Mando Alphabet

[surfcow]

Help me out, folks!

A is for Dave Apollon
B is for Bill Monroe
C is for Chris Thile
D is for Django
E is for Evan Marshall
F is for Bela Fleck
G is for David Grisman
H is for
I is for
J is for Jethro Burns and Jacob De Bandolim
K is for
L is for
M is for Mike Marshall
N is for
O is for
P is for
Q is for
R is for Ricky Skaggs
S is for Sam Bush
T is for
U is for
V is for
W is for
X is for
Y is for
Z is for Radim Zenkle

[OzMando]

H is for Hamilton de Holanda :D Don't know if I can spell his name correctly but should definitely be included

[Patrick Gunning]

Ok, I'll jump in on this (beats finishing my law school reading anyway)

H is for Hamilton de Holanda (sorry Sierra Hull, but no dice)
I is for Andy Irvine
L is for Doyle Lawson (or Rebecca Lovell, depending on preferences)
N is for Norman Blake
O is for Bobby Osborne
P is for Josh Pinkham
T is for Tim O'brien
U is for Upalappu Srinivas
W is for Roland White and/or Frank Wakefield
Y is for Yank Rachell

So the full list would be:

A is for Dave Apollon
B is for Bill Monroe
C is for Chris Thile
D is for Django
E is for Evan Marshall
F is for Bela Fleck
G is for David Grisman
H is for Hamilton de Holanda
I is for Andy Irvine
J is for Jethro Burns and Jacob De Bandolim
K is for
L is for Doyle Lawson
M is for Mike Marshall
N is for Norman Blake
O is for Bobby Osborne
P is for Josh Pinkham
Q is for
R is for Ricky Skaggs
S is for Sam Bush
T is for Tim O'brien
U is for Upalappu Srinivas
V is for
W is for Roland White and/or Frank Wakefield
X is for
Y is for Yank Rachell
Z is for Radim Zenkl

[swampstomper]

H is for Herschel in my book!
L must be for Lloyd Loar (a double hit! -- like Mike Marshall for M)
Q is for Quicksburg Rendezvous (Ronnie McCoury)
V is for Vernon Derrick
Y is Yank for sure
X is for X-bracing (hey, the 'X' is always hard...)

[mandocrucian]

Help me out, folks!

B is for Bill Monroe

M is for Mike Marshall

No, I think M is for Monroe, regardless of your opinion of his playing style.

Anyone familiar with (trad.) song, "The Sailor's Alphabet"? One recorded version is on Fairport Convention's Babbacombe Lee album. Here are the Fairport version lyrics.

[Bruce Evans]

"F is for Bela Fleck"

Umm... Bela plays banjo. Does he play mando also?

[Steve Ostrander]

Isn't K for mandola?

[Capt. E]

Perhaps D is for Dawg ?

I agree L couldn't be anything but Lloyd Loar

[Patrick Gunning]

"L is for Lloyd Loar"

Umm... Yeah... that's what I meant...

(remembers he shouldn't answer posts at 2 AM, runs away in mando-embarrasment)

[mandroid]

F is for Florentine [the style with the scrolls and pointy bits]

[Tom Morse]

Love Timmy O, but T has got to be for Tiny Moore.

[WindinBoy]

"H is for Herschel in my book!"

Agreed

[Bill Snyder]

D is for Django? Did he play mandolin. I have only seen references to his guitar playing.

[WindinBoy]

V is for Joe Val

I met him once and heard something not of this world. I didn't know who he was, he was just sitting by himself, We chatted a while, and he said , "by the way I'm Joe Val. He was a nice guy, very humble.

[Dave Greenspoon]

K is for Will Kimble, luthier extraordinaire.

[surfcow]

Django and Bela Fleck are ... honorary mandolinists.

[delsbrother]

(with all due respect) I'd say D is for Derrington

[delsbrother]

V is for Virzi

[man dough nollij]

A = A style
B = Blue Chip
C = Calton Case
D = Double stops
E = Emando
F = 5
G = That big company in Nashville, what else?
H = Hammer-on
I = Inlay
J = Jumpin' Juke Joint
K = Kamp
L = Labraid
M = MAS
N = Neck
O = O'Brien
P = Pulloff
Q = Quit that B@njer racket!
R = Radius
S = Style
T = Tremolo
U = Un-loarlike
V = Vibration
W = Wicked Fast
X = Xylophone-like tone
Y = Yikes!
Z = Zebrawood