Pretty cool segment of Steve Earle discussing his Gibson mandolins.
Also, is he George Gruhn's brother? Can anyone else see the similarity? lol
Best regards,
Dem
Pretty cool segment of Steve Earle discussing his Gibson mandolins.
Also, is he George Gruhn's brother? Can anyone else see the similarity? lol
Best regards,
Dem
Last edited by Demetrius; Aug-27-2020 at 10:56am.
“God knows what was done to the sides - someone refinished it with a mop or something....”
I don’t think I’ve seen anybody play a mandolin with a thumb pick. ... “Some bad stuff happen” indeed. : ( But fun video. Thanks for sharing.
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Back in the 1950's the Great Don Reno recorded a few tunes on mandolin while using his banjer picks!
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Steve is most definitely "The Man". What a true eccentric. And I mean that as a compliment. Have seen him several times live- and each show was completely different. That old Gibson A that he played Galway Girl on is exactly like my 1917 Gibson A- including the missing pick guard. Rock on Steve.
Chief. Way up North. Gibson 1917 A model with pickup. JL Smith 5 string electric. 1929 National Triolian resonator mandolin with pickup. National RM 1 with pickup. Ovation Applause. Fender FM- 60 E 5 string electric (with juiced pickups). 1950's Gibson EM-200 electric mandolin. 1954 Gibson EM-150 electric mandolin. Custom made "Jett Pink" 5 string electric- Bo Diddley slab style. Jay Roberts Tiny Moore model 5 string electric.
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A few months before the inaugural Mandolin Symposium in 2004 I got a hairline fracture in my right thumb playing basketball and it was immobilized in a splint. The splint came off a few weeks before and at that time I couldn't squeeze enough to hold a pick. As I backup I got a couple different thumbpicks but by the time of the Symposium I was able to hold my pick, whew!
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1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
[QUOTE=Demetrius;1785239]Pretty cool segment of Steve Earle discussing his Gibson mandolins.
Also, is he George Gruhn's brother? Can anyone else see the similarity? lol
He does remind me of George!
Great video but the end is a real grabber.
Very cool...
1933 Gibson A-00 (was Scotty Stoneman's)
2003 Gibson J-45RW (ebony)
2017 Gibson J-15
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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 he mentioned his son's name I was gobsmacked to hear of his death, just a few days earlier.
Mandolin therapy I guess. Suspect a lot of us have resorted to that a time or two.
R.I.P.
"Flow, river flow. Let your waters wash down, take me from this road, to some other town." - Roger McGuinn
“Some bad stuff happen” relates to his son Justin Townes Earle passing away. A very cool video considering the situation. My heart goes out to the Earle family. J.T.E. R.I.P.
"Flow, river flow. Let your waters wash down, take me from this road, to some other town." - Roger McGuinn
Chief. Way up North. Gibson 1917 A model with pickup. JL Smith 5 string electric. 1929 National Triolian resonator mandolin with pickup. National RM 1 with pickup. Ovation Applause. Fender FM- 60 E 5 string electric (with juiced pickups). 1950's Gibson EM-200 electric mandolin. 1954 Gibson EM-150 electric mandolin. Custom made "Jett Pink" 5 string electric- Bo Diddley slab style. Jay Roberts Tiny Moore model 5 string electric.
It's really unusual to see someone to 'get it right' when it comes to Martin and Gibson history, and he does. And recording the Gibson one so soon after the passing of Justin Townes Earle is just heartbreaking. There's a lot of sadness out there and you can see here how the love of the music and the instruments and the people helps to balance the that, if only a little bit.
Never knew about the burnt cow bone for the black pigment. Glad I wasn't around. Just sawing it is bad enough.
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