I can hear why you have fallen in luv w/ the Gil. Kicking video and thnx.
I can hear why you have fallen in luv w/ the Gil. Kicking video and thnx.
Kenny B. Playing on a Stelling S-5Q #144
Lakota Leathers strap
Blue Chip CT55 pick & SR-50
D'Addario J75 Strings
Virtuoso Premium Polish / Yes I clean & polish my mandolin
Thanks Kenny....glad you enjoyed it, take care...thanks for listening/viewing...
jason
And now for something completely different ...
This is the performance of Mary Ann's song "Herman The Merman" that won us the award for Best Group Performance at this year's 54th Annual Conch Shell Blowing Contest, 3/6/15. By a fortunate fluke she bumped into someone who had taped it, so this pleasant performance has been preserved for posterity and presented for your pleasure. Enjoy!
But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong. - Dennis Miller
Furthering Mandolin Consciousness
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Is any fun ever had down there? J.B. you're all over the board. This is the first conch performance I've ever heard. Thanks
Kenny B. Playing on a Stelling S-5Q #144
Lakota Leathers strap
Blue Chip CT55 pick & SR-50
D'Addario J75 Strings
Virtuoso Premium Polish / Yes I clean & polish my mandolin
Thanks! It could have been a bit higher in the mix (I know, spoken like a true mandolinist ), but it was serving in a supporting role. Also, the darn thing is so loud, it seemed prudent to stay a bit off the mike.
If you'll permit a bit of indulgence about this silliness, I won in the Adult Male category four years ago, playing the riffs from "Satisfaction" and "Smoke On The Water." I chose these for their familiarity and simplicity - the true pitch range of my shell is all of five half steps, thought there ways to extend it a bit (necessary for the latter, which requires six half steps. The adult solo winners get interviewed, and these usually get sent out to the wire services, and this to newspapers and TV stations all over. That's what happened to me - the story got picked up and sent around the world, showing up as far away as India, and even a Rolling Stones fan site posted it. Heck, it even showed up in the bumper for the weekend news for the AP news service. But the local daily paper passed. This inspired me to send them a sternly worded if tongue-in-cheek letter to the editor chiding them for their lack of support of this bit of small town fun. To their credit, they ran my letter, as a way of admitting their failure in this. You'll see all this in these clips. A still from this is what I usually use as my avatar.
Also, you'll notice the winners of the Adult Group category - a bunch of dilettantes wearing feathered boas honking non-musically and dancing clumsily to some rudimentary choreography set to ABBA's "Dancing Queen." This group or similar ones always win in the category since no one else competes. (Actually, four years prior to this, I had won in this category as a duo with my then-boss, the most-decorated contestant ever, as I accompanied him on mandolin while he blew the conch on "Golden Slippers." * Part of the reason we won is that, after we got on the stage, I found I had to tune a string and said over the mike, "Can you give me a D?" That cracked everyone up.) My brainstorm this year was to compete in this category as well as solo, and it worked a charm. That sort of artless display can't hold a candle to what we did. Well, it was really Clementine, who is a real charmer, and very willful, to boot.
Oddly enough, for some inexplicable reason, the only local paper that covered the event, a weekly that is very much devoted to running photographs much more than text and is very inclusive in what they print, said the other group had won, putting two pictures of them at the top of the section devoted to their coverage. I didn't see this until a week or so later, when Clementine happened to mention someone had said something to her about her picture in one of the papers. I tracked it down, which by then was in the previous week's issue, and was astonished to see what they'd done. They had indeed included a picture of us - part of their inclusive policy - on the next page - with her last name misspelled. This led me to send them a sternly worded - and a bit less tongue-in-cheek - letter to the editor chiding them for their gaffe, noting that if they looked through their files they would see a photo of us receiving the trophy. The photographer did respond very apologetically, and two weeks later (the deadline for next week had passed) the paper ran an enormous photo of the trophy presentation, which took up nearly a third of page two - with her last name still misspelled. I feel a bit vindicated (though an actual printed apology would have been nice), but as I told them, I really felt bad for her having been cheated out of recognition for the first award she had ever won. That was a key motivating factor for this bit of windmill tilting - gallantry, chivalry, upholding a lady's honor. Seriously.
I really do love this small town fun.
* Yes, believe it or not - actual mandolin content!
But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong. - Dennis Miller
Furthering Mandolin Consciousness
Finders Keepers, my duo with the astoundingly talented and versatile Patti Rothberg. Our EP is finally done, and available! PM me, while they last!
Actually posted a link to this earlier, but here is the embedded video of my Flatiron Bouzouki, or Octave Mandolin.
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High Mountain Road from our Bluegrass Showcase at BollWeevil's 5/26/2015
1994 Gibson F5L - Weber signed
"Mandolin brands are a guide, not gospel! I don't drink koolaid and that Emperor is naked!"
"If you wanna get soul Baby, you gots to get the scroll..."
"I would rather play music anyday for the beggar, the thief, and the fool!"
"Perfection is not attainable; but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence" Vince Lombardi
Playing Style: RockMonRoll Desperado Bluegrass Desperado YT Channel
Good stuff my friend!
Shaun Garrity
http://www.youtube.com/user/spgokc78
Very, very nice! That setting makes me thirsty! Keep posting .
Red
Yeah Nick, that was great.
The band sounded tight, your harmony sounded real good, but most of all, I can see (hear) now why you like that 'distressed' Gibson so much.
Me singing with the Gibson at the local museum. I also wrote the song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaMiKqgHeJg
Thanks!
The strings are still "dead"...I know, I know (laziness)...been since last September since they were changed. Have to though soon as we're playing one of the biggest festivals in California in August, SummerGrass
1994 Gibson F5L - Weber signed
"Mandolin brands are a guide, not gospel! I don't drink koolaid and that Emperor is naked!"
"If you wanna get soul Baby, you gots to get the scroll..."
"I would rather play music anyday for the beggar, the thief, and the fool!"
"Perfection is not attainable; but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence" Vince Lombardi
Playing Style: RockMonRoll Desperado Bluegrass Desperado YT Channel
1994 Gibson F5L - Weber signed
"Mandolin brands are a guide, not gospel! I don't drink koolaid and that Emperor is naked!"
"If you wanna get soul Baby, you gots to get the scroll..."
"I would rather play music anyday for the beggar, the thief, and the fool!"
"Perfection is not attainable; but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence" Vince Lombardi
Playing Style: RockMonRoll Desperado Bluegrass Desperado YT Channel
Kala tenor ukulele, Mandobird, Godin A8, Dobro Mandolin, Gold Tone mandola, Gold Tone OM, S'oarsey mandocello, Gold Tone Irish tenor banjo, Gold Tone M bass, Taylor 214 CE Koa, La Patrie Concert CW, Fender Strat powered by Roland, Yamaha TRBX174 bass, Epiphone ES-339 with GK1
Me playing with local friends..made 20 bucks! Man life is good! Sorry about iPhone quality
What we get up to in Coigach, in the far North Western Highlands of Scotland.
Kevin HJ Macleod
http://www.kevinmacleod.co.uk
A couple of songs from a recent gig at Wivenhoe Folk Club.
Daniel
Beautiful job on these performances, Daniel! I appreciate the post and want to compliment your talent. Dan
P.S. What type of F5 is that beauty?
Thanks Dan!
The F5 was made by Gary Vessel (testore on the cafe) in 2006. The spec is standard f5, but the decorative design ideas were mine and executed by both Gay and his wife. It's basically a visual nod to teens Gibsons.
Best,
Daniel
Daniel,
I listened to "The Two Soldiers"...lovely tune. I really like how an F5 sounds in this style; of course Gary builds excellent instruments, so I'm not surprised. Great singing as well my friend!
Thanks for posting!
1994 Gibson F5L - Weber signed
"Mandolin brands are a guide, not gospel! I don't drink koolaid and that Emperor is naked!"
"If you wanna get soul Baby, you gots to get the scroll..."
"I would rather play music anyday for the beggar, the thief, and the fool!"
"Perfection is not attainable; but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence" Vince Lombardi
Playing Style: RockMonRoll Desperado Bluegrass Desperado YT Channel
High Mountain Road at Summergrass 2015 in San Diego, CA
1994 Gibson F5L - Weber signed
"Mandolin brands are a guide, not gospel! I don't drink koolaid and that Emperor is naked!"
"If you wanna get soul Baby, you gots to get the scroll..."
"I would rather play music anyday for the beggar, the thief, and the fool!"
"Perfection is not attainable; but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence" Vince Lombardi
Playing Style: RockMonRoll Desperado Bluegrass Desperado YT Channel
Beautiful job, Nick. I wish I had been there. Thanks for posting and sharing your talents! Dan
Nice job on the "freeborn man" DataNick!.....next time you need money, hock anything besides that nice Gibson bro
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