Bayard Blain is all about making music. He is a talented multi-instrumentalist and songwriter as well as a master luthier. He builds beautiful custom acoustic instruments, blending his love for playing music and his love of working with wood. His guitars, mandolins, octave mandolins, and bouzoukis are some of the finest instruments I have ever held in my hands. If you visit his website you'll find an impressive list of respected performers who play them. I own two of his instruments myself, a guitar and an octave mandolin, and everywhere I go people are amazed by their beauty, playability, versatility, and rich tone. I have put together a few pictures of me playing my Bayard instruments over the past year. I hope you enjoy them, and that you will seek out my friend Bayard, and learn more about him and his fine instruments. Come visit us in the Exhibit Hall at Folk Alliance 2010 (booth #9), and at the Kerrville Folk Festival in the main stage vendors' area. Be ready to sit and pick.
- David
Glaser, February 2010
