This Day In Mandolin History
We've recorded 919 mandolin related events, at least one or more for each day of the year, and these are contained in a database searchable by date using the pull-down menu provided below.
A lot of web sites and numerous people helped make this project possible. A list of those individuals and resources used to create this is provided at the bottom of this page.
Select a date using the pull-down below to search events of a day other than today:
Today on this day in mandolin history, February 9 ...
1934 -
Bob Wills debut of his KVOO radio show in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
1995 -
Web domain gruhn.com registered by Gruhn Guitar of Nashville, Tennessee.
Special thanks to the help provided by these individuals and various web resources used in the creation of this:
- The Internet Movie Database
- Craig Miller at Acoustic Disc
- Don Stiernberg
- Country Music Television
- National Public Radio
- Google Patent, News and Web search
- Yahoo Web search
- Stan Jay of Mandolin Brothers
- Dan Beimborn and the Mandolin Archive
- Roger H. Siminoff
- Butch Baldassari and SoundArt Recordings
- Mandolin Cafe News and Message Board
- Country Music Hall of Fame
- The Bill Monroe Reader
- Ted Eschliman and JazzMando.com
- International Bluegrass Music Museum
- Wayne Rice
- Grand Ole Opry
- Can't You Hear Me Callin': The Life of Bill Monroe, Father of Bluegrass
- amazon.com
- iTunes
- Walnut Valley Festival
- New York Times
- Chicago Tribune
- SamBush.com
- Lawrence Journal World
- Sugar Hill Records
- Rounder Records
- Library of Congress
- eBay.com
- Time Magazine
- Look Magazine back issues
- Cool Mandolin Company
- Niles Hokkanen
- IBMA
- TV.com
- University of Iowa Digital Library
- Barry Trott
