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My good buddy Steve Roy & I have a duo, Steve & Dave Play Dead, which is what we do, and we did it as part of an online fest we are a part of, Dead to the Core, this past weekend. We are the only act...

Another example of contemporary jazz mandolin. Jason Anick:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVwfkbCMdz4

Not sure just what David means by "important" but here's Paul Glasse, Austin home-boy.

He may be cutting as sharp as a jazz mandolinist as anyone these days.

Mick...

I was about to say the same thing but Tom beat me to it. +1 and then some. All excellent advice. Certainly true for jazz but also for almost any other genre you want to play.

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I'm actually proud of the spots where I've worn through the finish on my Gibson. It means I've been playing it.

With that said there are lots of ways to darken wood. A few drops of cold strong tea...

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Great advice, except that jazz began a lot earlier than the guys you mentioned and thus you are overlooking both fine earlier players and the idea that to play modern jazz you need to know bop - to...

It seems to me that when it comes to create your soloing lines, Jazz is less idiomatic than say rock guitar or BG banjo, so you can learn from method books for other C-Instruments as well, for...

If you are able to read standard notation, I highly recommend guitar books by Frank Vignola. His books "Jazz-Solos" have example solos over the changes of well known standards that also work when...

I try to take care of my instruments, but they get marks and dings from being out playing. That's what instruments are for - to be taken out and played, and I do that every time a chance comes up. I...

I think Chris has a real love for Brian Wilson. Awesome job. Clearly Familiarity was inspired by Smile.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQW26xFI9WY

Les Wise was my jazz guitar teacher back in 1975-6 in New Orleans.

I'd recommend that book!

[QUOTE=allenhopkins;1359435]Not bluegrass, but:

Yes and what about Grisman, Marshall, Anger, O'Connor and Wasserman? From 1980. Yes we used to look that young just a few years ago. This is what...

Is your concern about going strapless a fashion statement or a threat?

Not so sure we want to see that...

Jethro Burns never used a strap on his mandolin in his earlier days with Homer and Jethro. I don't know how he managed it, but he surely did!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0mGFjAySTw

I remember when Copperhead road came out and didn't even notice the mandolin, song was never on my radar. In the late 80's I was trying to get my head and mind around electric jazz bass-Clark, Hamm,...

A nice article about Tiny from the Texas State Historical Association. I had no idea he was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of the Texas Playboys).

MOORE, BILLY...

I agree the mandolin's place in jazz music is not assumed as it is in other styles. I always point out that there are well established traditions of jazz violin and jazz guitar. The mandolin being a...

I suggest listening to Jethro Burns or Tiny Moore. I think you'll get the point.