[Rhodes22-list] cello? Re: Busted

[Steven Alm]

thanks, Mary Lou.  those are fun!
Slim

On Feb 16, 2008 7:15 AM, Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net> wrote:

> Cello player, eh? You might enjoy this video of a young acoustic rock
> group with a fabulous cello player, Rushad Eggleston.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3iJVIo0oS8
>
> Rushad has since left the group - he plays with a bunch of other
> groups too - and they replaced him with another cello player and a
> fiddler.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFC4h2sDxDw
>
> BTW their banjo player was the banjo player with Springsteen on the
> Seeger Sessions recordings and tour.
>
> Mary Lou
>
>
>
>
> At 05:09 AM 2/16/2008, you wrote:
> >Owch!  Depending on how smashed up it is--necks can be broken, joints can
> be
> >split-- but in the right hands miracles can happen.  It's always worth a
> >try.  When you look at these fine violins, they seem to look back at you.
> >
> >When I was a kid, I played the cello.  I was 10 and carrying my cello on
> my
> >back, riding my bike to the spring concert and crashed my bike and
> smashed
> >the school-owned cello.  It was concert night and I even had a solo!   I
> was
> >all dressed up and arrived at school dishevelled and with a broken cello.
> >There were no other instruments available so I was ASOL and the second
> chair
> >guy got to play MY solo, dammit!  (But that second chair guy grew up to
> be a
> >GREAT cellist while I switched over to the trumpet.  Mark and I are still
> >friends to this day.)
> >
> >The average professional violinist pays about the same for his instrument
> as
> >he pays for his house; and about the same for his bow as he would his
> car.
> >Insurance too.  In this instance, he should have paid more for a better
> >case.  For three or four hundred dollars you can have a case that's
> pretty
> >much bullet-proof.  What was he thinking?
> >
> >Do see the movie "The Red Violin" Even if you're not an aficionado of
> fine
> >violins.  Wonderful movie.  Great soundtrack.
> >
> >Slim
> >
> >On Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 12:06 AM, john Belanger <jhnblngr at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > musical artists worry about the effects of the various qualities,
> > > densities and types of wood used to make string instuments. even the
> > > ingredients in the varnishes. and this guy thinks they are going to
> glue it
> > > back together!!!! if it wasn't so tragic, i'd been on the floor, lol.
> i'm
> > > going to lay his reaction down to shock. he can't be serious. on the
> other
> > > hand, maybe it's an insurance scam. he had a $50.00 violin in the
> > case. john
> > > b
> > > elle <watermusic38 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080214/ap_en_mu/odd_fractured_fiddle
> > >
> > > elle
> > >
> > > We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.
> > >
> > > 1992 Rhodes 22 Recyc '06 "WaterMusic" (Lady in Red)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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