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  1. BrianWilliam's Avatar
  2. Nester's Avatar
    Awesome! I would love to learn to play this on mandolin! Steve, you rock!!
  3. John Soper's Avatar
    Huzzah!
  4. Mandolin Cafe's Avatar
    Great to have you here, Steve. Dig the tune and singing!
  5. Alfons's Avatar
    Nice job Steve - Looking forward to seeing you in Frankfort!
  6. John Soper's Avatar
    Finally got a chance to watch this one. Great job!
  7. Will Patton's Avatar
    Wow - - nicely done.
  8. Mandolin Cafe's Avatar
    David, you and the Apitius are a great match. Sounds fantastic!
  9. Jim Garber's Avatar
    Fantastic, David! I have been playing that for years but only single string melody, which is difficult enough. I love your arrangement. Of course, the Jacob and contemporary players like Dudu Maia play it much faster but they usually have the chords accompanied by masterful 7 string guitar players.
  10. John Soper's Avatar
    Whoah Nellie! Not just whistling Dixie!
  11. jasonharsh's Avatar
    Simply phenomenal! And so much fun! Great work from Rory and Dan
  12. Matt Livingston's Avatar
    Feels like a groove from the Old Aquarium Rescue Unit circa 1994. I bet Col. Bruce would have enjoyed this.
  13. Alfons's Avatar
    Adding my votes for both "Wow!" and "That was fun!", and I just love that whistling too. Thanks Rory!
  14. AMandolin's Avatar
    well..... I am truly blown away
  15. DougC's Avatar
    My usual response to something like this is "Holy Sh*t!" But being (or trying to be) a more mature musician I'll say the Rory is remarkable. And my remarks are that he is a rare talent. Disabled or not, I assume he is blind, he really understands the style of music and performs it with style and grace.
  16. BrianWilliam's Avatar
    Wow indeed!
  17. chasray's Avatar
    Words fall short
  18. George R. Lane's Avatar
    What a talent.
  19. MontanaMatt's Avatar
    Wow!
  20. Matt Livingston's Avatar
    That was fun!
  21. Mandolin Cafe's Avatar
    Welcome, Rory! Damn...
  22. goose 2's Avatar
    That's a beautiful rendition of one of my favorite Les Zeppelin sones. I too bought Houses of the Holy with my morning paper route money and still listen to that album often today. Thanks for sharing this!
  23. MandoAblyss's Avatar
    I had thought there were overtone/tuning issues with mag pickup-amplified string courses (doubled), hence Mandocaster is four strings. But that was absolutely lovely, majestic, transcendent! Sigh, pros can milk music from a log, and tune perfectly. Thanks, Don. That tune is embedded deeply in all of us of a certain age and place.
  24. JimRichter's Avatar
    Very good Donnie. One of most fun duets I've done the last few years was you and I and Rain Song at Mandolin Camp

  25. Chanmandolin's Avatar
    That dog is very passed out on the couch ! Lol Nice playing Don!
  26. Mandolin Cafe's Avatar
    ... reaches over, switches on lava lamp.

    Welcome, Don!
    Updated May-15-2017 at 12:29pm by Mandolin Cafe
  27. Don Stiernberg's Avatar
    Mighty Fine.
  28. John Soper's Avatar
    Sweet!
  29. AMandolin's Avatar
    never a dull moment
  30. AlanN's Avatar
    Yowsuh!!
  31. Mandolin Cafe's Avatar
    Welcome, Casey. Great version of that tune. Thanks for being with us.
  32. alexheflin's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Alfons
    Very nice. Also loving the videos from the EPK. I especially liked all the clamps in the background of Hats Off - that's my kind of "studio". Oh, and the song is great too. I am saving my pennies for Friday and looking forward to hearing more Blue Marlin!
    Thanks! We actually recorded the live takes in the shop that my mandolin was built in - that was a fun day.

    Glad you dig the tunes!
  33. burt50's Avatar
    Alex that's a greats sounding mandolin. Very nice tune as well.
  34. Alfons's Avatar
    Very nice. Also loving the videos from the EPK. I especially liked all the clamps in the background of Hats Off - that's my kind of "studio". Oh, and the song is great too. I am saving my pennies for Friday and looking forward to hearing more Blue Marlin!
  35. Mandolin Cafe's Avatar
    Alex, welcome. Have enjoyed your videos for a long time. Glad to have you join Mandolin Mondays. Looking forward to your new release this Friday.
  36. Mandolin Cafe's Avatar
    Fantastic playing, Tristan. Welcome.

    Check out Tristan's blog, linked above. Good reading!
  37. Stompbox's Avatar
    Awesome, I will definitely be in touch for this one. My wife is a huge DMB fan.
  38. BrianWilliam's Avatar
    Watchtower !!!


    Hoping for a Mile Twelve Colorado tour. Keystone bluegrass and beer is pretty sweet.
  39. AMandolin's Avatar
    Rocking good one!
  40. Mandolin Cafe's Avatar
    David, great medley! Happy Monday and thanks as always for this series.
  41. mgap's Avatar
    Thanks Marla. I sure do like your style.
  42. Annette Siegel's Avatar
    Thanks Marla, you made my Monday a better day!
  43. Mandolin Cafe's Avatar
    Welcome, Marla! Great to have your music here again.
  44. Matt Livingston's Avatar
    Splendid! Great contribution to this cool series.
  45. DougC's Avatar
    Shalom Aleichem says one, Aleichem Shalom says the other. A traditional greeting.

    So Alan "Aleichem Shalom!" A beautiful and soulful tune. (I wish the mic was up close in order to really hear that great mandolin.) Really nice though. And what a great way to start the week.

    Thanks!
  46. Mandolin Cafe's Avatar
    Welcome, Alan! Nicely played.
  47. Bill Slovin's Avatar
    Fantastic playing. Great ending and some really amazing picking.
  48. ekalabacos's Avatar
    Awesome! In the spirit of humor, I noticed that Emery's right hand position looks like he's "giving us the finger" sometimes. ;-)
  49. Mark Wilson's Avatar
    Making the impossible look effortless
  50. BrianWilliam's Avatar
    Smokin'!