Rowan is still doing it. I've seen him a couple of times lately. He was with the Travel'n McCoury's doing a full set of WSM music and it was very, very cool.
Clarence died 4 months after...
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Rowan is still doing it. I've seen him a couple of times lately. He was with the Travel'n McCoury's doing a full set of WSM music and it was very, very cool.
Clarence died 4 months after...
I love Muleskinner. Watched and listened many times. I only wish they would have featured Clarence's solo work a bit more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMQuuZNvwLU
I don't hear much melody in the B part either. I improvise it primarily using double-stops blended with some A-based pentatonic licks and find this gives a nice contrast to the more notey A part. I...
It's not just sellers that need good communication skills; buyers should also take care to instill confidence to the sellers. As a case in point, I recently had a nice mandolin for sale in the...
Goose is absolutely right. I gave Big Joe a call last summer and scheduled my instrument a visit at his mando-spa. He did an extension scoop with faux frets, fit the bridge completely to the top,...
That's a must, Jim. I'll be there with bells on!
That you do Big Joe and you do it so well. But the OP did ask about the OKC area so I obliged.
http://doublestop.com/
Not OKC but close by. I'll be Byron can hook you up.
This is a great tune indeed. Thanks Jim.
I am with you on this. Whether its learning something from a recording, paper or something you came up with on your own, the key is isolating the tricky part, slowing it down, looping and looping it...
I am playing my Derrington mando that Big Joe recently set up today. I didn't know Charlie personally but I appreciate his legacy and am honored to play one of his creations.
I think I posted this in the last PS mando thread but I visited the store last summer at mid-morning during the middle of the week. There were so many people there I had to park a block away and...
I have the Wildwood. I bought it at a camp that the maker attended and had some in the camp store. Very nice. Like someone else said, it seems pricey but the trouble and time to make one for myself...
I think I'm listening to that mando right now. Did Pee Wee use it in the original Columbia recordings? I've been reading Ralph's book and listening to all this great old music from the 40's. Ralph...
Not really BG but we caught a Marty Stuart and the Fabulous Superlatives show in Dallas last weekend (Marty did a solo mando piece). He wore black leather and the FabSup wore powder blue western...
Try Butch Baldassari's "Mandolin Hymns." Very tasteful. I had some selections from this played at my father's funeral. I am particularly fond of "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior." It's a beautiful piece...
I visited the Pawn Stars shop in LV last summer while on a business trip. I went by about 11 am and as you can see below, there were lots of people milling around coming and going out. I had to park...
"It's all in your right hand."
John Moore told me this in a master class several years ago and he was right. The goal is to make your right hand do exactly what you want it to do, not do what it...
I love their version of "Dark Hollow." If memory serves, I believe they were just a group of friends who threw together a band for a local TV show because Bill Monroe couldn't make the gig.
Last weekend I saw the Travelin' McCourys with Dan Tyminski in Dallas. It was a great hour and a half show to end the Bloomin' Bluegrass Festival. You know you've got it going on when you hire Dan to...
Thanks Charlie!
Does anyone have a review of how it sounds for fiddle tunes, bluegrass and country? I see they have a category for these genres in the forum where some users have uploaded files. Band in Box is...
I have been to several different camps including Kaufman's and enjoyed them all immensely. However, I found Camp Bluegrass at South Plains College in Levelland, TX to be most helpful to my...
I just got the new Chris and Herb album released last week. Great stuff!
http://www.mandolincafe.com/news/publish/mandolins_001255.shtml
I recently heard that a fully-distressed copy of that Loar is being attempted by a well-known luthier.