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Some of the bluesiest mandolin ever played was featured on the album "The Legendary Kentucky Mandolin of Nolan Faulkner" on Old Homestead Records.
Here are some tracks:

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I'm not much of a woodworker kind of guy. The only power tools I've owned are a drill & a small circular saw. But I acquired a Northfield with some of the finish on the neck worn off. The previous...

I love that album. One of my favs.

1969. At one point in the interview he mentions the lack of a bass player & that Tony overdubbed the bass on an upright. I keep trying to picture that in my mind but I can't quite get there.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tjmX26n1EA

I wasn't sure what I thought about this at first. On one hand, sure, you could say there's too many notes, it's too flashy, too far from the melody and...

Nice. What kind of mandolin is that? Sounds great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4Gllgu8EeY&t=3s

And we all think a regular mandolin is hard to keep in tune.

That is moving waaaaaaaaay up. Congrats.

I think I'm about as close to self-taught as you can get - no mandolin players around, had a few records, mostly bluegrass.

Now, with the plentifully available online instruction plus all the free...

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Nice, Frank. One of your best ones yet!

One piece back, Sitka spruce top, James TP, Rubner tuners, wide nut. So far I like it a lot. The neck feels perfect, a shallow "U" shape that I prefer. Has that new mandolin sound but I can hear the...

Some pics of the final product:

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I think this is one of his most compelling songs but somehow it's often overlooked in discussions about Lightfoot:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCQmx_wJH6o

Just came across this jam session video on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU52XDSqBGM

What a great reminder of the genius of Jethro!

Truth be told, the greater influence on that was probably the player that's affected me the most, Nolan Faulkner. His Old Homestead album "The Legendary Kentucky Mandolin of Nolan Faulkner" has been...

Sure thing but it seems like it's going to be a while. I think I'm down the list a ways.

This is kind of an oldtime tune, I guess. It's unusual in that it only has two chords, F#m & C#m. I think it modulates in the "B" part, I'm not really sure.

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That was lovely, Frank. The Collings sounds great!

I'm the same age & ordered not one but two custom instruments, both mandolins, one an oval hole the other with f holes. The wait would have been harder but I injured my left hand badly last Sept. 28...

I've written some tunes to a pre-existing set of chords. In fact, I've still got a few of those chord progressions waiting for a melody but mostly the melody comes first, then I go back & hunt down...

Here's a little blues I wrote for a student to play. It's probably the simplest tune I've ever written but I'm told that, sometimes, simple is good. Hopefully this is one of those occasions.

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One of my favourite melodies. Reminds me a bit of "When They Ring Those Golden Bells For You & me, another fave. Thanks, Frank. Really nice, soulful playing.