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I've said it before and I'll say it again: clearly Bill Monroe was one of the finest Monroe style mandolin players to ever live.

Silas

Hi all,
So I'm starting a project based in crooked fiddle tunes. I was hoping folks could recommend some. By crooked I mean tunes that extra or missing beats in them. Telling me where I can find...

I like Tanner's rag. I joyfully play it wrong.

Here's a video of my band, The Atomic Duo, playing our rendition of the late Gil Scott Heron's "Whitey on the Moon" at the Kennedy Center. He was a great artist. We need more bravery in American...

I have one and have used it now in a number of settlings. It sounds great and helps one slide easily into a swing or blues band. My favorite part is that it sounds like a mandolin when plugged in. ...

I like how Thile respects the functionality of the piece.

I don't know what it is called but if you order 2,147,483,647 of them it costs $9,663,676,411,500.00 befor taxes. I wonder if my debit card can handle that.

"It may be that true that each artist chooses to be interviewed or not, but that's not an excuse. They shouldn't be offered the choice to begin with."

Wow. Pretty harsh. I'm pretty sure that...

I am booking a tour for my band Fat Man and Little Boy: The Atomic Duo. We are a blues/swig/bluegrass duo which is led by Bad Livers founder Mark Rubin. Any ideas as to where to book that will pay...

whisky.

I didn't like the eastman tail piece at all. I changed mine out for a more gibson style one.

I think a lot of singing from the early half of the century was dictated by the material conditions of the performers and technology. Without amplification or very primitive technology, nasal, high...

Anybody know where I can find a transcription of this tune?

I have a friend who could play fiddle after 6 months. He also started playing blues piano about 8 months ago and amazingly fluid. He isn't Mark Oconnor on either but to be honest I I'd rather...

I have a melody banjo, which to the best of my knowledge is a 4 string banjo with a mandolin scale. It has a banjo neck.

Yeah, Crystalline Roses is RAD.

Al Miller, Blue Sky Boys, Dallas String Band, Charlie McCoy!!!!, Two Poor Boys, Ted Hawkins(he played with Riley Puckett-awesome)

"Especially the ones that are focused on dance tunes. But also a lot of jazz etc."

Which dance traditions? And if nobody is dancing then doesn't the function of de-emphasizing singing become less...

"Keep in mind the mandolin itself is not exactly central to OT, like it is to BG."

See I can't agree with this assertion. What abut the Mobile strugglers, or Ted Hawkins, or the Bluesky Boys, or...

Very post modern approach.

I think that one reason that this problem arises so often is that the context of OT muisc has been almost completely removed. By and large it served the function of dance music. If it was being...

Country Negro Jam Session. Holy Cow.

Fattening Frogs for Snakes.

Steve James'-Short Blue Stories
Betse Ellis-Don't You Wanna Go
Shotgun Party-Mean Old Way
Atomic Duo-Fat Man and Little Boy

Just sending one more shout out. Hope some of yall can come out. If you've never been to Fiddler's Green, it is worth it for that alone. They have some amazing mandos.