Anyone know of a pro mandolinist who plays a Monteleone? I can't think of any.
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Anyone know of a pro mandolinist who plays a Monteleone? I can't think of any.
Christopher Guest - Actor, Director, Musician
Paul Glasse and a few others.
https://monteleone.net/Artists-howard_emerson.php
Ethan Setiawan has been playing one recently.
There’s also this previous thread about Monte players:
https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/t...eone-Mandolins
Pete
Mike Marshall on his Monteleone mandocello. Mike Sassano is an excellent mandolinist in Out To Lunch and he plays what I consider to be one of the best mandolins on earth, a Baby Grand.
Phil Rosenthal was a Monte player. Grisham plays them, owns quite a few or did.
Lou Martin, who used to play with Country Cooking and release a great album of mandolin music, had a Montelone. He also wrote and composed mando music and taught up in Albany area I think?Quote:
Originally Posted by nick delmore
Not sure if he's still alive. I found two tracks on Youtube, there may be more:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHn6q41DsCU
https://youtu.be/s50GJZSuaGo
I met him once but that was decades ago.
PS- should add that when you're Googling, apparently there was a piano player also named Lou Martin. The mandolin player used Lou Martin as a stage name, don't know what his real name was, he's discussed here on Cafe in previous years.
It may be my "pro" status (from time-to-time, synonymous with "starving musician") that keeps me from acquiring a Monteleone, but I occasionally play a KM-DAWG at shows. I would never presume to equate it with the real deal, but likely it's as close as I'll get.
Grisman, not Grisham…
Lou Martin is one of my favourites. His Rounder album "Recent Work" was a huge influence on me.Quote:
Originally Posted by rnjl
John Jorgenson to add to the list of great players above.
Chris Hillman plays one that sounds terrific on this cut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOjcoCAFTho
Bill
There really just aren't that many Monteleone mandos out there...
add Buddy Merriam from Long Island, NY.
https://buddymerriam.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-77PVDtjqU