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Who remembers when Bill has all the city boys in his band and he was enjoying their youthful energy (and his new fans)? He even made the cover.

in the D part of this tune, there's a repeated G-A-G-A bit that can be played by changing strings to play the open A or staying on the D string and playing the A note with the pinkie. Listening to...

There's a bay area filmmaker who was trying to get just such a movie off the ground, but that was several years ago...

mea culpa on who twinned who, I'm easily confused. Is it assumed that Monroe (never a sideman, always a Special Guest) played the melody on the twinned tunes- and can you tell by listening?
My...

I read the MSN article with pleasure- I'm betting that the article evolved out of an email exchange with Mike where some MSN editor said to himself; "this guy is pretty readable". Of course...

I believe Compton twins Monroe on "Old Ebenezer Dangerfield", which after repeated listening has now made it difficult for me to separate the one tune from the other...!

I remember that Thile was asked about technical practice routines and replied that he had to limit himself when doing technical exercises. His point was that it was so *satisfying* to work on one...

I've been working on pinkie sliding up (towards the bridge) with the ring finger following on the next fret down - imagine an A arpeggio on the G and D strings. I'm working on fretting as straight...

I once heard Laurie Lewis describe this process for musicians--"tape yourself...listen to yourself...kill yourself". : )

For some reason, right after I tune, I play an E doublestop on the highest...

I had the chance to see the DGQ a few times at the GAMHall, probably starting in '79 (?), also when they backed Grappelli- so much life coming out of such a little old man! My favorite memory was...

Generousity is a great word to use describing Grisman, but he also enjoys kicking out the jams. A favorite recent memory is watching him play with one of the pupville kid bands. I thought Grisman...

I'm going- what a great chance not to see Frank... : )

Go to Mike Compton's fine website (created by cafe member Jim Richter)and listen to Jimmy Fell Off The Wagon, full of downslides.

http://www.mikecompton.net/index.php?page=Music

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What's helped me a bit with Monroe style is listening closely to what the right hand does in a certain song- when he gallops or shuffles, perhaps a strong upstroke, maybe an accent right before a...

This is my corner basement lair, about 4’x7’. A bit more elaborate than some- the walls are hung with dampeners to absorb vibration, the solid door and a good seal make sure nobody can hear me (by...

gospelman- Shine Hallelujah Shine is a great 2 record collection of sacred songs on Hay Holler. Stellar (celestial?)harmonies, David McLaughlin on mandolin- 'nuff said.

I'm not a fan of woodshedding so far out back that you avoid playing with other people. For me, playing music is a way to connect with others. Of course, time spent alone practicing is invaluable,...

There's the Grateful Dead song Monkey and the Engineer...it's a runaway train song. I've heard it played in jams but it's not what I'd call a bluegrass song. : )

Sense of humor too- it's in a lot of his music- very playful.

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Blue Night is harder to sing in C- that's high for most mortals- so sibling rivalry might have worked the other way...

Peter- I think that low note you refer to is the Bb on the A string- he gets...

For what it's worth- podcasts work for me.

FYI - Grisman has a most excellent version on his CD Common Chord with Daniel Kobialka.

that's the 15th fret for the crowdpleaser section on Tennessee Blues.
Another way to look at it is he either played out of chop position (especially for songs in Bb and B)or near the nut for...