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  1. Mandolin Mondays #71 w/ Special Guest Casey Campbell

    A swinging Jethro Burns tune plus a Rattlesnake mandolin plus Nashville cat Casey Campbell equals all the good notes for this week's Mandolin Monday video.



    Casey Campbell has as deep roots in bluegrass as just about anyone in the business. Son of fiddler and Bluegrass Boy Jimmy Campbell, Casey literally took his first steps in Bill Monroe's dressing room at the Grand Ole Opry. Since then he's made a name for himself on the ...
  2. "My new album just dropped."

    ^ I've been waiting my whole life to say that!

    Check it out on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Amazon -- any service you use, we're on there (or will be within days).

    And if you use Spotify, please follow our band! When we hit 250 followers, we'll be able to access info like number of plays, etc.!

    https://open.spotify.com/artist/19UUF9KSTRaUGVpiH8MEUJ
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  3. Flaming Patterns and Prototypes

  4. Mandolin Mondays #70 w/ Special Guest Alex Heflin

    Los Angeles-based jazz mandolinist Alex Heflin joins Mandolin Mondays this week with a tasty solo arrangement of his original tune, "Benjamin."



    Alex has been making waves in recent years with his own youtube channel. Every Friday he posts a creative cover featuring his adept playing on the mandolin and multiple other instruments. Alex also transcribed and published a great collection of monumental jazz mandolin solos ...
  5. Hats Off - Mandolin/Upright Bass Duo Album Pt. 3

    Hey guys!

    Here is the official EPK video for the duo record Mike and I put together. It comes out this Friday, and I hope you guys dig it!




    Also here are the other two videos:

    A live take of the title track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WerBUj-FYw
    A live take of another tune: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaaR6sEvB4Q
  6. Mandolin Mondays #69 w/ Special Guest Tristan Scroggins

    Tristan Scroggins is with us this week for a solo mandolin rendition of a Bela Fleck tune on his power house Stellings S-5 mandolin.



    Based in the mid-west, Tristan is one of the leading young, creative voices on the mandolin today. He plays full time with the prolific Jeff Scroggins & Colorado band—they have been called one of the hardest working bluegrass bands on the scene. And when he’s not too busy touring, Tristan ...
  7. Always Insure

    Re-top on a 2012 Gallatin F that was damaged in shipping. Always a good idea to insure, even though it doesn't happen often.

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  8. DeArmond Pickup Mandolin

    DeArmond Pickup Mandolin

    These pickups were heavily used by country mandolinists

    These pickups are portable. And excellent for electrifying your acoustic mandolin.

    Updated Apr-18-2017 at 9:38pm by Jailboogie300

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  9. Mandolin Mondays #68 /// Dave Matthews Band Mandolin Medley

    So... I may or may not have been obsessed with the Dave Matthews Band as a kid... Here's a mandolin mashup of a few of my DMB favorites: "Grace is Gone," "Tripping Billies," "Rapunzel," and "Ants Marching.”



    You can now get a tab/notation transcription for this video, and all of my other personal solo Mandolin Mondays arrangements on my Patreon site here: https://www.patreon.com/davidbenedictmandolin ...

    Updated Jun-01-2020 at 4:49am by dbmandolin

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  10. Motivational post

    THAT THING YOU WANT TO DO TODAY. YOU CAN DO IT!




    *casts inspire courage*
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