Mandolin Cafe Event/Gig Calendar

Mike Compton to Offer Private Lessons While in CA This July 14-18
Mike will be in Southern (San Diego, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Encino, Santa Barbara) and Northern California (Santa Cruz, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento) during the month of July (July 2-19th) both performing in various venues and presenting hands-on workshops. He will have limited time for private lessons. If interested, you can contact Mike at taterbugmusic@gmail.com or visit his website at www.mikecompton.net for more information.

Mike Compton has become one of the most influential mandolin players in acoustic music today. His personal contribution as performer and teacher has enriched and helped shape the emerging genres of both bluegrass and old time music. David McCarty writes in the Mandolin Magazine’s article, “Mike Compton -- The Unlikely Icon” “Today, few fans of bluegrass mandolin anywhere in the world are unfamiliar with the work of Mike Compton. He’s taken a passel of influences -- old-time fiddle tunes, rock salt and nails bluegrass, the aching allure of the true Delta blues and even a whiff of Seales and Crofts -- to create one of the most recognizable and respected mandolin voices anywhere. Sometimes, it would seem, you just have to look a little deeper to see the icon within. “