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The Famous Old Time Music Company stands out
among music stores. Having been part of the Cincinnati
Bluegrass scene since 1972, it is much more than just a
retail outlet for musical instruments. And since 2003,
Famous Old Time Music has been spreading the Bluegrass sound
to Northern Ohio communities at the Wapakoneta store. |
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Famous Old Time Music is
the place to find vintage instruments including Martin
guitars, Gibson banjos and mandolins, Dobros, fiddles and
more fiddles, basses, hammered and lap dulcimers. Famous Old
Time Music Company also carries accessories and recordings
and provides lessons, repairs, jam sessions, workshops, live
shows, good pickin’ stories plus lots of good folks who
share a love of acoustic music. |
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Vernon McIntyre’s Appalachian Grass
FOTMC is home-base for Vernon McIntyre's Appalachian Grass, a
hard-driving bluegrass group with a long and colorful history. Owner
Vernon McIntyre is part and parcel of what makes the FOTMC such an |
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interesting place. It is
the expertise gained in his 40 plus years as a professional
bluegrass musician traveling the road which makes his musical
comments and critiques so valuable. All the instruments he has seen
and played over the years give his appraisals and repair suggestions
validity. His own personable manner and friendly "Howdy" sets the
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tone when you stop by the
FOTMC. It's a down home, neighborly place you'll want to visit more
than once. |
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Jam
Sessions
Vernon and Kitty McIntyre host a weekly Friday evening jam session
from 7pm 'til 9. Lots of good picking plus good food on site by
Margaret’s Kitchen. |
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Repairs
Famous Old Time Music Co. is also a working repair and restoration
center for new and used string instruments. We can help you with
small jobs like string changes or do a neck reset on a vintage
Martin. Call the location most convenient for you. |
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Collectibles
The FOTMC is also a forum for acoustic instrument
collectors. It has become a museum of interesting old string
instruments, furniture, tools, watches and all the other
oddities owner Vernon McIntyre has collected over the years.
With an instrument selection that includes Martin guitars,
Gibson banjos, Gibson mandolins, dobros, fiddles of all
types, and assorted other folk instruments, the store is any
instrument enthusiast's dream. |
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Famous Old Time Stringed Instrument Museum
The Famous Old Time Music Company Stringed Instrument Museum is
dedicated to Bluegrass music, a uniquely American blend of styles,
instruments, and rhythms. Bluegrass as an independent musical genre
differentiated itself from old style country music in 1945 the
moment Earl Scruggs stepped onto the stage of the Grand Ole Opry
with Bill Monroe’s Bluegrass Boys. Historically, bluegrass has been
viewed as the ‘poor cousin’ of country music and was considered
‘hillbilly’. While the Nashville country sound was mass marketed
with smooth orchestral arrangements and choral background harmonies,
bluegrass retained it’s rugged, heartfelt sound with a small but
avid following. Devotees were stereotyped as old guys in bib
overalls with no education or culture. Bluegrass received a brief
span of national attention in the 1960s and 1970s as a consequence
of various movies and TV shows featuring the style. The long running
TV show, The Beverly Hillbillies featured the bluegrass sound of the
band Flatt & Scruggs. The blockbuster movie, Bonnie and Clyde,
featured Scruggs’ instrumental Foggy Mountain Breakdown. The movie
Deliverance popularized the tune Dueling Banjos. Most recently, the
hit movie Oh Brother, Where Art Thou has brought the bluegrass sound
into the national spotlight and popularized the sound so that
professed devotees now include college students and professors,
doctors, lawyers, and other well-educated professionals. |
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