Julie, are you and anyone else going to see David Grisman at the Birchmere on July 18th?  I have never seen Grismand in concert. 

 Get me a pick!  I met David at a vintage guitar show about 15 years ago.  I was selling a "Strad O Lin" mandolin, which was gorgeous, it had genuine tortoise shell pickguard and tailpiece.  probably should have kept it.  Anyway, Dawg comes by my booth and picks up the mando and jams for about 15 minutes.  He says "I'd like to add that one to my collection, I'll be back..."  Oh well, I got a picture of him playing it.  I love all of his theme CDs, Tone Poems.  All winners.

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I wasn't planning on being in the DC area ... so, no Grisman show for me there either. I have seen him though - a few times. Have a great time if you go, Sean.

 I can't even count how many times I have seen 'Ol Dawg, and its always a treat. I'll tell you though, he was always a pretty slim guy when he was younger, but no more. I think he has picked up where Garcia left off.  

He was having some problems a few years back that apparently had to do with decades of playing the mando with a certain posture, and I have a buddy who is a physical therapist and plays some mando himself,  and he gave David some help to alleviate the pain and repair some damaged areas..  Must have worked. I saw him sit in on several tunes with Del & the Boys a couple months back and he was playing with a lot of "vim & vigor."