Can't believe that this has yet to be posted
Can't believe that this has yet to be posted
Mitch Russell
Both Ronnie and Chris are really something here. I really love the strummed end to Thile's solo.
Funny enough, someone who doesn't listen to the show led this song at Monday night's jam here.
I started learning it yesterday, seems like a lot to learn but fun to play once I get enough months in to play it smooth and fast [aka 1/2 this speed]
Collings MT2
Breedlove OF
Ellie eMando
Schmergl Devastator
I love playing this tune, its a burner for sure and after the straight break one can go all over with it in strange ways-Chris sure did but it was sweet!
Well .......... that was awesome. Wow!
..... f5joe
Smokin' !
That is absolutely INSANE. Makes me want to quit this crazy little eight stringed thing.
Who is the guitar player with the long hair that did the break? Thile's son?
John A. Karsemeyer
Ronnie's son.
Man! That was great!
(His looks and mannerisms remind me of the guy in Elementary )
Loar LM-370
“The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between.” ― Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ya'll can worship at the alter of Thile if you want but in my opinion Ronnie was more musical and overall a "better" player.
Collings MT2
Breedlove OF
Ellie eMando
Schmergl Devastator
I like the harmony between Ronnie and Chris at the end...cool!
Mike
Those who think they should think, like they think others think they should think, need to think out their thinking, I think.
No envejecemos, maduramos. -Pablo Picasso
Here's another one from that night... Del and the boys ..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX7nFz4pjUQ
Del McCoy was great Friday night at Old Settlers Music Fest last month...night closed out by Shiny Ribs. Doesn't get much better.
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Ronnie is awesome, and was insanely good on that track, in a more traditional sense, which is fun to contrast with what he does with the Travelin’ McCourys. I get why some more traditionally grounded pickers may not dig what Chris does there, but, dang, Ronnie himself asks him in the middle of the song, “How do you do that?” That’s respect, folks (and they probably sat down for about 5 minutes afterwards, at the end of which Ronnie nailed what Chris played). So, so good is everyone on that stage!
Chuck
Good points. Regardless of who is "better", they were all obviously having a great time.
Looked like Dell and the boys had a blast and certainly recognize Thile's immense talent. And I'm sure C.T. was thrilled to host some great musicians who could hopefully add a some interest and class to the show.
"I play BG so that's what I can talk intelligently about." A line I loved and pirated from Mandoplumb
My first bluegrass CD purchase was Del and the Boys in the early 2000s, and after watching Thile play in the How to Grow a Woman tour I was inspired to learn to play the mandolin. Two giants in music playing together there, and quite well!
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Skip Kelley #063 Offset Two Point (2017)
Arches #9 A Style (2005)
Bourgeois M5A (2022)
Hohner and Seydel Harmonicas (various keys)
"Heck, Jimmy Martin don't even believe in Santy Claus!"
Ronnie's son, Heaven. Saw him play with Del and Dog a couple of years or more ago at the Ryman in Nashville. Late June of 2016 to be exact. He was playing in a group called "Broomestix" for some time. Might still be. Plays electric guitar with them. A funk group. He plays electric guitar on one cut on Del's new CD.
Ray Dearstone #009 D1A (1999)
Skip Kelley #063 Offset Two Point (2017)
Arches #9 A Style (2005)
Bourgeois M5A (2022)
Hohner and Seydel Harmonicas (various keys)
"Heck, Jimmy Martin don't even believe in Santy Claus!"
Well, that was just fantastic. Especially interplay between Ronnie and Chris… and the reactions from Del.
I don't think music is about comparison or competition. There's absolutely no point in comparing the contributions of the two mandolinists here, since their solo roles are different. Ronnie McC states the theme, hence it's up to Thile to take off from it. There are other videos where Ronnie McC assumes both roles.
Frankly, I lost Thile after the miraculous O'Connor 30 Year Retrospective over 15 years ago; I simply wasn't crazy about his new direction. But there is aboslutely no denying his genius for, e.g., developing and contrasting motifs at even ridiculous tempos, or his rhythmic freedom and inventiveness, which I once described as "defying gravity".
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