19 April 2010

Better Than Nothing

Seems everybody has been going through old pictures lately.

I found this old picture of The Better Than Nothing String Band, taken at a Greyhound Pets, Inc. fundraiser, I think in 2004.

The guy on the right is Brian, a GPI volunteer from BC who was fascinated by Scarecrow's octave mandolin. After checking it out, he picked up Scarecrow's guitar and sat in with us for a while. I wish I could remember his last name.

Lots of strings: fiddle, banjo, guitar, octave mandolin, mandola, mandolin, mountain dulcimer... I think that's about it. And Scarecrow's big shiny red mother-of-toilet-seat triple-row button accordion.

No audio. Probably just as well. We probably didn't sound as good as I remember, and as I remember, we didn't sound all that good. But it was fun. And we were Better Than Nothing.

8 comments:

  1. Looks like good times. Is GPI by chance the organization that has an exhibit at Salmon Days by city hall?

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  2. Yup, GPI has done an adoption information meet-and-greet kind of thing at Salmon Days for the past several years. They have greyhounds there in shifts the whole weekend. I haven't been, myself, but they say it's pretty fun.

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  3. gosh got some bandwidth going on here finally - thank you for sharing I do so love the old photo dig outs we have been all doing lately.

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  4. Wish I had thought of that name for "my" band at the retirement home. LOL Looks like fun.

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  5. Diane you could always snitch the idea sort of with a twist?

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  6. I always wanted to play the banjo, but the only instrument I ever mastered was the swinette.

    Andy

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  7. Zoom - thanks for the snap. Too bad no audio. Is that scarecrow on the left? Let's see some more!

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