Dave Peters and Friends at Winfield, Ks. '96 & '99

[Jordan Ramsey]

As a celebration of what would have been Dave's 55th birthday, here is the most comprehensive collection of video footage ever collected of him... Taken by Bob Gray, here is the man in his element...

[Rob Fowler]

Oh man..I was just going to go to bed, too. Well, I guess that's out the window! Thanks, Jordan!

[Rob Fowler]

Jordan, do you know who some of the other players are, btw? Thanks!

[miss sunnie]

Hi,

I can fill in a bit about the players. I think the first sequence is mainly Dave and Alfonso Ponticelli, the next sequence Pat ____ (standing w guitar) and Tom Dillon (seated w guitar) join in. Not sure about the banjo. Then in the darker sequence, it's the members of Spontaneous Combustion, Roger Eilts guitar, Marvin Gruenbaum violin, Scott Prowell, Banjo and Leo Eilts, bass, and then the next sequence is Jeff Elsoo on dobro, again all the Spontaneous Combustion Band, and Alfonso again on guitar. Please make any corrections but from what i can see these are most of the players and there are a few that I do not know or it is too dark etc... and on some their backs are to the camera.

An update on Masters of the Mandolin, it will be available again from Elderly towards the end of the month of September and I am almost done with production details on Jordan's book of transcriptions of Dave Peters' solos from Art in America. Also a word on that, I am hoping to have that CD available by download in the next few months.

AS always thanks for your support and above all your patience.

My thanks and appreciation,

miss sunnie

[D.Greer]

Awesome thanks Jordan

[Mike Black]

Great stuff Jordan! Thanks for putting that together.

Had to go search for that Pat Martino "5 activities" (Linear Expresions) to unlock the Jamnation!

[Jordan Ramsey]

Hey Mike, I believe he says "the secret that unlocks the key to the doors of jamulation" And yes, those activities are incredible (@27:27 in the video). Just had correspondence with Bob Gray, he has a higher quality version of this that he wants to get up. If this comes down at any point, he'll have a better one up soon. Glad there are some folks who appreciate this, it truly is an amazing collection of footage.

[mtucker]

truly is an amazing collection of footage.

truly a great talent .. thx for that.

[Mandomax]

amazing! thanks for the heads up.

[miss sunnie]

Dear All,

By the way, there should be no doubt---information about anything new whether it is books or recordings will always be posted here on Mandolin Cafe first.

Thanks again,

ox,

[Bigtuna]

Thanks for the post.

[mandobassman]

That's awesome Jordan. Thanks!

I love the way he talks in the first video about his "bad technique". I only wish my technique was that bad.

[greg_tsam]

Or even half of his "bad" technique, Larry, would be OK by me..

[mandolirius]

It's so wonderful when stuff like this is made available. It makes you wonder what the future might have had in store for him.

Thanks for posting this Jordan! Nice to see you at Coombs, BTW. You sounded great with Long Road Home.

[homermando]

RE the Pat Martino reference; I just want to encourage everyone to check out Mr. Martino as he is one of the greatest jazz guitarists around. His knowledge of theory and his ability to really swing are endlessly inspiring to me and it was really nice to see some of his concepts demonstrated on the mandolin.

[MandolinFlyer]

I'm gonna kick myself when this gets answered, but what's the name of the first whole tune Dave plays with Alfonso?

[MandolinFlyer]

Never mind, Django's Castle!