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This week on Mandolin Mondays we welcome song writer and old-time mandolin music expert Carl Jones to play a set of fun tunes on his 1921 Gibson A-4 mandolin.



Carl Jones is an American songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Born in Macon, Georgia, Carl presently lives in Hillsville, Virginia. He studied music near Muscle Shoals, Alabama and was influenced by seeing Roy Orbison, Steve Goodman, and Mac Macanally record there. Carl is widely respected for his instrumental talents and original songs about the joys and tribulations of day-to-day life in the South. Carl’s songs have been recorded by The Nashville Bluegrass Band, Kate Campbell, Rickie Simpkins with Tony Rice, and others. His song Last Time On The Road was on the grammy-award-winning album Unleashed by the Nashville Bluegrass Band. In the 1980’s he played mandolin with James Bryan, Norman and Nancy Blake as part of the Rising Fawn String Ensemble. Today he tours the world with his wife, fiddler Erynn Marshall. Carl is known for his fine musicianship, charismatic teaching, sense of humor, and powerful songwriting. He has recorded on a couple dozen recordings including his original songs CD “Traveling Star” and Norman Blake’s “Original Underground Music of the Mysterious South.”

Now Carl and Erynn perform and teach together through their Patreon page--check out their work here: https://www.patreon.com/dittyville?fan_landing=true

And coming up in 2022, Carl will be teaching mandolin at several music camps including: Summer Acoustic Music Week (NH), Steve Kaufman Kamp (TN), Mando Camp North (MA), Monroe Mandolin Camp (VA).

Here's a word from Carl about this video, "The 1st tune I’m playing came out of my mandolin after hearing about David Surette’s passing. David always shared his music and life in such a radiant manner with a steadfast grin so I called this tune, “Big Beamer.” I like to think he would have enjoyed picking this himself. The second tune, is an A modal tune I remember James Bryan played years ago that he called Pretty Little Miss. You can’t go wrong with your mando and a modal tune!"

Be sure to connect with Carl at the following links below for more information about his music:

http://dittyville.com/
https://www.patreon.com/dittyville?fan_landing=true

And as always, tune in next week for more Mandolin Mondays! Until then...

Happy Picking!
David