Underrated Players?

[Charlieshafer]

Don't forget John Jorgensen.

[re simmers]

Clyde Moody. He played mandolin for Bill on a few songs when Bill played guitar. Clyde deserves a mention for that!!!

[yep2341]

Paul Hoffman
Greensky bluegrass

[Northwest Steve]

Evan Marshall - simply unbelievable
Brian Oberlin - looks like someone just beat me to it
Emery Lester - I would second also, really a wizard

[JRG]

Dominick Leslie blew my hat in the creek a couple months ago playing with Mike Barnett.

[Charlieshafer]

Tiny Moore! I keep wanting to add others, but they're more like "undiscovered" as opposed to underrated.

[WoodyCTA102]

Recently ran into a CD by Nate Lee that I really enjoy. I also like Mandolin Orange. Can never remember the mandolinist’s name, but he is great, as his his partner on other instruments. Great stuff.

[ineedwine]

I'm not familiar with a lot of mandolin players (new to this world!) but I was very surprised at how few views this Josh Pinkham video got: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHXB...Kc1-1gb3JKt7JK

At first it's unassuming but that solo at about 3:15 (and then 6:15) kind of blew my mind. Now my goal is to be even half as good as that! But I'm a sucker for Radiohead...so maybe I'm just biased.

[Eric Platt]

Carl Jones, Peter Ostroushko (already mentioned, but needs to be mentioned again), Bob Douglas (Powdermilk Biscuit Band, but a mainstay around Minnesota), Ralph Tuttila (Finn Hall), Oren Tikkanen.

These are my favorites. All should be better known. Especially the last 3. Said it many times before, Ralph is a master of harmony and fills in Finnish music, and the inspiration/teacher/friend for my mandolin playing.

[Dagger Gordon]

Rex Preston from England is a very good player.
http://www.rexprestonmusic.com/

Patrick Vaillant and the Melonious Quartet from France.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSpQLnVhZqw

[NursingDaBlues]

Undermentioned?

Jesse Brock of the Gibson Brothers

And Norman Blake.

[Caleb]

Ira Louvin.

[Rush Burkhardt]

BOGO!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKhg2ljEuo

[Steve Ostrander]

Ronnie McCoury

[Stevo75]

I second Radim Zenkl

Has anyone mentioned U. Srinivas yet? He was amazing!

[CarlM]

Someone mentioned Norman Blake. I have heard some real nice mandolin work from Nancy Blake as well.

[Willem]

Agree with Ronnie McCoury. Took him a while to get mentioned.

[JeffD]

Ira Louvin.

Yes!

And Bill Bolick of the Blue Sky Boys.

[re simmers]

Ron Webb. Local picker who is a super picker

[soliver]

I definitely second Tim Obrien, Matt Flinner and Eva Holbrook

I'm thinking of another guys who plays one of the Loar signed F5's but I can't think of his name, or the name of his band.

Edit: figured it out,... John Reischman. Haven't seen his name.

[Bill Foss]

Butch Waller of High Country

[mandomurph]

Undermentioned?

Jesse Brock of the Gibson Brothers

And Norman Blake.

Plus 1

[Louise NM]

We saw Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen last summer. All four of those guys know their way around their instruments.

[mikeschmidt]

Andrew Marlin (Mandolin Orange) is one of my faves.

[Pjones3]

Johnny Staats!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgSfnrMmvkY