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Wes Merchant
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Weekly Session Frederick Maryland USA
Started this discussion. Last reply by Wes Merchant Sep 14, 2014. 1 Reply 2 Likes
Boe's Strings26 South Market St.Frederick MDTelephone: (301)662-0750http://www.boesstrings.com/Every Thursday night…Continue
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- Fiddle mandolin guitar
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- I enjoy looking at old music books and listening to old 78's I have the good fortune of living within a couple miles of one of the worlds premier collectors. Also enjoy playing at the local civil War sites.
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Christmas 1861
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 0:13 2 Comments 0 Likes
Christmas 1861
From"The Irish Brigade and its Campaigns" by David Power Conyngham
Near one of the huge fires a kind of arbour was nicely constructed of the branches of trees, which were so interwoven on one another as to form a kind of wall. Inside this, some were seated on logs, some reclining in true Turkish style. Seated near the fire was Johnny Flaherty, discoursing sweet music from his violin. Johnny hailed from Boston; was a musical genins, in his way, and though…
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Wes - I won't make it tonight. I'll see you all next week. -Gary
Wes: Yes, the blue piano was originally a white piano, but I painted it blue to match the walls of the apartment. Got the piano for free from the 20th & G Church, where we used to have contradances for years. Gave it away when we moved from the apartment in 1986. So it's only been 26 years since then. I now play a Baldwin studio piano. Lovely ! ... Dennis
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