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November 25, 2009 | Fiddler's Green Music Shop, Austin TX
A few blocks off the North Mo-Pac Expressway, nestled off of West 35th Street near Hyde Park is the Austin Texas acoustic musician's dream, JazzMando Sponsor Fiddlers' Green Music Shop. The Austin music scene is world renowned for its vibrant creativity and artistic prowess; you'd expect nothing less than a first class music store like Fiddler's Green to support it.
This is a place where staff and clientele live the life, walk the talk, and great lines of instruments like Huss and Dalton, Martin, Phoenix, JBovier, Eastman, Weber, Breedlove, and "hometeam" Ellis and Collings are there to sustain it. In the video library embedded on his website you can get a great taste of the incredible vibe created by owner Clay Leavitt, where instruments that hang on walls are not just a commodity but tools to a musically entrenched lifestyle.
These guys support live music like no other, with frequent workshops and clinics, lessons, repairs, live jams, and a play as much as you want showroom stacked with a host of well-tuned world class instruments, a veritable Disneyland for the acoustic musician.
Website: Fiddlers' Green Music Shop Fiddler's Green Music Shop
1809 W.35th Street
Austin, TX 78703 (512) 452-3900
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10 - 6, Thursday 10 - 8, Sunday 12 - 5
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November 25, 2009 | Fiddler's Green Music Shop, Austin TX
This is a place where staff and clientele live the life, walk the talk, and great lines of instruments like Huss and Dalton, Martin, Phoenix, JBovier, Eastman, Weber, Breedlove, and "hometeam" Ellis and Collings are there to sustain it. In the video library embedded on his website you can get a great taste of the incredible vibe created by owner Clay Leavitt, where instruments that hang on walls are not just a commodity but tools to a musically entrenched lifestyle.
