Learning from cds

[MandoVin]

I have gained quite a few mandolin licks from playing along with cds. #Right now I'm focusing on learning doublestops and kick-offs in various keys. #The cd I keep returning to is Grisman's "Bluegrass Reunion". #There is so much tasteful mando playing on there that's not at breakneck speeds, I find that I can learn something new everytime I play along. #I have many of Grisman's more jazzy cds and the Garcia/Grisman stuff too, but are there others by Grisman or anyone else that you've found to be as enlightening?

[Frankmc]

The Kitchen Tapes and Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe.

frank

Tone Poems by Grisman/Rice is fun to play along with. A good mix of easy and more challenging songs.

[luckylarue]

I really like "Been All Around This World", the last Garcia/Grisman release. #It's worth it alone for their version of Jimmy Martin's "Drink Up and Go Home",imo.

[Christopher Howard-Williams]

I had fun doing this a while back with the Bluegrass Series albums. Classic bluegrass songs and Doyle does some nice stuff.

[Albert Whiting]

union stations "everytime you say goodbye"
andy leftwich "ride"
lonesome river band "old country town"

[jaco]

Tony Rice, The Bluegrass Album. If you can play along with this you're ready for anything. Mike

[Garrett]

I totally agree with Frankmc, Kenny Baker plays Bill Monroe and the Kitchen Tapes are endless sources of inspiration. Another one is the Smithsonian Bill Monroe live disc.

[mandopete]

I always like to think of the Kitchen Tapes as a virtual encylopedia of Bill Monroe/Frank Wakefield bluegrass licks. #I think that's where Grisman got a lot of his bluegrass stuff.

[tree]

Bluegrass Rules, Ancient Tones. I like the singing too.

[steve in tampa]

If I had to pick just one it would be Blue Ridge Mountain Mandolin onPinecastle Records.

[mandoman4807]

Anything by Wayne Benson, and Allan Bibey



Darrell

[Vincent]

for a wide variety of duet style BG mandolin, up front in the mix and playable, try the Skaggs & Rice or Rigsby/Connell's Meet Me in the Moonlight.

for hardcore Monroe- the Baker Plays Monroe album, and the Kitchen Tapes are a start.

for BG standards, the BG album band releases and Grisman's Home is Where the Heart Is are full of ideas.