This is my latest 4th generation flat top mandolin. This is the culmination of 12 years of work improving the sound of the flat top mandolin. It all started from the fact that it is possible to...
This is my latest 4th generation flat top mandolin. This is the culmination of 12 years of work improving the sound of the flat top mandolin. It all started from the fact that it is possible to...
Here’s another recent one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1OpA1HaPE0
He deserves to go far!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9PAPzXdmvM
Latest video from Ian Coury on 10 string Brazilian bandolim, recently recorded with his quartet at Berklee College of Music. I hope this gets him a...
Good going, coupla little oopsies and all. Reminded me of this great number (though much faster) by Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith - the B-side of the single. There are a few points of convergence...
After 20 years of swapping around and trying pretty much everything, an endeavor characterized by a complete absence of craving anything like a "holy grail" and instead pure PLAY, I have found my two...
Not to derail , and I am rather fond of the Darol Anger Version on E & A, though it is more bluegrassy than old time. Both of these are great and really celebrate the integrity of the tune.
Here's...
Dear mando colleagues, I'd like to share one of my favourite mando related live performances with you here. Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMb-6tXAfC4
I recently uploaded a couple of videos of this tune to YouTube. Here's a link to my solo mandola version. Thanks for listening!
https://youtu.be/Rz0_MFzcFIQ
Lost sight of these old clips in vimeo somewhere, but fun to see again after many years. Sadly, accordionist Ali Beag MacLeod is no longer alive, and very much missed in the Highlands of Scotland and...
That is terrific, Michael— unusual combination of instruments, but works perfectly. What a nice sound you three make. Thanks! :)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIvRSuFCLZA&t=501s
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for the Ry Cooder fans check this video from 1970... starting from 10:30 Ry tears it down on mandolin :cool:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QelyELSju7M
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This is a nice video of a band called Cadene, who seem like they are from Central France. The pipes are certainly from there. (Cornemuse du Centre). Really nice, I think. Pretty funky looking lot as...
Hard to think of him as an 80 year old, but there was an 80th birthday celebration gig for him in Dublin last night.
I am absolutely certain that many of us would not be on this site today, or...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whct2qPTcns
Looks like Taj and Ry recorded a new album after 50 years.....
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I learned up Ricky Skaggs solo from " Head Over Heels" from the Boone Creek days. Lots of fun downstrokes in that one!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zetvgzwtreI
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Hey all, my bluegrass band recorded a few videos last week in an effort to start booking some gigs. Here's one our banjo player edited real nice. Hope you enjoy!
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The First of May on the first of May, from the James Bryan album of the same title, I had to plant on the pick guard of this 20 F4 as it was causing some distortion, I may remove it yet. Thanks to...
Dagger Gordon playing Here, there and everywhere by the Beatles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxQD-EAD02g&list=PLbqQKQRJF6TbAdYKCkRQ-hhgxTlA1TdCs&index=5
Hi fellow mandolin lovers. For some sort of continuity I've decided to start this thread to post my videos.Most all my music is done here in my kitchen. Low tech. Tascam DR07 mk-ll, no effects, for...
My new Sobell Mandolin built by Stefan and Colin Keefe which I collected yesterday (18th March). Also a photo with the refurbished 1987 Sobell cittern I collected from Stefan last year. The mandolin...
Here’s a couple of general observations based on my personal experiences. In my early Mandolin days, I had the good fortune to take lessons from 2 masters of the instrument, Jethro Burns, an American...