Bought my first album of mandolin music today, well more accurately downloaded it from iTunes. This might be old hat but it's Mandolin Magic by Evan Marshall. There's a really great and varied selections of songs on the album - traditionals, world tunes, mandolin versions of a few well known old favourites. His technique is something to aspire to - you'd swear there were two mandolinists but apparantly it's the one guy accompanying himself.
Yeah, he's a great choice, he specializes in "duo style", which sounds exactly as you describe. He has a manual for teaching Duo, takes you through his "Joyful Variations" on Ode To Joy.
Elrod
Gibson A2 1920(?)
Breedlove Cascade
Washburn 215(?) 1906-07(?)
Victoria, B&J, New York(stolen 10/18/2011)
Eastwood Airline Mandola
guitars:
Guild D-25NT
Vega 200 archtop, 1957?
Ahh great - thanks for the tip I'll try to track it down
If you have any curiosity about the romantic-era compositions where the style was developed, check out Gertrud (ex-Tröster) Weyhofen's recording of the preludes by Raffaele Calace (1863-1934). Very nice.
I got Marshall's Duo book from Elderly, There's a link on the Cafe home page
Elrod
Gibson A2 1920(?)
Breedlove Cascade
Washburn 215(?) 1906-07(?)
Victoria, B&J, New York(stolen 10/18/2011)
Eastwood Airline Mandola
guitars:
Guild D-25NT
Vega 200 archtop, 1957?
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