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Here's the Watson Blues (one of my favs to play) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siSmjWUKqNM
Wow, that was great. Got the notation for it?
I'm pretty sure Watson Blues is in the Tabledit files. It's also the 'tune of the week' right now on Co-Mando.
Kinda like this one...... a lot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAXKS9JVNYA Mike
OKMike, that link brought up another Gerry Hundt vid that I really enjoyed, The Union Meetin'. Reminded me of a Piedmont ragtime blues style a lot. Delving further into YouTube will bring up some of Mundt's video lessons which probably parallel or mirror Jim Richter's.
Joe, that was nice as well. Mike
I'd started another string which duplicated what Amandlyn had started here so I've deleted the other string and moved it here. My apologies for any confusion I've created. Obviously my mind is on vacation and my fingers are working overtime! - Joe AZStu thought it'd be worthwhile having a subtopic of blues mandolin artists and recordings. I ran across a listing of YouTube blues vids in one of the Message Board posts and thought I'd add it here. Some of you have probably seen this. Kudos to Howard33 for compiling and posting the following: This is a sampling of Mandolin Blues that I have put together from YouTube offerings. I have added the names of Mandocafe members where I am aware of their membership. While this is may look like a long list, this is just a portion of what is available for Blues mandolin on YouTube. I hope you enjoy these videos as much as I do. Blues Mandolin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQMs8f-71N4 - Route 69 (Jim Richter) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRDUOA3smRQ - The Union Meeting (Gerry Hundt) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAXKS9JVNYA - Unknown Blues Tune (Gerry Hundt) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN4XhZF-sx8 - Mailman (Yank Rachel & John Estes) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PwucS53AsY - Hard Times http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3tVsayJZes - Dark Night Blues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPqQjyP4pEk - Unknown Blues Tune #2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWyRZKbUxRY - Going Down to Brownsville ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYNfWYfjHiM - Herve`s Dream http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EUXNX_6kVA - Impromptu Blues (Jim Richter) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL9mSYD7HOk - Freddie King’s Hideaway (Jim Richter) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkQIYzznPoM - Impromptu Blues #3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t7gyUWkO-Y - Leavin’ Town Blues (Mandolin & Guitar) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_FGoP8wdPo - Impromptu Blues #4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1giKQ1CwQ0 - Bye Bye Blues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adz5sh23nig - Diving Duck Blues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGZkQJ7OcCE - St. Louis Blues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zYKRr_66-E - Double Talkin’ Blues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwd5uSOH3Hs - Street Car Blues (Yank Rachel-Mandolin, John Estes-Guitar, Jab Jones-Piano) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdXyW5-8wl0 - (Not technically Blues, but it’s a Resonator Mandolin and that’s certainly cool) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFpZwwWeZZg - Little Funky Thang (Mandolin Funk Solo. Worth dropping in here.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9CicyiJZSE - Maxwell Street Blues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apOJtS3wMHA - Everyday I Have The Blues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6zb-tcXwss - Texas Flood http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dbw7i3Z2nM - Lint Head Stomp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i41whrw8zl8 - The Jackson Stomp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t3ToxItrto - Vicksburg Stomp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCF2ohD-rco - Wild Bill Jones http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PwucS53AsY - Hard Times JourneyBear added the following: A few more for all y'all: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSpKLgwcXD8 Ry Cooder - Goin' To Brownsville http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxBR_bufY_E MANDOLIN BOOGIE. ARTHUR (Guitar Boogie) SMITH (a jukebox plays the 45 then puts it away) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUAgFvfoRY0 - long and rambling but goofy fun before they start. Geoff Muldaur has some strange open tuning for this song only - I think the A or E strings are tuned in a major third. Found that out when he borrowed my banjolin in a workshop at Winnipeg FF 1991 (my jug band opened for The Jug Band, then we played a few tunes together), then I picked it up for the following jam. Eric Weissberg, their utility man for the day, said, "Oh, that's his Minglewood tuning. Here, I'll tune it back," and did so, in half a minute, by ear! And I never had to tune it again! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcX0CbqVGVQ - Sweet Sue - Jim Kweskin Jug Band - not blues, but fun with helium, and an interesting guest artist on the mandolin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvZWU1tXDn0 Short video of Blind Boy Fuller's Pistol Slapper Blues introduction. I adapted this from Rory Gallageher's version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcnWrHRXbqU another one from daddystovepipe,very cool...
Here's a link to Hot Tuna doing "Hesitation Blues" with Barry Mitterhoff on mandolin with the mandolin solo at 2:00. I found it on the General Discussion page, but figured it would fade away unless cross-referenced. Hesitation Blues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aQtq-BnK6c
Excuse me for posting my own stuff, but I have a few live gigs up that maybe somebody might enjoy watching. This is my favorite, Yank Rachell's MY BABY'S GONE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1PfZd5pUiI others can be seen at: http://www.youtube.com/user/bdeivert
no need to apologize, your videos are great ! they are all already marked as favorites in my channel Hope we meet next year with Willie S. cheers,René
Here's 1 of 2 Carl MArtin I found on the tube
Carl MArtin
Dave Specter, a brilliant guitarist out of Chicago, has been one of my modern favorites for the last 15 years. This is one of his tunes from the album Blueplicity, which he did with the great Tad Robinson (who I've had the privilege of performing with on occasion).
Could you tell us the name of the tune please, Jim? Great playing.
It's Blueplicity. http://www.amazon.com/Blueplicity-Da.../dp/B000004BKR
Thanks, Jim. I downloaded that track from I-tunes (card bought from supermarket). And I see they have a whole set of his albums at the local media lending library (which I can also buy and download from the media library, apparently). The recording sounds very promising. Shame he doesn't sing on his albums. And when is your album due out, Jim?
The crystal ball is cloudy. The future is not clear.
"The crystal ball is cloudy. The future is not clear." How sad!
I'm diggin' your new look Jim!
No new look. Just real grubby before taking the morning shower. Hat is to cover the bedhair! My bibs are also fitting a "little tighter" than I'd like them to fit too
ha , these 2 little boys really steal the show
I have never heard anything about Bob Schuster before but he sure can play some neat mandolin solos
Thanks for those videos. Those boys are terrific!
Stumbled upon this one- interesting instruments
folks you need to check this one I love it !
Hokum Blues Kieth Cary on cello, Meridith Axlerod on guitar and Jim Foss on resonater mandolin. Keith Cary builds and sells the reaonater mandolin Jim Foss is playing. He calls it a Commodium as it is made from a hospital bed pan as a resonating chamber. A very creative guy. Merideth Axlerod has some really great stuff on YouTube under he own name with other fine old time and blues folks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQy1om865I0 Bart
There may, or may not be mandolin on this blues site, but if there isn't there should be. Archie Edwards was a well thought of blues guitar player and composer who operated a barber shop in Washington, DC. It became a legendary center for blues players who jammed there during slow hours and evenings. After he died the blues folks continued to use the barber shop as a blues center. The area was eventually gentrified, the barbershop closed and the jam was moved to a municipal space. But there are some good videos on this site taken at the barber shop and later the new site. It is the kind of space and environment most of us would like to have access to... intimate and supportive of the blues. This site gets suprisingly few hits for some reason, but I think there is good stuff there. http://www.youtube.com/user/bluesher...10/IblbjrPvGd4 Bart
Another small string band band is called "The Otis Brothers". They are collectors early blues recordings and instruments and historians of early blues' Pat Conte and Bob Guida had developed a New York City and surrounding area reputation. Bob Guida died a year or so ago. Conte plays some fine mandolin in this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKWEeFfNcvg Hope you enjoy their work. Conte proves that a mandolin player can chew a matchstick and play the mandolin at the same time. Bart
hey Bart Thanks for the links. Wished I had such a barber shop around the corner ! Youtube seems to endlessly pour out great stuff. The channel of suprovalco is particular cool Cheers,René
This is really great playing and singing: Mike Compton and Maria Duff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzxxh-lZbc0
Amandalyn... You were looking for some really good female blues mando players... Check out this video of Andra Faye playing alongside Rich Delgrosso. She used to be (or still is?) with SAFFIRE The Uppity Blues Women. Super blues mandolin in my opinion... She also plays guitar and I believe bass fiddle. I can't think of anyone who can beat her as a blues mandolin player. She has fine stage presence as well. I wish the photography was a little better. Hope you enjoy it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMhn7...eature=related Bart
Yes Andra is great ! She had good teachers : DelGrosso, H.Armstrong, Y.Rachell Andra Faye Bio
Gosh... every time I watch and listen to this video Andra Faye goes up another notch in my admiration for her.... She plays mandolin with her whole body and I don[t think it is all just show biz... Stunning performance!!! Bart Bart
and speaking of blues... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_wqv...e=channel_page
Bill Foss on mandolin and Merdeth Axelerod on guitar HOKUM BLUES Bill Foss is, in my opinion, a remarkable mandolin player. I mention this video because I am so impressed with the variety seen in his picking technique... Oh heck... I admit it... I think Merideth Axelerod is really cute... But Foss is a mighty fine musician too... and I think they make great music together. I've suggested this tune in another thread with Foss playing resonater mando but this video shows his fingerwork better. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5e3J...eature=related Bart
well this may not be a showpiece but I really dig playing it. Hope you enjoy some worried slow 1920s blues
Rene, If that is not a show piece... Please tell me what is! To me.... that is the essence of blues. Yes it is basic and without razzledazzle but its simplicity is its merit. That is one I am going to be studying. Also thank you for the up close view of both hands. I think there is a lot to learn from in this video. One of my most painful musical experiences is to hear the high school (or college) orchestra leader announce "and now you're about to hear our thirty piece orchestra play "Something or other Blues". At that point I have an uncontrollable urge to find the men's room. Bart
Blues Mandolin Instrument Sampler Bottleneck John shows us a variety of mandolins with Lars Astrand demonstrating their sound in blues tunes. Quite interesting if you are interested in blues mandolin instrument options. The resonater mandolins shown are Johnsons, made in China for an american company. They are low priced "copies" of old National resonaters. Certainly these are not for every blues lover... but they offer an interesting alternative sound. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n6Rwi8MyOk Bart http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n6Rwi8MyOk
Here's one just a little bit different..... Mahjun and Giroux from France http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoXfz-_fBJo Bart
Southern White Blues Tradition Here's another one which may not fit our focus completely... but I find it a fascinating off-shoot of traditional black oriented blues as we know it. I used to hear hillbilly blues on the radio coming out of the South as a kid back in the 50s(?) but rejected it because it didn't meet my definition of the "blues". Here's a guy, bayrum78, who takes it seriously and recreates some of the southern white blues artists and tradition. He is playing a cello banjo which I think is a fairly rare banjo. I often accompany his videos on a mandolin or mandolin banjo. Hope you enjoy this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEULRqjhG4w Bart
Here is another one, Still testing the waters..having a great time playing around with this. Anthony www.hickoryproject.com
Another one! Cant wait to get this software figured out. Anthony www.hickoryproject.com
Wow! Anthony: Rococo blues!?!?!? Didn't know there was such a thing,,, but would love to hear/see more. A very iteresting approach to the blues. Quite unique in my opinion and not fitting comfortably into my definition,,, but methiinks that makes it more interesting. Bart
Flight of the bumblebee blues. Very nice, Anthony