DWDitty, I don't know where George Youngblood has been lately. The place looks closed every time we go by, and we've only gotten the answering machine.

Some of the best music shops I've seen are in tents at bluegrass festivals. The CD tent at Winterhawk (New York)has every recording I might ever want, and if you don't see it, ask, and he'll pull it out of his van. The Fiddler's Choice booth has all kinds of instruments for sale and they also have a store in New Hampshire somewhere.

Another great music store in CT is the Music Box in Hamden for a huge collection of acoustic music (recordings and sheet music) for sale, plus other genres.

We also get a lot of musical things from mail order. Janet Davis has many things banjo. Stewart MacDonald has things guitar. Lemur Music has things bass. And of course Homespun Tapes for instruction books.