Joe craven doing the mando rap

[OregonMike]

This may be a re-post (I did search) but I love it when he starts with "Give it up for all the Mandolin players in the house"...

Joe Craven at the Oregon Country Fair (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4087328317703341415&hl=en)

Actually quite a message if you listen to his lyrics about how the mental, physical and spiritual health of the world is connected to daily music making.

[jaco]

CLASSIC CRAVEN!!!

[Blork]

I'm in love.

[jim simpson]

I got a little nervous when his mandolin started to slide off of his lap!

[Ken Berner]

I saw Joe Craven for the first time, at MerleFest last year. He was one of the participants in Mandomania, and gave a stunning account of himself. As has been stated, he can make music come out of anything. He produced notes from his mandolin that were not built into mine!

[Loren Bailey]

If you ever have a chance to attend one of his rhythym workshops I'd highly recommend it, helped out my playing a lot. He took a lot of time with my then 7 year old on his washtub bass. The man is incredible, he can make sound come out of anything.

Loren

BTW, he was playing a high-end Kentucky at the workshop I attended, a KM-1500 I think.

[Avi Ziv]

Awesome!

His positive energy seems enough to deflect small meteors from colliding with the earth.

I think I need to play this at least once a day from now on.

Thanks!!
Avi

[Undercover Brother]

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU OregonMike for posting that!
What a blast!

Chris

[cbarry]

Check out his CD: Django Latino. No hip hop, but great gypsy mandolin.
Thanks for posting that!
Chuck

[Mental Floss]

Rythm workshop? very interesting....when where?

[Mental Floss]

What is he playing?

[Kirk Albrecht]

that is so cool. our kids need to see that - old folks, too!

[otterly2k]

WOW... totally new to me, and totally awesome! This'll be bookmarked for a while.
KE

[Eric F.]

Wow indeed. That's close to the best thing ever.