Bill Graham: My Long and Winding Road to Bill Monroe
Mandolin Cafe columnist Bill Graham takes us on a journey many of us share: My Long and Winding Road to Bill Monroe. See: all Bill Graham articles. Article discussed.
Get it now in time for the holidays: Butch Baldassari's and Lucinda Cockrell's A Victorian Christmas.
New from Mel Bay: Joe Carr - School of Mandolin: Basic Chords and Soloing.
New on DVD from Mel Bay's Artist Line series: Carlo Aonzo - Classical Mandolin Virtuoso.
Serving mandolin addicts for a decade: we'd like to extend a belated happy 10th birthday to the Mandolin Cafe Classifieds launched November 26, 1998.
We like it: the mandolin artwork of artist John Jenkins.
Today on this day in mandolin history: December 3, 1960, Bill Monroe recorded "It's Mighty Dark To Travel" for Decca. More history...
Happening Now...
Classifieds
Ten most recently posted Classified Ads of 370 total.
- Posted 12/03/2008: Used - Garrison OM-50 Octave Mandolin
- Posted 12/03/2008: Used - 1996 Flatiron Festival A
- Posted 12/03/2008: Used - 1930's Stromberg-Voisinet Oval
- Posted 12/03/2008: New - Custom Built F5 Mandolin
- Posted 12/03/2008: Wanted - Looking For A Case For A Teens Gibson A
- Posted 12/03/2008: Accessories - Free Mandolin Strings With Roland White Book/CD
- Posted 12/03/2008: Used - Collings MF
- Posted 12/03/2008: Used - Jade F-5 Demo With Extras
- Posted 12/03/2008: Used - 94 Gibson F5-L Master Model $3800
- Posted 12/03/2008: New - Eastman 915 - Varnish Finish / Red Spruce
Message Board
Ten most recently updated Message Board discussions.
- Posted 12/03/08, 09:42 PM - Re: dilemma...Blue Highway or The Greencards?
- Posted 12/03/08, 09:25 PM - Re: Hey all you Monroe "In The Knows"
- Posted 12/03/08, 09:09 PM - The Best of Mandolin Cafe
- Posted 12/03/08, 09:00 PM - Re: "ringing" E or A?
- Posted 12/03/08, 08:55 PM - Re: I spent my mando money!
- Posted 12/03/08, 08:51 PM - Re: Beginner pickers/slow-jams in northern NJ?
- Posted 12/03/08, 08:49 PM - Re: Frets
- Posted 12/03/08, 08:41 PM - Re: Man, Dog and Mandolin
- Posted 12/03/08, 08:40 PM - Re: Mando Ornaments
- Posted 12/03/08, 08:32 PM - Re: The legs of Oban and the music of O'Carolan
Mandolin News
Ten most recent Mandolin News articles.
- Posted 12/02/2008, Publications: Joe Carr - School of Mandolin: Basic Chords and Soloing
- Posted 12/02/2008, Publications: Carlo Aonzo - Classical Mandolin Virtuoso
- Posted 11/29/2008, Bill Graham: My Long and Winding Road to Bill Monroe
- Posted 11/26/2008, Special Events: 7th Annual March Mandolin Festival - Concord, New Hampshire
- Posted 11/25/2008, Announcements: MandoChords - An iPhone Application
- Posted 11/25/2008, New Music: Johnny Mandolin - Plays Italian and European Favorite Songs
- Posted 11/21/2008, Workshops: Roland White Mandolin Workshop, Frankfort, Illinois
- Posted 11/21/2008, Announcements: George McKnight to Become Host of Banks of the Ohio
- Posted 11/19/2008, Announcements: Announcing CaseNotes - A Musical Instrument Diary
- Posted 11/19/2008, New Music: Marilynn Mair and Roda no Rio - Agua no Feijao
Instructors
Ten most recent Instructor Classifieds.
- Instructor seeks students: Mandolin Lessons-Improvisation:Blues, Jazz, Etc.
- Student seeks instructor: Looking For Mandolin Lessons - Winchester Va
- Instructor seeks students: Mandolin & Fiddle Lessons Near Boston
- Student seeks instructor: Long Island, New York
- Student seeks instructor: Student Seeks Instructor - Jacksonville/Orange Park, Fl
- Instructor seeks students: Now Open For New Students
- Student seeks instructor: Young Man Seeks Mandolin Guidance Around Yosemite.
- Instructor seeks students: Mandolin Teacher In Columbus Looking For Students
- Student seeks instructor: Student Seeks Instructor
- Camp or Workshop: Mandolin Building Workshop
Workshops
Ten next upcoming Mandolin Workshops.
- December 14, 2008 - Mike Marshall Mandolin Workshop, Berkeley, California
- January 15, 2009 - Jimmy Ryan Mandolin Course, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- January 18, 2009 - Orrin Star Mandolin Workshops, Sugar Land, Texas
- March 7-8, 2009 - March Mandolin Festival, Concord, New Hampshire
- March 8-13, 2009 - John C. Campbell Folk School Beginning Mandolin, Brasstown, North Carolina
- March 14-15, 2009 - Old-Time/Bluegrass Mandolin w/Jesper Ruebner-Petersen, Grafrath, Germany
- March 21, 2009 - Roland White Mandolin Workshop, Frankfort, Illinois
- March 27-29, 2009 - 9th Annual Manhattan Carlo Aonzo Mandolin Workshop, New York, New York
- April 3-5, 2009 - Mandolin Camp North, Groton, Massachusetts
- April 5-9, 2009 - Mandolin Building Workshop with Don Kawalek, Appomattox, Virginia
Butch
Support for Butch Baldassari, suffering from an inoperable brain tumor and the effects of chemotherapy.
Daily Featured Builder
Arches Musical Instrument Co.
In the spirit of the season, we hope you'll read this note about a mandolin program we intend to support.
We're very slowly dipping our toes into the blogisphere with our own blogs hosted within the Cafe's Message Board.
November 29, 1961: Bill Monroe makes his Carnegie Hall debut with other stars from the Opry, Homer & Jethro win Grammy for Best Comedy Performance (1961) and MandolinMagazine.com registered (2000). From This Day in History.
Mandolin orchestra concert provides Old World flavours.
Holiday tunes special from our pals at Acoustic Disc.
For those of you that followed the borrowed mandolin and its lost owner, the two have found each other and are in the process of being reunited :).
