This Day In Mandolin History
We've recorded 915 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, November 7 ...
1956 -
Mandolinist and former David Grisman Quintet member Joe Craven born.
2001 -
Homer and Jethro inducted into the Country Music Awards Hall of Fame.
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
