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Here are a few of my favorite easy-going Irish reels--all penned by the great fiddler Paddy Fahy. In order of appearance I believe these are reels No. 14, No. 20, and No. 1 from the Fahy cannon. I learned the first two from the playing of one of my favorite fiddlers, Martin Hayes, and the last from the playing of the great Kevin Burke.



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Last week was Maybelle Carter's birthday, and this time 13 years ago we lost her daughter, June Carter. In memory of these two amazing artists, I put together a few different versions of the Carter Family's great tune "Bury Me Beneath the Willow" in a quasi-classical Theme and Variations format.



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Visiting memories from my childhood with this haunting lullaby from the great Sherman Brothers and the slightly disturbed genius of Roald Dahl in the classic Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.



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David

It's been nearly 15 years since the amazing John Hartford left us. So wish that I could have met him. This is one of my most favorite tunes ever, one that John wrote called "Homer the Roamer."



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70's rock on the mandolin! What could be better?



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Time for 3 chords and the truth--and the mandolin! Here's a medley of 3 of my favorite Bob Dylan Songs: "Mr. Tamburine," "Blowin' in the Wind," and "The Times They are A-Changin'"



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Time for a little ragtime mandolin. Here's my arrangement of perhaps one of the most famous piano pieces ever written. I took a few cues from the great Chet Atkins for this tune. Also, a huge shout out to Swannanoa Gathering director Jim MaGill, who has his own great arrangements of Scott Joplin's tunes and helped inspire my rendition.



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Meet Jeff the Sturgeon and PD the napping dog. What better company to play crooked old time music with.



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David

Just for Bach's birthday (March 21st) here's a closet recording from the vault. Back in 2014 I tried learning these two movements from Bach's Violin Sonata No. 1 in Gm BWV 1001. This performance is far from perfect, but it was probably the best I was ever able to play it.



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Things are getting a little funky here at Mandolin Mondays. Here's my stab at trying to sound like the great Chaka Khan and the whole Rufus band on the mandolin all at once.



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