Who's on Your Mount Rushmore ?

[kirksdad]

Heard an interesting conversation today, somebody's talking about their "Music Mt Rushmore"

Got me to thinkin' bout mine:

Hank Williams
Steve Earle
Paul McCartney
Gram Parsons

Its interesting to me that all of mine are songwriters primarily, rather than soloist/instrumentalist. I guess I have to come up with that one too.

Hendrix
Blake
Jerry Douglass
Ronnie McCoury (People will kill me for that, but he's the main reason I even picked up the mando in the first place):)


So who's on yours ?

[mandroid]

Louis Armstrong .. have to think a while to come up with the other 3.

[Nighttrain]

I would have to say:

Willie Nelson
Bob Wills
Bill Monroe
Doyle Lawson

[Miked]

Beethoven
Bach
Mozart
Handel

I'm going to have different mountains for each genre I listen to. My jazz mountain would be:

Parker
Davis
Coltrane
Hancock

The BG Mountain:

Monroe
Grisman
Watson
Scruggs

I'm not going to try the Rock mountains!:)

[RichieK]

For all of us here:
Scott T.
Dan B.
Tom I.
Darryl W.

[Patrick Market]

Bill Monroe
Earl Scruggs
Chet Atkins
Richard Thompson

[Rich Evans]

Lester Flatt
Hank Williams
Bill Monroe
Jimmy Rogers

[Mike Snyder]

Old Time; Fiddlin' John Carson
Uncle Dave Mason
Riley Baugus
Doc Watson
Norman Blake

Jazz: Bix Beiderbecke
Armstrong
Bird
Coltrane
Miles Davis

Bluegrass; Monroe
Scruggs
Hartford
Watson
O'Brien

[Scott Tichenor]

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[Ivan Kelsall]

a) Bill Monroe.
b) Hank Williams.
c) Puccini.
d) Beethoven. - Then we move to a bigger mountain for the dozens of others !,
Saska :grin:

[jramsey]

How about a few all mando mountains:

BG, first generation:
Bill
Jesse
Bobby
Frank

BG, second generation:
Grisman
Bush
David Peters
Lawson

Jazz:
Jethro
Tiny
Donnie
Paul Glasse

[Kevin Briggs]

This is really hard, but here's my top picks:

Bob Dylan
Jerry Garcia
Bill Monroe
Doc Watson

Honorable Mention:
Sam Bush
David Grisman
Mississippi John Hurt
John Lee Hooker
Keller Williams
Jeff Austin
Johnny Cash
Drew Emmit
Others

[swampstomper]

Mt Rushmore was supposed to honour the presidents who had changed the way the presidency was perceived, and who played major roles in their historical periods. It was also meant to spread out over historical periods. Wikipedia says "These presidents were selected by Borglum because of their role in preserving the Republic and expanding its territory".

So, who has preserved the mandolin or its music and expanded its territory, in different historical periods?

1. Orville Gibson --> directly responsible for the modern mandolin, the mandolin orchestras, trickling down to popular, jazz and country musicians
2. Bill Monroe --> made the mandolin front-and-center in rural music and then invented a style that took the mandolin in its modern form around the world
3. Kennth C. "Jethro" Burns --> he stands in for Tiny Moore, but is arguably more influential in making the jazz mandolin a serious instrument
4. David Grisman --> a tireless ambassador for new acoustic music (as well as bluegrass), spreading the mando as widely as he can in so many ways. In this historical period we could think of plenty of great and influential pickers (Bush, Thile, even Duffy) but Grisman has to stand in for them.

There... rationally thought out and "objective" -- NOT!

[kmiller1610]

Bonnie Raitt
Alanis Morissette
Bach
Chris Thile
David Howe

[Eric Platt]

Hmm - for me, personally -

Doc Watson
Tommy Jarrell
John Hartford
Norman Blake

historic listing -

Merle Travis
Maybelle Carter
Arthur Smith
Bill Monroe

Jazz -
Louie Armstrong
Ella Fitzgerald
Theloneous Monk
Charles Mingus

Classical -
Van Cliburn
Rostapovich
Rubinstein
Yo Yo Ma


"modern"
Buddy Holly
Jerry Garcia
Paul McCartney
Richard Thompson


Folkies
Woody Guthrie
Bob Dylan
Steve Earle
Ralph McTell

(That was harder than I thought. )

[kirksdad]

Swampstooper:

I have to give you thumbs up. You're right as far your Rushmore is concerned, coz' I'm sure that anybody has contributed to the modern mando as your four picks.

KD

[CTH Man]

Vocals:
Charlie Waller
Tony Rice
John Cowan
Russell Moore

Mandolin:
Doyle Lawson
Joe Val
Bill
Ricky

[Jim]

Monroe
Atkins
Watson
Hendrix

[LKN2MYIS]

Les Paul
Jimi Hendrix
Rev. Gary Davis
Bob Dylan

All because of the special influence they have had on music and players in general.
Obviously many others could be added - Fats Waller, Blind Blake, Ry Cooder, Norman Blake, Jay Ungar, etc.

[Stephen Cagle]

Mandolin:
Adam Steffey
Ronnie McCoury
Alan Bibey
Shawn Lane (so under-rated, great player/singer. just don't hear enough about him)

[Michael Butler]

A very hard decision with only four choices but here goes.

John Lennon
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
Ringo Starr

:whistling:

[mikie tlizzie]

Luther Perkins
Bill Monroe
Ron Santo
Ronnie Earl

[chip]

Monroe
Presley
McCartney
D.Allman

[chip]

I also agree with Stephen about Shawn Lane. Not only is Blue Highway the best band in bluegrass, IMO, but Shawn is such an accomplished songwriter, singer, multi-talented instrumentalist. Great talent.

[mandocrucian]

:whistling:

[Dave Greenspoon]

<<Mt Rushmore was supposed to honour the presidents who had changed the way the presidency was perceived, and who played major roles in their historical periods. It was also meant to spread out over historical periods. Wikipedia says "These presidents were selected by Borglum because of their role in preserving the Republic and expanding its territory".>>

With this criteria in mind: My Mando Rushmore

Dawg
Tim O
Andy Statman
Chris Thile

[mando Nick]

I want to add several names of musicians who have influenced me and I admire a lot:
Pete Seeger
Peter Ostroushko

[Jeff Chu]

mando moutain

grisman -dawg
jethro -jazz
mike marshal -choro
thile - contemporary?

[ilovemyF9]

My Mandolin Mount Rushmore:

McReynolds
Grisman
Skaggs
Thile

[JeffD]

Alison Stephens
Butch Baldassari
Marty Stuart
Alison Stephens

[mandroid]

Add Willie Dixon to My list , wrote some of the better Blues Songs that others Covered.

[Jeff Chu]

what do you guys think the most influential luthier's rushmore would be? Maybe too personal for the message board, as some of those influential luthiers are active on the board. But hey! its both living and dead right?

[Eric Platt]

what do you guys think the most influential luthier's rushmore would be? Maybe too personal for the message board, as some of those influential luthiers are active on the board. But hey! its both living and dead right?

John D'Angelico
Frank Henry Martin (president of CFM during '20's and '30's)
Mario Maccaferri
the Larson Brothers

(This totally shows my bias towards being primarily a guitarist. It leaves off some very important folks.)

[mandozilla]

:grin: :mandosmiley: :cool: :whistling:

My All Time Music Nt. Rushmore;
Louis Armstrong
William Smith Monroe
Robert Johnson
Jimmie Rodgers

My Mandocentric Music Mt. Rushmore;
Bill Monroe
Jethro Burns
Dave Grisman
Sam Bush

:mandosmiley:

[Ken_P]

For all music, mine is actually pretty easy:

Bach
Beethoven
Brahms
Stravinsky

Nobody else even comes close.

For a contemporary acoustic version, I think this would be my preference:

Bela Fleck
Edgar Meyer
Chris Thile
Mark O'Connor

The first three are easy, I would consider putting Tony Rice instead of O'Connor (depending on who I had listened to most recently :) ).

[Keith Erickson]

Ottmar Liebert
Johnny Cash
Gordon Lightfoot
Alex Lifeson
Bill Monroe

[JeffD]

I need to add to my Rushmore.

So its, in no particular order

Alison Stephens
Butch Baldassari
Jethro Burns
Dave Appollon
Marilynn Mair
Marty Stuart

[mandolinken]

Mandolin:

Thile
Steffey
Garcia
Marshall

[D C Blood]

Swampstomper, I like your Mountain, except I would add Lloyd Loar there in the second position...

[tonyvt]

Jerry Garcia
Tony Rice
Del McCoury
Waylon Jennings

[brunello97]

Wow, this is tough. But fun.

Miles
Dawg
Brother Ray
Jimi

But that is just the tip of the iceberg. Could just as easily be

Trane
Puccini
Lil' Stevie
Stevie Ray

Very interesting to see others' selection. Nice question to pose.

Mick

[Martin Stevens]

mandolin rushmore:

Chris Thile
Sam Bush
Shawn Lane
Mike Marshall

[Jim Ferguson]

Chris Thile
Dave Grisman
Mike Marshall
Ronnie McCoury
Marty Stuart

[Jim Roberts]

-Jimi Hendrix
-Mills Brothers
-Tito Puente
-Sachmo
-John Reischman
-Andy Williams
-Reuben "Mr. Salsa" Gonzales
-Neil Young
-Doc Watson
-(the original) Asleep at the Wheel
-Chet Atkins
-The Beatles
-Sergio Mendes & Brazil 66
-Albert Collins
-
-Patsy Cline

[sgarrity]

Bill Monroe
Lester Flatt
Earl Scruggs
The Stanley Brothers
Jethro Burns
The Dawg

[Glassweb]

Monroe
Wakefield
Grisman
Statman

[Ben Milne]

Niccolo Paganini
Lloyd Loar
Les Paul
Rupert Neve

[Mandoist]

The first American musicians (among other things):

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[ralph johansson]

Reading just the question, and ignoring the original post, my answer would have to be Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint.

[Mike Snyder]

Jeez, man. Martin Landau was up there too. Everybody forgets the heavy, and remembers the pretty faces.

[Mandolin Mick]

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Let's see ... who's on Mandolin Mick's Mount Rushmore? ;)

This is really hard because I've been into different music at different periods of my life. But the 2 that lasted the longest and actually have 4 guys:

Bluegrass Mount Rushmore
Bill Monroe
Earl Scruggs
Jesse McReynolds
Carl Story

Rock Bassists Mount Rushmore (Flat Wounds :)))
Paul McCartney
Bill Wyman
John Paul Jones
John Lodge

[Skip Kelley]

I have an old print around here some place that I bought at the old Ryman that has Monroe included in the Mt rushmore memorial. It is too cool!

[Mandolin Mick]

Hey Skip!

If you find that thing, could you scan it and post it? I've been doing searches for that forever! :(

[Jeff Richards]

All time, no holds barred:

Mozart
Armstrong
Ellington
Monroe

[yankees1]

John Denver, Roy Orbison, Paul McCartney and Mark O'Connor

[Ed Goist]

What a fun thread!
Since our criterion is a musical version of 'Mount Rushmore', I'm listing only Americans. (This was hard for me to do, particularly since it meant the exclusion of both Neil Young and David Gilmour!):

My American Music Mount Rushmore:
Aaron Copland
Stephen Foster
Muddy Waters
Johnny Cash

My American Mandocentric Mount Rushmore:
Bill Monroe
Yank Rachell
David Grisman
Mike Marshall

[Bertram Henze]

Actually, my Mount Rushmore is empty. And more beautiful for it, too.

[Pete Summers]

My musical Rushmore:

Scott Joplin
Louis Armstrong
George Gershwin
Bill Monroe

In place of the current faces on Rushmore:

Crazy Horse
Sitting Bull
Gaul
Red Cloud
:)

[Ed Goist]

Pete, I'll put a vote in for Tecumseh. (Like me he's from 'former Shawnee territory')

[Pete Summers]

Thanks Ed. I agree. Tecumseh should be up there too. As long as we are defacing the Black Hills, might as well add another face or two. :)

I also think my other musical choices all owe a huge debt to Scott Joplin, as do all modern musicians. I think he's America's most forgotten musical genius and his rags led directly to jazz, rock and bluegrass. He should have his face on Rushmore twice. :cool:

[Ed Goist]

Thanks Ed. ...snip...I also think my other musical choices all owe a huge debt to Scott Joplin, as do all modern musicians. I think he's America's most forgotten musical genius and his rags led directly to jazz, rock and bluegrass. He should have his face on Rushmore twice. :cool:

Hard to argue with this, or any of your other choices either.

[Rleep2]

Just in general:

Gram Parsons
Chet Atkins
John Prine
Chris Hillman
Van Morrison
Donald Fagan
Albert Lee
Larry Carlton
Merle Haggard
Bill Monroe
Sam Bush
My Uncle Lee

This is my first post anywhere on MandoCafe. I have about 7 years of indifferent acoustic guitar banging under my belt and was recently given a Fullerton Hammonton by a fly fishing buddy. So, I'm just getting started. So far, my biggest learning problem has been to concentrate on chord shapes. The 1st position on the fretboard on this thing is so easy to get around on that I can't stop playing medleys of whatever melodies come to mind. Earlier this afternoon, I played a medley of the Marine's Hymn/Deutschland Uber Alles/As Time Goes By/Hickory Wind/the old McDonald's jingle.

I need to bear down...:)

[Mandolin Mick]

That's quite the medley! ;)

[re simmers]

Bill

[Cullowheekid]

Moe, Larry, Joe and Oh no, mister Bill. :grin:

[Jim Murton]

Hank Williams
My Dad
Steve Goodman
Bela Fleck
Victor Wooten
I know its 5 people,but its my Mt Rushmore,I can have 5 if i want. :)

[Toycona]

John McLaughlin
Doc Watson
Ricky Skaggs
Robert Fripp
My dad (ditto Jim Murton on that one!)

[man dough nollij]

George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Teddy Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln

I double checked. Yep, it's them.

[Mandolin Mick]

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You know what ... he's right! ;)

[Nelson Peddycoart]

My musical Mount Rushmore would probably be

Bill Monroe
Hank Williams
Doc Watson
Eck Robertson

[pjlama]

Jimi
Miles
Big Mon
Jaco
Jerry Garcia

[Bill Van Liere]

Neil Young
Doc Watson
Tim O
Clarence White

[Pete Martin]

Bluegrass:
Monroe
Sam
Kenny Baker
Bobby Hicks

Texas Fiddlin:
Benny Thomasson
Major Franklin
Lewis Franklin
Carl Hopkins

Jazz
Clifford Brown
Wes Montgomery
Bill Evans
Oscar Peterson

Now if I could just play like all of 'em:mandosmiley::mandosmiley::mandosmiley:

[theCOOP]

Hmmm, I can't pick (4?)

I can pick one definate, and for me that would be Shane MacGowan of The Pogues (for songwriting).

[Martian]

Earl Scruggs, J D Crowe ,Doyle Lawson, Me . (It's my Mtn!)

[lottarope]

If its personal...
Guy Clark
Scott Joplin
Grisman
Louis Armstrong

[John Flynn]

A very hard decision with only four choices but here goes.

John Lennon
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
Ringo Starr

:whistling:
Ditto

[Dobe]

Roland Kirk
and the Quebe Sisters ! :)

[Mandoist]

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[Eddie Sheehy]

Leonard Cohen
Joni Mitchell
Jimi Hendrix
John Prine