Thanks. Just want to let you know I am in intense competition with you for that "worlds most OK-ish mandolin player." What a view from the top of that Bell Curve!
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Thanks. Just want to let you know I am in intense competition with you for that "worlds most OK-ish mandolin player." What a view from the top of that Bell Curve!
Most of the time for most of the music I play, acoustic mando is the instrument(s) I love. But I also love the Electric styles of a Mark Knopfler, Richard Thompson, Steeleye Span etc. For me melodic...
David Domizi has been better known for guitar work but did some mandolin work for picky pals of mine in town (you probably know 'em too) so I had him do a much needed set-up on my Flatron A5-2...
Sharon's Intermediate BG course also very useful for me, understanding the Bluegrass mando world. I suspect her new course on improv might be what you are looking for. Joe Walsh can teach you a lot...
A wonderful teacher player and person. Always a highlight of the many camps where I took his lessons and enjoyed his teaching, playing and especially his vibe. I found this sad news because right...
Well anything Andy touches has a great sound. But that Loar is probably pretty OK anyway.
About 10 years ago. Yeah, just sitting on it. UVA had (has?) a chair of the music dept. who was an excellent BG fiddler and ran a little BG teaching circle fortuitously across the street where I...
99 out of 100 MandolinCafe members, and 100% of doctors, agree that Andy Statman is a mensch.
A few years ago I was at a low key dual Bluegrass/Klezmer workshop with Andy (in Virginia) and he needed...
I'll second that. And I might not be playing mandolin at all if not for Peter Knights turn on "The Brides Favorite"! (Steeleye Span-Below the Salt - 1972)
Thanks Carlo, for everything mandolin-ish!
Thank You! Lovely multi-media art to help us through the pandemic. And course, we would all love to know more about that simple looking, but rich sounding mandolin, so eloquently played.
Thanks for that. His version of the "Brides Favorite" is quite lovely.
Really good. Direct and emotional but not schmaltzy.
Having time on my hands after a bit of surgery, I stumbled on the YouTube of the mando demo's after watching the Steve Earle Ghosts of West Virginia concert video, a nice acoustic solo show.
When...
Great fun, thanks for that. Took me back to time I was just getting into ITM and mandolin, gobsmacked by Moloney's playing, so found him at Augusta and it's down the rabbit hole...
I had also what I...
Crap I almost ordered a bunch of them Green Chips....until I saw "safe for consumption"....
Another fan of Marla on Peghead. In my opinion she captures the nuance of rhythm better than anyone else teaching Irish mandolin, maybe ever, excepting maybe Mick M. and Seamus E. ini the day, with...
As a "mandolin omnivore" crossing several styles, I really enjoy PegHead. Am a fan of Joe K. Walsh's teaching, but I guess it depend in part what level you are, and what you hope to learn. The...
"...Oliver Ditson hired a young man named John C. Haynes and made him a partner in 1857..."
Interesting- I have a simple system one keyed flute labeled "JC Haynes Boston" estimated to be around...
Dillon:
Uh Oh. The University of Georgia (where I work) claims copyrights on "Dawgs" and even "Hairy Dawg" (!).
I think that means you have to immediately pack up that mandolin with the puppy and...
Well here is I think fine, but alternately the "Music Theory" section might pull in some other interested parties. By "academic" I generally just mean anything with more structure than "well we just...
Just a quick thanks for the musical performances and academic information for this beautiful and enigmatic music. One of the take home messages is how far back the concept of "crossover" music goes! ...
Bernie: "...one's perspective on these things relates to whose ox is being gored?"
Agree- pragmatically (occupational perspective) AND metaphysically (sociopolitical views).
Now if only...
One more thing, more on topic: it is not surprising to see emotion for news about the pieces of wood and artistry that are such important parts of members worlds. Yeah. This is America and suing is...
Additional thanks to Steve C. for his forthrightness, and mandolins. Us "Irish Tune folk" have all played some great flat-tops of all sizes by Steve and Co. and I was lucky enough to stumble on a...
Well Cheese Louse Paul! Could You "Well Seasoned" Martian Hillbillies please record another "album"? That first and only is still my favorite "progressive contra" recording ever! After all these...