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Glen Schmidt

Glen Schmidt

"I have been playing traditional music for 25-30 years.  I have gone to the Winfield Festival for all of that time, and it has been my inspiration.  I started on guitar, then learned fiddle, later hammer dulcimer, and somewhere in there my kids started playing mandolin and fiddle with me.  It was a happy moment for the family when my son, Scott Schmidt, won 3rd at Winfield (on mandolin) in 2001, and won first in 2002 at age 16.  He took home a Weber Yellowstone both years, and our history with Weber began, with Scott later upgrading to two custom cedar top instruments, the very first Big Sky F varnish, and then a Bitterroot F Cedar top.  (see Scott under his profile).

I enjoy many styles of music, but I really enjoy playing Irish music with my band, Kilkenny Road.  I had only dabbled in mandolin, but when our fiddler had to bow out due to ill health, we needed to have a second lead to go with our flute lead.  I borrowed Scott's Bitterroot and started messing with it to see if I could fill the gap.  I was shocked at how quickly I was able to pick up the tunes for our band, and in just a few months, I was playing Irish tunes at light speed.  I'm sure that having a very good mandolin had a lot to do with it.  Somewhere along the way, we made a Son to Father deal, and I own it now.  I love that mandolin!!  It will never leave the family.  My next purchase will surely be a Weber Octave mandolin.
Bruce and his staff are great to work with!!"

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