Podcast 59: Stan Jay of Mandolin Brothers

On this week's podcast, we talk to Stan Jay, founder of Staten
Island’s Mandolin Brothers. Jay is considered one of the foremost
experts on vintage instruments, but, as he tells us this week, it
all started in 1971 with a bag of banjo parts he was able to flip
for a tidy profit. As his now bustling store celebrates its
fortieth anniversary, we ask him about buying trends in vintage
instruments, the guitars he actually plays when he's gigging and
the magic behind those legendary Mandolin Brothers instrument
descriptions. Intro music from Bill Evans' album, In Good
Company.