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mandocrucian
Apr-04-2008, 8:28am
YouTube: Niles Hokkanen (circa 1991): "Honkytonk Blues/Summertime Blues" solo mandolin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlGi4mpswd0
JEStanek
Apr-04-2008, 9:15am
Nice blues, Niles. That was fun. Thanks for posting it.
Jamie
SternART
Apr-04-2008, 9:28am
Encore!!!
tkdboyd
Apr-04-2008, 9:35am
Your video has prompted me to order your "The Pentatonic Mandolin" and reconsider dropping acid...(First part true, second part attempted humor) http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
I second SternART's request of an Encore!
That was great.
Some great use of barre chords. Good stuff.
JimRichter
Apr-04-2008, 2:25pm
I really dug the descending double stop stuff in the a solo in the middle Honky Tonk Blues. Great stuff.
Jim
mandopete
Apr-04-2008, 3:59pm
Niles - you need to get those other 3 dudes to jam with you.
http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
Excellent - 5 Stars!
Chris "Bucket" Thomas
Apr-04-2008, 7:28pm
Awesome!
bluesmandolinman
Apr-05-2008, 10:05am
finally....that was overdue !
that tuning trick at 2:05 -> is so cool
what more can I say than GREAT !
thanks for posting http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
Lee Callicutt
Apr-28-2008, 8:56pm
"Play that funky music, white boy!"
Love the wicked de-tuning! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif
mandocrucian
Apr-28-2008, 9:19pm
Actually, it was re-tuning. My G strings went out on me. This was done on a TV studio soundstage at the tail end of someone else's video shoot. There was ten minutes left if I wanted to use it. So those were the first and only takes of each tune. There was no choice except to retune on the fly, cause there wasn't time for any retakes. Totally unplanned, but rhythmically worked getting the G's in tune in a way that everything kept rolling (and musical)!
NH
Lee Callicutt
Apr-29-2008, 8:00am
Yep, it sounded and looked like it was completely intentional. Someone once told me in a trade I was learning that the mark of a superior technician was the ability to make one's mistakes a part of the plan.
I think you've well passed that point and I doff my metaphorical hat in your direction, sir!
gnelson651
May-03-2008, 10:39pm
Great job Niles. I was watching your left hand and now I'm starting to understand what you are doing in "Bluegrass Up the Neck."