Tim ware

[mandocaster]

Back when I lived in Berkeley (1980 - 1985) The Tim Ware group was a real force in what Darol Anger coined "New Acoustic Music". I used to go to see them at the Freight and Salvage, and was always amazed at the inventiveness of Tim on mandolin and his group. I moved away and lost track. I heard that his guitarist, Bob Alekno (a super nice guy) had died in a car wreck. I did a search of the Mandolincafe, and I don't think any threads came up. I just wanted to see if anyone remembered this remarkable group.

Tim Ware Group (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Ware)

[Spruce]

Oh yeah....

I remember them well, and Bob was a good friend....
Man, was that a tragedy... # http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

I used to go see them all the time in the Berkeley area, but it seems like that was in the 70's?
'77-'79 or so?

It's all a fog... #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

Did their stuff make it to CD??

[Mike Bunting]

Wasn't there one Tim Ware album, "Shelter from the Norm"?

[mandocaster]

There were two. Click on the link for them at the wiki page I put in the original post. You can download them for free.

[Klaus Wutscher]

Great player, great band. When I started out playing mandolin in the mid 90ies I had a cassette copy of the first Tim Ware album and it was a huge influence on me. Given the rarity of the album and the fact that I am living in Austria, I find it quite amazing that I was exposed to this music. How many copies of that album are in circulation outside of the US? Two, maybe three?

[mandolirius]

<Wasn't there one Tim Ware album, "Shelter from the Norm"?>


Yeah, one of my favourite all-time album titles. The other one on Kaleidoscope is self-titled. It's the stronger of the two, imo, but they're both great records. I learned "Boss de Bomba" and "On The Wing & Under The Weather", from the first album. Totally original mandolin music. The Tim Ware Group is one of the obsucre gems of the mandolin world.

[Ken]

One of my favorite groups and a strong influence when I was starting out on mandolin. I met Bob sometime in the late 70's when he was back home here in Illinois, a super nice guy. Yeah, the group and Bob are definitely remembered.

[Paul Kotapish]

As far as I know, Tim is still making music in his studio, but I haven't seen any performances from him in a long, long time. I think he does some composition for films and TV.

He is much sought-after web designer, and he has done work for a lot of great players and music sites, including Mike Marshall and the Santa Cruz Guitar Company:

http://www.hyperarts.com/index.html

He is also one of the world's biggest enthusiasts for the novel of reclusive, enigmatic author Thomas Pynchon:

http://www.hyperarts.com/pynchon/

[BluegrassPhilfromFrance]

Got both albums and still enjoy listening to them ! Read an interview recently from the guy but cannot remember where ... If I do, I'll let you know or try to post a link to it http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif