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Thanks for sharing it Ron. That was recorded with my new custom built David Sefl 2 point mandolin. Jesper and the gang recorded in Denmark and I did my part in Sweden. More coming from us! BUT......

When i decided to learn how to actually play blues mandolin in 2004 I sat down and listened to Yank Rachell's recordings for 2 years and jammed with them. I also listened to Carl Martin, Johnny...

Here is a video of BABY PLEASE DON'T GO filmed by Cafe member Ron McMillan in Chiang Mai, Thailand in January. Very laidback version that sometimes changed form depending on our mood. I was playing...

Special Agent Blues by Sleepy John Estes. The riff for it evolved from listening to the playing of Son Bonds as the 2nd guitar on the track recorded in 1938. I used ideas from that and came up with a...

Thank you Scott and Dan and anybody else involved in keeping this forum running! I know that you put in A LOT OF WORK that may not be noticed by some of us, but is appreciated by the majority, for...

I am very sorry to read about Don's passing. I play an RM-1 and Don was kind enough some years ago to support my music by giving me a hotplate pickup for the mandolin at dealer cost. Though we never...

I have a varnish finish Giacomel mandolin and am worried about using something on that finish. I have an LR BAGGS RADIUS, but I bought it used with no putty included. Any ideas about this? Not sure...

This is a performance at our CD release concert on June 2nd, just a few days ago. The cd is BLOOD IN MY EYES FOR YOU - Bert Deivert & Copperhead Run
Lots of juke joint vibe with blues mandolin and...

Hi Folks,

We will be releasing my twelfth album and this the fourth one featuring blues mandolin, this time as a band effort, with Bert Deivert & Copperhead Run. "Blood in My Eyes for You". You...

If you want to listen on Soundcloud, I have two of my blues mandolin albums up, Takin' Sam's Advice and Kid Man Blues, and a couple of tracks from the new one, Blood in My Eyes for You. IF you want...

Yes the D'Addario Flatwounds EFW74 or something like that are on the Stanley and it is lent to a friend who loves playing it, so he can warm it up for awhile, since I am breaking in my new Giacomel....

@ Sam, I bought the strings from Strings and Beyond, but because the dollar is strong now, it is cheaper to buy them in Germany online from Thomann. I am testing the D'Addario Flatwounds for mandolin...

Me and Steve James with our RM-1s at the Blues festival in Rovaniemi, Finland in the Fall of 2014.
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Hi Sam,
as Ron mentioned, I play my RM-1 with a hotplate pickup as my main gigging and recording instrument. I got the hotplate pickup some years ago after Rich DelGrosso told me he had one. I...

My two main mandolin influences are Yank Rachell and Carl Martin. They were both good guitarists as well and had some wonderful signature licks! I recorded both State Street Pimp and Kid Man Blues...

Watch Yank himself play! My favorite video on YouTube!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd-Kwg7RF0c

Hi zedmando, check out the Blues Mando social group here on the cafe. http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/group.php?groupid=99 There are lots of video links there too! Here is a Sleepy John tune that...

Playing my National RM-1 with a hotplate pickup in an electric blues band jam at the Motor City Music Festival in Geelong, Australia. This was in March 2014 on a recent tour. My bandmates are...

There are two videos up that Rich posted now:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3VCcNUwu8M&feature=c4-overview&list=UUZLAiZBEjuucArF_zf27mKA

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I just wanted to mention for our Scandinavian members or people visiting there, that Rich Del Grosso will be gigging with me and my band at the Åmål Blues Festival, in Åmål, Sweden on July 11th,...

Stefan Sobell's instruments did fill a need in the mandolin family for use in Scots and Irish music at the time. As far as Swedish music, there wasn't much accompaniment at the time. The fiddle...