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At 4:42pm on February 22, 2010, Michael S. Males said…
So what is our song this week?
At 1:09pm on February 22, 2010, Amy L. Mummert said…
if that write up that i did doesn' twork--remember the puter lost it and i had to recreate it and forgotten most of it...at least please put those 3 pics maybe even on front page--no names--instead a kinda guess the York musician kinda thing. if you need them resent, please advise...
At 12:10pm on February 22, 2010, Amy L. Mummert said…
...and you're not listed as "my friend" on here anymore...oh no, did you hear the trash i've been sayin bout you or somethin? hahahaha!!
At 12:04pm on February 22, 2010, Amy L. Mummert said…
Gotta talk to ya! All good stuff--read my blog i just posted about wed nights!! i called it "hmmm...come have a musicgasm or stay home and watch law and order." read it-haha! need to catch up wiht you. i'm off work at 3.00. you around town today? out by me? anyway --i'll find ya!
At 9:42am on February 22, 2010, Matt Miller said…
Thank you so much! Not at the moment... unfortunately, but im working on it. I actually just found out about the studio and art bar and was thinking of trying to get in there.

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About Shane Speal

Shane Speal is a musician and marketing professional from York, PA. He is married to Melissa (Bilello) Speal. The couple has two sons, Shane Jr. (age 7) and Brennen (age 4).

Speal is the self-proclaimed "King of the Cigar Box Guitar" and the creator of www.scrapplehead.com.

Speal and the Cigar Box Guitar Revolution
In 2003, Shane Speal posted the first free plans for a simple 3-string cigar box guitar on the internet using a free 1-page Geocities website. In the site, Speal declared himself the "King of the Cigar Box Guitar" simply because noone else was too stupid to claim it first! He also declared there was an uprising "Cigar Box Guitar Revolution" made of musicians who were looking for a deeper music made on the most primitive of instruments.

That single web page presence grew into a fuller Geocities site and eventually into a Yahoo based Cigar Box Guitar Forum. At its height, the forum boasted over 3000 members. After 5 successful years, the Yahoo forum is becoming eclipsed by Speal's newest endeavor, CigarBoxNation.com.

Music
Speal has performed cigar box guitar concerts solo and with his bands Jug Fusion and The Primal Brothers. He has appeared at the first Cigar Box Guitar Festival in 2004 and in many subsequent cigar box concerts. He is a central figure in the Max Shores documentary, Songs Inside the Box (www.songsinsidethebox.com).

Recordings
Speal has recorded more than 10 self-released cigar box guitar albums. He releases them under the name Insurrection Records. He has also appeared on releases by Crow Tongue, By The Way, Boz and Chris Ballew. His cds all use his hand-assembled "poverty art" packaging and are sold at INSURRECTION RECORDS on Etsy (and eventually a full store at www.cigarboxguitar.com). Speal also compiled 4 volumes of cigar box guitar music from around the world in the Masters of the Cigar Box Guitar series. He also publishes Uncle Enos zine (underground magazine) dedicated to cigar box guitars and other primal poverty art/music.

You can contact Shane Speal at shanespeal@yahoo.com

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Shane Speal commented on The York Emporium's photo 'RR-1009_Jacket I'
The mustache is epic.
16 hours ago
Shane Speal commented on Josh Seipp's group 'Gear - Sale, Trade, Wants & Needs'
Link to Dave's eBay auction
yesterday
The big St. Patty's open mic is NEXT Wednesday, March 17, not this Wednesday. Doh. Stoopit Sudafed...
yesterday
Shane Speal commented on Shane Speal's event 'Scrapplehead's huge St. Patty open mic'
Hey, St. Patrick was actually Italian...so I qualify, too!
yesterday
Louis E. Woodyard, Jr. commented on Shane Speal's event 'Scrapplehead's huge St. Patty open mic'
My Mother is 1/8 Irish so I guess I qualify. lol
yesterday
Shane Speal commented on Shane Speal's event 'Scrapplehead's huge St. Patty open mic'
Yep, it's a bar. 21+.
yesterday
Selena Benally commented on Shane Speal's event 'Scrapplehead's huge St. Patty open mic'
Is this a 21+ event? I would love to bring a friend with me but she's 19.
yesterday
Shane Speal added an event
Scrapplehead's huge St. Patty open mic at First Capital Dispensing Company
March 10, 2010 at 10pm to March 11, 2010 at 2pm
Wednesday night is St. Patrick's Day...the Guinness will flow and music will rock at the First Capital Dispensing Co. Come on out as early as 10pm to start the jam. Bring your guitar, your Irish harp, your freakin' kazoo! You get the idea. We'll be…
yesterday

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YorkArts presents Guitar Show / new Shane Speal album in April

The YorkArts gallery on Beaver St. will host an "Iconic Guitar" gallery show from April 16 until June 6. Instead of paintings and sculptures, the gallery will have some of the greatest guitars in modern history, including:

A Pre-War Martin acoustic
Dave Davies (of the Kinks) 1950's Flying V (it has been speculated that this guitar is a Gibson prototype and one of a kind)
a 1956 Gibson Les Paul
...and many MANY other iconic guitars.

There will also be an opening night celebration with music and… Continue

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