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About Me

I am a 51 year old travelling music teacher. I teach guitar, mandolin and upright bass currently and I also play several other instruments. I currently live in Capon Bridge, WV and I'm married to a Canadian lady who will eventually be coming to live with me permanently. (I hope very soon) I teach all styles of music except Classical at this time and yes, I know how to teach just about any style or genre of music. Just because I'm old, doesn't mean I can't enjoy all styles of music. I have students of all ages from 3 years old to 60+ so age makes no difference to me. I travel to students homes to teach them and I work everywhere within a 45 mile radius of Capon Bridge, WV. If you have an interest in learning to play music, please contact me. If you are within my area, I would be happy to talk to you and see if my service is right for you. I also run a website about Bluegrass music called Shepherd Bluegrass Stop on MSN. I hope you will stop by if you like that sort of music. http://groups.msn.com/SHEPHERDBLUEGRASSSTOP
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My Interests

Music of all kinds, especially bluegrass and older country music. I also like all kinds of other music except for rap which I hardly consider music. Blues, Classic Rock and Jazz are probably my next favorites after Bluegrass. I also enjoy Fishing and Hunting and Camping and Boating and Gardening and lots of other things. http://groups.msn.com/SHEPHERDBLUEGRASSSTOP

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who has a true interest in learning to play music or anyone who would like to get together to jam

Music:

Bluegrass Old Country Classic Rock Blues Jazz Contemporary Rock Metal ETC.,ETC.,

Movies:

Oh Brother, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, All good Comedies, Some Westerns,

Television:

Not into reality shows, Nothing real about them. I like good comedy shows and PBS and anything with music. South Park and Renn and Stimpy crack me up.

Books:

Guitar One magazine, Frets magazine, Guitar Player magazine, and about a million music theory and teaching books. Pretty boring stuff huh? Oh well, somebody has to read this stuff.

Heroes:

Larry Cordle, Ralph Stanley, Django Rhinehardt, B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Robert Johnson, Eric Johnson, Doc Watson, Tony Rice, Dr John, Doyle Lawson, Missy Raines, Jr Husky, Sam Bush,

My Blog

Teaching Parents

Most of my students are kids. I really enjoy teaching them and I get along very well with most of them. It is when the parents get involved that the problems sometimes occur. Parents tend to think th...
Posted by Thurman on Wed, 08 Feb 2006 10:34:00 PST

Minnie the Wonder Dog!

Well for any of you that haven't heard, Ellie's wish came true... We got a dog! Her name is Minnie and I will try to post a pic of her some time soon. My friend Terri gave us her dog because she and h...
Posted by Thurman on Mon, 09 Jan 2006 12:41:00 PST

Dealing with the second half century

Well as a few folks pointed out, today is my 51st birthday. I'm doing well today and hardly feel 51 but that is a rare thing for me because I usually feel about a hundred or so. I have chronic back pa...
Posted by Thurman on Mon, 21 Nov 2005 09:39:00 PST

My Space Ranking system

My space rankings are a joke. I found out that the system can be beaten very easily so I put a couple of my friends into the rankings to see how far I could take them without anyone else having to ran...
Posted by Thurman on Sat, 12 Nov 2005 01:13:00 PST

How to pick your top eight

Ok, I got my butt chewed for picking different friends for my top 8. I really thought it was my choice so I figured, "what the hell" I'll change it every week or two and I'll only keep the ones who st...
Posted by Thurman on Thu, 10 Nov 2005 05:51:00 PST

Halloween is for kids....stop ruining it for them

Well I just got home from the restaurant and I see there are all kinds of kids walking around in a daze and wondering why no one is home for their trick or treating. Well DUH..... it ain't HALLOWEEN! ...
Posted by Thurman on Sun, 30 Oct 2005 05:11:00 PST

Daylight savings time........

I never understood how you really save any daylight but it is once again time to set the clocks back and supposedly get an extra hour of sleep. Sometimes I wish I could get an extra hour of sleep and ...
Posted by Thurman on Sat, 29 Oct 2005 02:25:00 PST

Gone Fishin'

Well if you want to know why I'm not answering your emails and such, I'm leaving on a fishin' trip on Saturday morning and even though it is supposed to be rainy all weekend, I'm going to enjoy the ti...
Posted by Thurman on Fri, 21 Oct 2005 05:52:00 PST

Pig Pickin' and such

Well I am still trying to get caught up from last weekend when Ellie and I and a couple of others from the area went down to North Carolina for the yearly Pig Pickin Party in Danbury. We had a great t...
Posted by Thurman on Sat, 08 Oct 2005 10:52:00 PST

Comments Are The Greatest!

I really like to post comments as well as read them on my own space, but the truth is that while I have been away, so many people joined my space that I have lost track of who I posted to and who I di...
Posted by Thurman on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST