great site for all the best deals
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LIST OF MAKERS LISTED ON THIS WEBSITE
GUITARS
National Guitars
Brian Moore Guitars
Sadowski Guitars
Brook Guitars
McIlroy Guitars
Lacey Guitars
Northwood Guitars
Breedlove Guitars
Bacorn Guitars
Andy Manson
Fylde Guitars
Randy Wood
Lakewood Guitars
Burns Guitars
Sobell Guitars
Nyberg Instruments
Evergree Mountain Instruments
Oakwood Instruments
Earnest Instruments
Godin Guitars
S.B.MacDonald
Keefe Guitars
Everett Guitars
Kinnaird Guitars
Running Dog Guitars
Froggy Bottom Guitars
CA Guitars
Berkowitz Guitars
JS Bogdanovich
Linda Manzer
Bear Creek Guitars
Rainsong Graphite Guitars
Beyond The Trees
Heritage Guitars
Robin Guitars
Novax Guitars
MANDOLINS
Brian Moore Guitars
Red Diamond mandolins
Phoenix Mandolins
Bacorn Mandolins
Rigel Mandolins
Rattlesnake mandolins
Steve Ryder
Peter Coombe
Dearstone Mandolin Works
Andy Manson
Silver Angel Mandolins
Davy Stuart
Wm Chapman
John Sullivan
Randy Wood
Evergreen Mountain Instruments
Oakwood Instruments
Earnest Instruments
Smart Musical Instruments
P.W. Crump
BANJO'S
Mike Ramsey
Stelling
Davidson Instruments
Oakwood Instruments
Deering Banjos
Coog Instruments
Goldtone Banjos
Nechville Banjos
Rolls Banjos
BASSES
Andy Manson
Berkowitz Guitars
Manne
Engelhardt Basses
FIDDLES
Otis A Tomas
John Sullivan
Ted Brewer
DULCIMERS
Smokey Mountain Dulcimers
Bear Meadow Dulcimers
Hugh Scullion
James Jones Instruments
Oakwood Instruments
ACCORDIONS
Fisitalia
Hohner
Castiglione
Baffetti
Gabbanelli Accordions
MELODEONS
Streb
Hohner
Hyde
Cairdin
Castagnari
CONCERTINAS
Hohner
FLUTES AND WHISTLES
Thin Weazel Woodwind
Burke Whistles
PERCUSSION
Metloef Irish Drums
Gurtmint
Claddagh Bodhrans
Renegade Rhythms
OTHER
Smokey Mountain Dulcimer Works
Oakwood Instruments
