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  1. Alfons's Avatar
    I like that tune! Great playing and sound, as well
  2. CHASAX's Avatar
    `Thank you, Calum!
  3. kmmando's Avatar
    Very fine indeed, Calum. Sounds wonderful, bravo!
  4. Dagger Gordon's Avatar
    Sounds great Calum!
  5. William Smith's Avatar
    Killer mandolin!
  6. darylcrisp's Avatar
    David
    first, thank you for years providing Mandolin Mondays on the Cafe(and thanks to the Cafe for hosting this every week)!

    really enjoyed this tune, my kind of mandolin music and i will be looking this up.
    love the new mandolin, really awesome tone, looks amazing. i think you and Oliver hit the mark with all the build characteristics. i consider this the David Benedict Signature Apitius.

    no doubts the line will start to form and orders for "i want one like you built for DB"

    d
  7. Alfons's Avatar
    Nice! Beautiful playing on a beautiful instrument. Congrats! That's a nice tune - I'll have to find out more about Joe LaRose. Thanks for sharing it with us David.
  8. BillWilliams's Avatar
    Lovely sound.
  9. cayuga red's Avatar
    Another great Collings in action. Outstanding music and performance
  10. Alfons's Avatar
    Fun compositions, fine playing, great sound you're getting from the MTO. Thanks for sharing!
  11. Tom Fuldner's Avatar
    Outstanding! Especially nice music from an Oval Collings. Well played. Thank you for sharing.
  12. Alfons's Avatar
    Nice tune - I dig that tremolo
  13. Hubs's Avatar
    Nice tune, nicely done! Thanks
  14. CES's Avatar
    Nicely done, sir!!

    So, a dentist from my home town in SC who played keys, guitar, and sang in garage bands in college (guessing early to mid-1980s) fell deep into BG and turned the family into a band. His wife was a classically trained bassist, so no brainer there. He sang lead and played guitar. Put the 8 year old on mando, 5 year old on banjo, and 3 year old on fiddle. Sunday night signings at church were, ahem, painful for a couple of years. Then it clicked with the younglings, and, man, they got good.

    They were at Merlefest sometime in the mid 90s and were heading back to camp around 11 pm when a group around a camp fire noticed the then 13 year old’s mandolin case. They called them over, said their mandolinist had a stomach bug and was back at the bus for the night, and asked her to sit in. The group was Alison Kraus and Union Station when Adam Steffey was with them. I don’t think her feet touched the ground for 3 months. They played til sometime after 1 am, and these world class musicians just welcomed her right in. Awesome folks to do that!!
  15. atestrings's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by grassrootphilosopher
    Very nice.

    I like the "quirky" tune. It speaks to the Monroe side of my personality.

    The Presto Case (left corner has more stickers than mine). I hear some sounds of my mandolin in that Duff F-5. I wonder if it is x-braced or tone bar braced. I would like a back to back tryout...

    I wonder if he owns a Strad-O-Lin. All of that would sound like there are more similarities between two people than what´s normal...
    Thanks for the compliment.
    I would welcome a back-to-back comparison. My Duff has tone bars. It's sugar maple back and sides with a red spruce top.
    I do not have a Strad-O-Lin, but would love to hear yours.
    My other mandos of note are a 2013 Campanella, a 1983 Flatiron A5-2, and a 1925 A jr.
  16. grassrootphilosopher's Avatar
    Very nice.

    I like the "quirky" tune. It speaks to the Monroe side of my personality.

    The Presto Case (left corner has more stickers than mine). I hear some sounds of my mandolin in that Duff F-5. I wonder if it is x-braced or tone bar braced. I would like a back to back tryout...

    I wonder if he owns a Strad-O-Lin. All of that would sound like there are more similarities between two people than what´s normal...
  17. cayuga red's Avatar
    A fantastic song and played beautifully.
  18. g-mac's Avatar
    Wow! Beautiful arrangement and very expressive playing. Well done, sir!!
  19. asIsaidtomyfriend's Avatar
    Perfect music for my coffee and oatmeal breakfast at 6am. Thank you Richard for starting my day off right!
  20. Rick Jones's Avatar
    Absolutely lovely! I'll be spending some serious time trying to transcribe this - unless there is an arrangement available?
  21. Nick Royal's Avatar
    Richard is a great player....and a friendly guy! He turned me on to some nice classical duos by
    German composer, Kurt Schwaen
  22. Cheryl Watson's Avatar
    Hey Richard, that's a superbly creative and flowing arrangement, very well played, and nice Ellis!
  23. Don Stiernberg's Avatar
    Okay now we're talkin'!
  24. Tom Fuldner's Avatar
    Brilliant work, Mr. Kriehn! Thank you for sharing your arrangement of what Sir Paul has said is one of his favorite songs. You do it more than justice.
  25. DougC's Avatar
    A very nice and 'masterful' arrangement of the tune. Richard most always shows a relaxed and complete command of the instrument. He's definitely one of the top mandolin players in the world.

    ...IMHO
  26. cayuga red's Avatar
    Good playing and what a mandolin!
  27. Alfons's Avatar
    Beautiful! Great arrangement, and nice mix of techniques throughout.
  28. James Vwaal's Avatar
    Very nice!