Mandolin Mondays #286 w/ Special Guest Jeff Midkiff
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, Jun-28-2021 at 7:00am (11037 Views)
This week on Mandolin Mondays we've got the amazing Jeff Midkiff with us, playing an impressive rendition of "Blackberry Blossom" on his 2004 Gilchrist mandolin.
The mandolin is how Jeff got to the stage of Carnegie Hall. The Kennedy Center too. And not just as a picker, but as a composer. Mandolin concertos -- one a double concerto for mandolin and violin -- and chamber music have come from his fertile musical mind.
So Midkiff's not your typical mandolinst. But that doesn't mean he hasn't also graced the stages of equally distinguished bluegrass festivals, including Grey Fox, Bean Blossom and Strawberry (sort of the Salzburg Festivals of the bluegrass world), beginning his career as the inaugural eight-stringer in the 1980s with the renowned Lonesome River Band, filling that role on their first two albums, as well as the New Grass Revue, McPeak Brothers, Bluegrass Express, and The Schankman Twins.
Jeff is also offering a transcription of this arrangement--contact him through his website here to inquire: http://www.jeffmidkiff.com/contact.html
And be sure to connect with Jeff at the following links below for more information about his music:
http://www.jeffmidkiff.com/index.html
https://www.facebook.com/jeffmidkiffmusic/
And as always, tune in next week for more Mandolin Mondays! Until then...
Happy Picking!
David