In this interview I did with Frank he talks some about his mandoin improvements.
Frank Improves His Mandolin
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In this interview I did with Frank he talks some about his mandoin improvements.
Frank Improves His Mandolin
http://candlewater.com/interviews/story006.html
Yes. Frank told me about 2 things he did to make his mandolin sound like it does. The bridge was one. The other I cannot comment on. I am sworn to secrecy on that. He didn't want people ruining...
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They had shows there at the park way before they had festivals.
There was no such thing as a Bluegrass Festival back then.
Jim Moss
That is a great recording made by Gary Hedricks father, Marvin.
He introduces it in fact.
Bill has just written and recorded Get Up John. Classic.
Jim Moss
Not sure about the spelling on York's name. This must have come from the tape box.
Here are some other notes I put together from when I was documenting your tape collection. I added the catalog...
Gary,
I think I might have logged that tape. See if this sound right.
Jim Moss
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Catalog: 97031
Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys (MONO)
Nov. 1960
The Barn at Bean Blossom Park
It has always been weird to me how you always hear the Baker version and not the original Monroe version. You know... all this horsepower and they don't even go for the more bluesy original Monroe...
Actually, I never said he sharpened his teeth.
I said, "I am surprised that no one has brought up the story about him filing his front teeth to a point." Then "That is a good one too." the...
Well, think of it this way. Before, you didn't even know that there was a question...
to ask him next time you see him.
I am bound by my word.
So it is like having a compass... to use...
The finish helps too. French Polish thin finish minimum restriction to the face.
I noticed a long time ago that the sound of some mandolins and fiddles seems
to come from inside the instrument,...
The Bakelite and fiberglass bridge did help.
He talks about that on the intro to one of the Ultra Clear Lesson DVDs.
... but that is not the what, he said, was the major effect.
However, his...
Here is Frank talking about his baking project.
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I am surprised that no one has brought up the story about him filing his front teeth to a...
Don't do it Greg.
It is not what got Frank his big sounding mandolin.
You need to ask him "What REALLY made that mandolin sound like that?"
Of course, technique has a lot to do with it... but...
I have been receiving emails regarding the outcome of this story. So I had
better not leave it hanging. After giving it some thought I have decided
not to post it other than to say that it was...
A pin drop? I am surprised you didn't hear a gun going off.
Them's Fight'n Words!
Well, now you can see what I mean about some people. How can you
blame the guy for being off when he gets a...
I mean, Bill Monroe said if I recorded Tanyards and Real Foot Real that he would record an introduction which I could use as I saw fit. So when my LP came out with all that landscape that LPs had, I...
Bondage, you just never met him and therefore rely on these books which may have an agenda of their own. He might have been different to different people, but I liked him. I never found him mean. ...
You must be referring to Walls of Time which he wrote with some input from Peter Rowan. In the case of Big Sandy River, which Kenny Baker wrote and which showed up on a Monroe album as...
The comedian sure has the banjo player's interpretation of the Bluegrass Breakdown story. I am surprised that this has not raised an eyebrow here on a mandolin website.
I can visualize the arrow...
No, the original "WB Raccoon Records" band was band leader Butch Waller, Ed Neff, Bruce Nemerov on Banjo, Chris Boutwell on Guitar and Lonny Feiner on Bass. However, that is just High Country. When...
High Country has a long history with a lot of the musicians from the SF Bay Area.
They were the 2nd Bluegrass band to play at Pauls as I understand it. It is in a
book about Jerry Garcia...
I remember Garcia back stage at Paul's when the members of the Good Ol Boys had finished their recording sessions and decided to storm the place. The band was on stage, Don Reno, Frank Wakefield,...
San Francisco was a breeding ground for Bluegrass music in the middle to late 1970s. It was exciting and based largely around the all Bluegrass venue Paul's Saloon. There were other venues of...
I take it back. I think you are right about Strawberry Fields. The song I was thinking about, I think, is A Day In The Life where it starts the second part with "Woke Up, Got Out Of Bed, Pulled A...