David Long

**sboneill** · Jun-03-2011, 8:16pm

Folks, does anyone know what David Long has been up to recently? A wonderful musician super nice guy and fantastic mandolin player.

**Mike Bunting** · Jun-03-2011, 8:29pm

Maybe a little info here.
http://www.myspace.com/mandolongmusic

**Ed Goist** · Jun-03-2011, 8:52pm

His current band Midnight from Memphis made its North American debut yesterday at the John Hartford Memorial Festival in Bean Blossom, Indiana.

What a fantastic player!:

**Dan Johnson** · Jun-03-2011, 11:10pm

He was here in Albany, NY, with a dude named Woody Pines, in February... and he was awesome. I wasn't expecting him to be there, just went out to see Woody, who is also great... Then this guys started playing the mandolin, and, wow...

**f5loar** · Jun-03-2011, 11:28pm

He's got that really loose right hand stroke. Gets good tone.

**Ed Goist** · Jun-04-2011, 12:22am

f5loar...Absolutely!...That right hand is amazing. It looks like it just hovers above the strings, with the tone magically rolling out!

**Bernie Daniel** · Jun-04-2011, 6:45am

I happened to attend the first Monroe style mando camp and David was there. He taught a session that I will never forget -- it was entitled "How to get a fiddle sound out of a mandolin". The points you made about his ability to pick was most evident that morning to me -- like fluid drive.

And I know its just an opinion but for my money he is one of the very best players out there now -- he essentially "plays to the level of competition" -- so he isn't always about full on "tour de force" exibitions but rather focuses on appropriate tasteful passages that in many ways are more satisfying then some finger tangling barrage of notes. But if he wants he can do that too.

Anyway, just an opinion but I think he is way under the radar considering his ability. And if you want "traditional bluegrass" from him just listen to his stuff when he was the mandolin in Karl Shiflett's band.

**SternART** · Jun-04-2011, 11:18am

Monroe > Compton > Long

kinda like

Monroe > Wakefield > Grisman

**Chris "Bucket" Thomas** · Jun-04-2011, 3:34pm

I saw David at MerleFest where he was playing with the Hartford String Band. He is playing with Todd Grebe & Cold Country, http://www.toddgrebeandcoldcountry.com/index.html . They have a cd out and leave to play in AK in a week or so.

**Chris "Bucket" Thomas** · Jun-04-2011, 3:39pm

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MerleFest '11 w/ the Hartford String Band

**Chris "Bucket" Thomas** · Jun-04-2011, 4:00pm

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/v...=2075773132437

Not the best audio but look at :32 for the mandolin.

**Mandolin Cafe** · Jul-15-2021, 7:20am

Thought this as good a place to share as any. Info about a new project from David Long, one of our favorite traditionalist styled mandolinists. You can get in on supporting David through the GoFundMe project we're linking to here.

David Long: A Public Record- Songs and Stories