Article: New Music - Darol Anger, Mike Marshall, Tony Rice, Todd Phillips: Live November 30, 2001

[Mandolin Cafe]

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[Eric Platt]

Glad this is being released. Was at the show they did in Minneapolis, MN. Magical night of music.

[Nick Royal]

It is amazing to think of 3 of the 4 super musicians are still actively performing!

[Old Dog Dave]

OMG!! This is magnificent. This is about as close to perfection as a group of musicians can ever get. Kind of like the cover photo: Picture perfect. Wow!!

[michaelsondavid81]

Exciting news! Mike Marshall, Darol Anger, Tony Rice, and Todd Phillips formed Ook'n'm in 2001. Their live recording is a must-listen!

[mandopops]

This is quite a surprise. My brother & I were there that night. They were superb, relaxed & enjoying themselves. I seem to remember that George Harrison had just died so Darol & Mike played “Here Comes the Sun”. Still have my ticket stub. It just lists them by their names, not Ook’n’m.

Joe B

[Drew Egerton]

Such an amazing show, so glad it was saved and released for us to enjoy. I'm inspired to brush up on Dysentery Stomp. What a fun tune!

[Mike Marshall]

Ook’n’m was a funny moniker we would use for when we would get into some kind of crazy syncopated cross-rhythmic stuff. So we ended up referring to the group by that name. Mostly just amongst ourselves.

[tmsweeney]

I think they may have mentioned this show in "Still Inside" the Tony Rice Biography.
We used to play a good portion of it in my string band for a while, its kind of a sampling of my musical catalogue for the past 30 years.
Only about half way through, the clarity and grace they all bring to this material, all the while improvising on it, is of uncommon character. Seems to me like Mike was really shining and taking to the limit, so glad to hear this music in the spot light!