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  1. Mandolin Mondays #354 w/ Special Guest Mike Mullins

    Returning to Mandolin Mondays this week, we have California mandolinist Mike Mullins with us to share a beautiful original, "The Forgotten Waltz" on his newly acquired 1923 Gibson H-1 mandola. Beautiful stuff here!



    San Francisco Bay Area native Mike Mullins has been a fixture on the West Coast acoustic music
    scene for over 40 years. Well-known for his guitar work with the Cache Valley Drifters (Bill Griffin ...
  2. Mandolin Mondays #345 w/ Special Guest Lorraine Duisit

    This week on Mandolin Mondays we have Virginia singer-songwriter and mandolinist Lorraine Duisit with us to perform her original song "Diamond Willow" on her 1924 H4 Gibson Mandola.



    Lorraine is a former member of the band Trapezoid, and over the years has made appearances on Prairie Home Companion, Voice of America, All Things Considered
    and more. Washington Post writes of Lorraine, “an enchanting singer ...
  3. Eastwood Airline Mandola

    Hi guys
    For anyone interested my (admittedly lightweight) review and thoughts on the Eastwood Airline Mandola are on my blog
    http://rockinwithdavepeters.blogspot...la-review.html
    Best wishes all.

    Updated Mar-13-2014 at 6:26am by Dave Peters from the UK

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  4. Studio Log: More Than a Little Guitar, ch. 1

    A couple of weeks ago I finished a 10 day recording session for my new CD which will carry the title More Than a Little Guitar. At the outset the goal was to make a folk/singer-songwriter album framed around the mandolin as primary rhythm and lead instrument.

    To record a song, I would sit in the studio with mics on playing the song as though I was performing it. My producer, Brooks Williams, and my engineer, Chris Pepper, would find the tempo and create a drum track that suited ...

    Updated Aug-30-2013 at 2:57am by Daniel Nestlerode

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