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    What would Buzz do? Matteo's Avatar
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    Question Just WHO is the mandolin player on Jimmie Osborne's King sides??

    Hi all!
    I've been off this website for a while, but some of you might know I am working at a comprehensive (can't say "complete" in this type things, really ) discography of small-label Blue Grass singles 1946-1958. I am reaching a stage of relative completion, even though several gaps still remain. Here's one of them!

    I'm sure you all have heard those Jimmie Osborne King recordings that feature an extremely tasteful mandolin player.
    If not, here's some of them:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wyeYVyfEwY
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY7L-6OunRo
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4_cnvAGNCg
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7UBkcrPPcE

    Does anyone recognize his style? Who could it be?
    Two mandolin players that come to mind that were associated with King were Jethro Burns and Ernest Ferguson. I did talk to Ernest's son and his father never mentioned taking part in these recordings - so it's likely someone else. Could this be Jethro's take on a more old-timey style (as he did with Grandpa Jones, or on a couple of tracks with Wade Mainer)?
    Or could it be a musician that was working with Jimmie Osborne at the time? It seems he worked most of his radio and show dates as a solo artist, which makes it extremely hard to find who his associates at the time might have been...

    Does anyone have more insight?
    Thanks so much!
    Matt.
    Matt Ringressi
    Old-school Blue Grass

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    Default Re: Just WHO is the mandolin player on Jimmie Osborne's King side

    You could contact Marshall Wyatt at Old Hat Records....

    http://www.oldhatrecords.com/

    Marshall knows more about old stringband recordings then almost anybody on the planet. Super nice guy too.
    Charley

    A bunch of stuff with four strings

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