Re: Article: Bill Monroe Receives his Mandolin from Gibson - The
That was by far one of the coolest videos I've ever seen...
So great to see that and thankyou so much for posting it.
Re: Article: Bill Monroe Receives his Mandolin from Gibson - The
Re: Article: Bill Monroe Receives his Mandolin from Gibson - The
Charlie was either so cool, or scared shirtless. He just stood there and watched like he let the mando and Bill speak for themselves ...and finally got the approval thank you handshake.
Re: Article: Bill Monroe Receives his Mandolin from Gibson - The
This has been a lot of fun. Spent part of the morning organizing and going through and selecting the next tape or set of tapes to publish and am beginning work on that project. We've yet to actually see all of the tapes but believe the last 8 include live concert footage from a show in Boulder. At least that's how they're marked. Should know by the end of the week if all goes as planned.
Keep finding out little bits and pieces about the day and the people in the video in attendance. Jim Triggs was over before the tape went live. Jim came in as the Custom Shop manager a few months after the presentation and identified a number of Gibson employees by name. Walter Carter was having a conversation with us and pointed out John Hedgecoth, the mandocellist with Butch Baldassari's old Nashville Mandolin Trio is seen holding a camera at the point where The Nashville Network camera is shown and George Gruhn is visible. This is sort of like Where's Waldo 31 years later.
And not to gloat, but got a private mini-concert by Monroe in the headphones last night from him sitting on his front porch on the farm. To be broadcast in the future.
Re: Article: Bill Monroe Receives his Mandolin from Gibson - The
Very historic! Glad to see this great event recorded!:mandosmiley:
Re: Article: Bill Monroe Receives his Mandolin from Gibson - The
Fab + brilliant! many thanks for posting this- one should probably add: RIP Charlie Derrington, Gibson owes him a lot..!
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Re: Article: Bill Monroe Receives his Mandolin from Gibson - The
Thanks to everyone responsible for making this video available. It truly was a great day. I was working for Gibson at the time, and can be seen at the end of the video at 15:55 (guy on the right). I have always been amazed at what Charlie was able to do with this mandolin. Seeing the "before and after" condition made me appreciate his work even more.
I'd like to offer one of my own photos of the mandolin to the forum. This is the mandolin when it was still in clamps on Charlie's workbench.
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Re: Article: Bill Monroe Receives his Mandolin from Gibson - The
At 5:30 p.m. today (Sunday) we're going to release 30 minutes of never before seen interview with Monroe on his farm just North of Nashville. Some great moments in it, including him playing his mandolin on the front porch.
And of special note: you do NOT want to miss the brief conversation between interviewer and camera operator while Monroe goes inside the house to get the mandolin. Priceless.
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Thanks to everyone responsible for making this video available. It truly was a great day. I was working for Gibson at the time, and can be seen at the end of the video at 15:55 (guy on the right). I have always been amazed at what Charlie was able to do with this mandolin. Seeing the "before and after" condition made me appreciate his work even more.
I'd like to offer one of my own photos of the mandolin to the forum. This is the mandolin when it was still in clamps on Charlie's workbench.
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Thanks, I don't think I've ever seen that picture.
Re: Article: Bill Monroe Receives his Mandolin from Gibson - The
A quick note to let everyone know we finally got the audio and video synced on this historic video. The first upload was badly out of sync. Hard to find folks with expertise in converting massive video cassette tapes used for television in the 80s and converting them to web. This is the only video that exists in public of Bill Monroe receiving his mandolin post-repair from Gibson at the factory with Charlie Derrington and Henry J. making the presentation.
Chet Atkins on guitar backing up Monroe playing "Wheel Hoss" with Charlie calling out the chords to Chet--priceless.
See if you can spot a very young George Gruhn in the crowd as Scott Wright pans video of folks watching the presentation.
See the new video here.
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Great to fully watch. At the end, he picks Lloyd Loar.
Bill Monroe Receives his Mandolin from Gibson - The Video
It's the anniversary of the return of Monroe's mandolin post-repair from Gibson and we have the only surviving video of the moment known to exist!
Re: Article: Bill Monroe Receives his Mandolin from Gibson - The
Always heartened to see this video on the day of the anniversary, and at the same time sad to see Charlie Derrington who is missed by many.
Re: Article: Bill Monroe Receives his Mandolin from Gibson - The
Good to see this. Thanks! ... I was fortunate enough to see Bill Monroe play the mandolin later that year at NAAM in Chicago. Seems like yesterday. He said, talking about the restoration, that he "taked it back to Gibson." That is a direct quote as spoken. I thought about that phrase long and hard. We also got to see Chet play the electrified nylon-string Gibson made under his name. My only time at NAAM but quite memorable.
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Re: Article: Bill Monroe Receives his Mandolin from Gibson - The
Noting the anniversary of this date. The tape with this video and others that are part of the Scott Wright collection are now a part of the Country Music Hall of Fame permanent collection.