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andy.bole
Aug-05-2006, 7:05am
a few years back 1995 ish , i saw an amazing mandolin player at Samois the gypsy jazz festival near paris, he was there not as a performer but in the jams etc, anyone know who he was. he was American, big bloke, black hair , beard, played like a demon and could play just about anything from bluegrass to Django.
melodicdreams
Aug-05-2006, 7:31am
1995? My first thought would be Dave Peters, especially since he spent so much time around gypsy jazz.
Scott Tichenor
Aug-05-2006, 8:17am
Almost certainly Dave Peters. He made several trips there to my knowledge. Here are a couple of pictures of him.
Scott Tichenor
Aug-05-2006, 8:17am
andy.bole
Aug-05-2006, 9:04am
wow yes thats him, has he any c.d's available, where does he gig.
Jim Garber
Aug-05-2006, 9:24am
About Dave Peters (http://www.mandolincafe.com/davepeters/)
Hey Scott - Who else is in that picture with Dave Peters, if you know? He was local to Houston and I hear a lot about him. Just curious who else he was playing with?
I'm going to take a guess that the banjo player is Chris Hirsch. The rest aren't familiar.
Scott Tichenor
Aug-07-2006, 5:53pm
I don't know who those players are in the picture with Dave. Someone from that part of the country will hopefully be able to help us out.
Dave has a nice CD called Art In America. Only place I know selling it is Mid-Continent Music (http://midcontinentmusic.com/detail.cfm?Catalogid=1571) and you'd better hurry because he's going out of business at the moment but trying to get rid of his inventory first. BTW, it's a very, very good recording.
Scott Tichenor
Aug-07-2006, 6:00pm
Actually, I do know the fiddle player although I haven't seen him in years. Here's the archive for the picture above (http://lonestarbluegrassband.com/archives.htm) in case you want to identify those band members.
I don't know who those players are in the picture with Dave. Someone from that part of the country will hopefully be able to help us out.
I spent a little time trying to google my own answer. I'm guessing it's an earlier incarnation of the Lone Star Bluegrass Band (http://www.lonestarbluegrassband.com/).
Ooops - I see you beat me to that conclusion.