Dave Harvey with Larry Sparks...

[tkdboyd]

Been looking for some info on Larry Sparks and found this video, didn't know if it had made the rounds on here or not.
David Harvey is a beast:

[DataNick]

+1....David Harvey is phenomenal!

Gibson has been extremely fortunate to have had great picker/luthiers (Charlie D., David Harvey, Danny Roberts) invested in mandolin production.

[AlanN]

And he's on that mishapen F-5M

Figure this would be early to mid 80's, some 30-odd years ago. He makes it look so easy (and never looked at his fingers, the bum...)

[Nashville]

He's a machine! and I mean that in a good way...

[Timbofood]

Larry has always tried to have some of the best sidemen out there. I started listening to him back in the early '70's, I've been a fan ever since! The Lonesome Ramblers with Art Wydner on bass, Mike Lilly on banjo and, Wendy Miller on mandolin turned buttermilk into blasting gel! That was my favorite band, and I still think it was Sparks best.

[TonyP]

Wow, I can't even listen that fast Dave!! Talk about not letting a banjo player back you in a corner......my hero.

[Ken Waltham]

Isn't that just amazing! As far as I'm concerned, David Harvey is as good a mandolin player as anybody ever. A monster.

[JAK]

"If you go too fast you'll miss the scenery." -Bill Monroe

[goose 2]

"If you go too fast you'll miss the scenery." -Bill Monroe

He is not really all that fast. He just has a mandolin that is REALLY well set up

[DataNick]

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[Skip Kelley]

Wow, that's fast picking! I couldn't chop chords that fast!