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Mandolin Mondays #354 w/ Special Guest Mike Mullins

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Returning to Mandolin Mondays this week, we have California mandolinist Mike Mullins with us to share a beautiful original, "The Forgotten Waltz" on his newly acquired 1923 Gibson H-1 mandola. Beautiful stuff here!



San Francisco Bay Area native Mike Mullins has been a fixture on the West Coast acoustic music
scene for over 40 years. Well-known for his guitar work with the Cache Valley Drifters (Bill Griffin and
Wally Barnick), Mike is a highly-regarded instrumentalist and songwriter and has appeared on over 100
studio albums. In 2014 Mike released his first solo project, “Windows of Time,” a compendium of
Americana styles showcasing a trove of original material over a 25-year span. In addition to acclaim as
a solo and ensemble artist, Mike is widely regarded as a top-tier mandolinist, and spent multiple
summers as an artist-in-residence at the Annual Mandolin Symposium hosted by David Grisman and
Mike Marshall. He was also a featured performer at the 2019 and 2021 Far West Folk Alliance
Conferences.

Mike’s newest project, “8-String Sketches,” a tour-de-force collection of solo mandolin
pieces, was released in 2021 on David Grisman’s Acoustic Oasis Records and is currently enjoying wide U.S. and international Roots and Americana radio airplay. Be sure to check out the new album here on Acoustic Disc's website: https://acousticdisc.com/product/mik...ches-download/

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

http://mikemullinsmusic.com/
https://www.facebook.com/mike.mullins.31
https://mikemullins.bandcamp.com/
https://acousticdisc.com/product/mik...ches-download/
https://www.facebook.com/theCacheValleyDrifters

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

Happy Picking!
David

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Comments

  1. Todd Bowman's Avatar
    A Beautiful waltz beautifully played!!! Thank you, Mike and David, for sharing!
  2. cayuga red's Avatar
    A lovely tune. In his hands, the mandola has gorgeous tone.
  3. Denny Gies's Avatar
    Nice.
  4. Brian Ebie's Avatar
    I've listened to Mike's "The Water is Wide" on Mandolin Mondays #187 countless times, and am happy to see him back on MM. Thanks for another beautiful tune!
  5. Baron Collins-Hill's Avatar
    Amazing hybrid picking!
  6. grassrootphilosopher's Avatar
    What a beautiful sound the mandola produces. And the hybrid picking is quite exquisite too.
  7. Alfons's Avatar
    Beautiful - in addition to just really enjoying the tune, I was struck by how intentional and clean sounding all those notes were. Thanks for that fine gift.
  8. William Smith's Avatar
    What a fabulous, toned Dola! Gnarly indeed Mike, that one is a keeper, no doubts here!