Win rhonda's mandolin

[Scotti Adams]

Courtesy of www.thebluegrassblog.com

Rhonda Vincent is running a new contest, offering those who pre-order her new CD the chance to win a piece of bluegrass history.

The first place winner will receive the Weber mandolin Rhonda is holding on the cover. Second places gets you a Shure KSM-44 microphone she used in the studio recording this project, and the third place winner gets the custom earrings Rhonda is wearing on the cover.

To enter, you must pre-order a copy of the new CD, Good Thing Going, by December 19, 2007 from her online store, or by mail from the Rhonda Vincent fan club.

All prizes are guaranteed to be delivered by December 24, and pre-orders for the new CD will be delivered by January 8, 2008.

Find complete contest details on the official Rhonda Vincent web site.

[AlanN]

I want the green dress, is that the 4th place prize? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[mandopete]

Dude, you would look terrible in green!

[Greenmando]

Very classy picture!

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[ShaneJ]

Dang! Those are some guns. She's taking the weightlifting pretty seriously, I guess.

[Kevin K]

The mandolin is nice too...

[Russ Jordan]

That mandolin looks like a distressed model. What comes up from the link to Weber from Rhonda's website is a Big Sky. Anybody know for sure which model is the giveaway?

[eadg145]

I'm all for giveaways, and especially discovering new music. So pardon me for sounding so green, but, um, who is Rhonda Vincent? I'm sure half of you are thinking, "Dude, Rhonda Vincent is only the greatest..." but I'm new to this stuff (note number of posts). I'm not averse to ordering the CD, 'cause I love discovering new music (hello Joe Walsh!), but I sure would love to have heard a sample track or so. Kinda makes it hard to throw out $17 for a new CD with absolutely no idea what she or her music sounds like. I couldn't find any of her stuff on CDBaby, either. Will check iTunes. C'mon, Rhonda (or Rhonda's webmaster), how about one teeny little representative track?

cheers,

David

[Mikey G]

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[Russ Jordan]

sample here (http://www.rounder.com/index.php?musical_group=rhonda+vincent&album_title=&song=&release_year=&identifier=&id=catalogSearch.php&new_target=catalog&submit=Results)

[JoeD]

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[mandolirius]

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[Barb Friedland]

Fellas,
Could we keep the "hairy leg" type of comments to a minumum? Keep in mind there are more than a few female mando players who frequent these boards. Just as we keep polical comments undercontrol let's try to be respectful...

Thanks

[GTG]

I'm sure half of you are thinking, "Dude, Rhonda Vincent is only the greatest..." but I'm new to this stuff (note number of posts)...


Yes, definitely - the first rule of Mandolin Cafe is that the best players have the most posts, and their words are closest to the truth!

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[Rick Banuelos]

That mandolin looks like a distressed model. #What comes up from the link to Weber from Rhonda's website is a Big Sky. #Anybody know for sure which model is the giveaway?
The mandolin she's holding is the very first distressed instrument we ever produced. It is a Big Sky standard cedar topped mandolin with our distressed finish. I've not heard the end of grief from the locals for letting that mandolin go away after they played it and started begging their wives and husbands to indulge their MAS. Truly an awesome instrument.

[JEStanek]

Rhonda is a pretty good picker and a great entertainer. I think many of the guys here pick on her for.... well I have no idea.

I'm going to see her next Friday (26 Ocotber) night at the Sellersville Theater (The Lowlands will open). Will be my first time seeing Rhonda and the Rage live. I'm excited.

BTW, that photo above has been pretty compressed and roughened up to make it smaller.

Jamie

[jim_n_virginia]

muscular? hairy? man you guys are nuts! I've seen her recently and she is cute as all get out and a great entertainer and can play the heck out of the mandolin (when she feels like playing it) and on top of that one of the nicest most approachable (go up and slap Tony Rice on the back and say "Whats up Bud?")people out there.

And for eadg145 who was wondering who she is ... she is just the IBMA's vocalist of the year for 7 years in a row running.

... now let me go put my Pom-Pom's away! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

[AlanN]

She has been a very visible force down through the years. If you dig her music style and her persona, that of course is up to you.

I fell in love with her during the Sally Mountain days, when she paid real homage to one of the greatest out there, Buck White.

[Scott Tichenor]

Some of the comments being made here are inappropriate for this web site. There's a time and place. This is neither and will not be tolerated further.

[David Hanson]

Quote from Kevin K " the mandolin is nice too " what mandolin ?

Dave H

[BlueMountain]

My sense is that Rhonda is a very talented mandolin player who could hold her own in any band. When she isn't leading her band and entertaining her audience, she plays seriously good Monroe-style mandolin and enjoys doing it. In front of a band, she's one of the best entertainers in bluegrass. But it's a lot harder to be the star of the show than to be the mandolin player. There are a lot more things to think about all the time, such as singing on nearly every song, keeping the audience happy, thinking of things to say, and all that. Thus, in concert, she often doesn't have time to play her mandolin very much, which is a shame, from our point of view. But she does have a great rapport with the audience. There's also a joy and enthusiasm in her performance that is a lot of fun. If you can catch her in a jam, though, that's where you'll hear her play.

I've seen her twice this year. In at least one of those, she was playing a Weber, and it was the most Loar-like Weber I've ever heard. Great mandolin. I'm not sure about the other time. And I don't know if it was the same Weber. Seems to me she was playing something else the other time. First time, she was having trouble with strings breaking. Second time, a bug got sucked into her lungs as she gulped for air. That slowed things down for a while.

Wasn't there a poem that goes:
There was an old woman who swallowed a fly
I don't know why she swallowed a fly
Perhaps she'll die.

[Ivan Kelsall]

When Rhonda plays Bluegrass she's terrific. Unfortunately she seems to be singing more of the 'Alison Krauss type' of songs that just leave me cold. I wish both of those ladies would get back to basics & play Bluegrass 'cos that's what they do best
IMHO,
Saska

[Joe-TN]

For the OP--The Woodsongs archive has several of her performances. This one is provides some very good Rhonda Vincent background.

http://webcast.msc.uky.edu/woodsongs-303.wmv

Joe