A few years ago now a friend of mine, who is a big fan of the
guitarist John Mclaughlin, bought an album of McLaughlin's group
Shakti on which the very same mandolin player U. Shrinivas gives it
socks. I was amazed when i first listened to it, i just could not
figure out how he was getting the soun
Bluesy upstrokes, i know that means one thing Mr. Yank Rachell!
Thats the funny thing about it all, i've been aware of Yank's upstroke
thang for a few years now, i had a fit of mandolin blues fever a while
back, but, it just never occured to me that you could also play
downstrokes... just one of t
Ooh, yikes, the practice-plateau!!!
I know it well... i hope a new challenge pops up soon and gets things
moving again
On Oct 25, 2:35 am, Linda wrote:
> Yep, similar story here, just now got that feeling like going
> nowhere...so something good must be just around the corner.
> Sigh...
> li
I'm getting some rewards already, i'm starting to get a feeling for
the dynamic of downstrokes, and i find that when im listening back on
album recordings, all of a sudden, its far more apparent what the
players are doing... its like learning a new word and suddenly it just
keeps reappearing in con
Oooh no, I think they'll end up sending search parties after the
search parties
On Oct 19, 2:40 am, Don wrote:
> If you don't hear from me for a few months, send a search party into
> archive.org and drag me out.
>
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>
> On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Mark
51 am, mistertaterbug wrote:
> Mark,
> Welcome to the crowd.
> TBug
>
> On Oct 18, 7:14 pm, Mark Halpin wrote:
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> > There are certain moments you have when learning something, those
> > moments when you realise 'holy hannah, but, of course!'. Usually it
There are certain moments you have when learning something, those
moments when you realise 'holy hannah, but, of course!'. Usually it
involves you twigging something so staggeringly obvious that it
boggles the mind just how you missed it for so long.
I had one of those moments this evening...
Dow
Thanks that is a great interview, i really get a kick when someone is
talking about something they love and you really can feel the
enthusiasm fizzing away in Cooder's replies... now to check out these
Jump Bands!
On Oct 18, 5:49 pm, Don wrote:
> http://jasobrecht.com/ry-cooder-%E2%80%93-talking-
On Oct 8, 3:18 pm, Val Mindel wrote:
> Someone just sent me Red Allen's Seven Year Blues, and in my
> enthusiasm I'm stepping out from the lurker ranks to encourage you all
> to check it out. Totally beautiful. Great mandolin, stellar singing,
> really it has it all. Kind of cleans the palate, mak
Just this morning i was thinking how Frank Wakefield has one of the
most distinctive mandolin sounds that i know of...
but, YES, 'The Kitchen Tapes'!
my o my, thats some crackin stuff
On Oct 8, 4:27 pm, Mike Hoffmann wrote:
> Val -
>
> Great playing with you at Lake Genero! Red Allen is certai
1997-05-30, Holy Granola!!! Thanks for the heads up
On Oct 8, 3:35 am, Don wrote:
> Trey,
>
> Thanks for that tip on the live recording. I found over at the Steam
> Powered site. It's listed under Hartford1997-05-30_DSBD Any more trio
> shows like that? Ole Tater works mighty hard to fill out t
Good on you sir!
On Oct 1, 4:33 am, Nelson wrote:
> All,
>
> After going to Monroe Camp this year and (again) being too shy to jam,
> I came up with a multi-faceted plan to make myself get better and more
> comfortable with people hearing my playing. Part of that plan is a
> commitment I made to
Well they certainly went a-spiralling on that un :)
Fortunately for me, i have no sac-ra-lidge issues with old tunes, so I
did enjoy that clip, it is always good to see talented folks giving an
old tune some socks and a good running. I find it interesting to
watch how folks can put a new spin on
Hamilton Ironworks, Wild Hog, and, Long Bow.
Yep, three crackers right thar
On Oct 7, 3:02 pm, nelsonpeddyco...@knology.net wrote:
> From my list, Hamilton Ironworks is my favorite followed by the Wild Hog and
> Long Bow.
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
E.P Blues was one of my tunes of this years summer, most days had me
flipping between the different youtube outtings of this piece.
Thanks for posting the video :)
On Sep 27, 2:31 am, Don wrote:
> I was surprised to see this one turn up as the tune on the Mando Cafe
> Song A Week group. Here's m
'Either a feast or famine' as me sainted mother would say.
I gotta say is best of luck, i got worn out just reading that list...
Sliding paychecks and middle age spread aside, the one thing i did
gather from all of that, is you're blessed with family, friends, and
music, thats a lot to be thankfu
In my opinion a person should ask permission before handling someone
elses mandolin, just as a matter of respect.
Even after that, i'll have no qualms about turning down their request
if i think it in the best interests of my mandolin. Someone pointed
out that a mandolin is a tool earlier on in th
On Sep 17, 6:32 pm, Terry Bullin wrote:
> Peter Sarsgaard, 39, is cast as Monroe.
>
> "I talked to Peter
> on the phone the other day," Woodward said. "He was in New York taking
> mandolin lessons. He plays guitar, but he needs to be able to play
> mandolin for the movie."
>
> Yea, I'm sure aft
T-Bone Burnett sure does gets his fingers into a lot of juicy project
type pies...
I wonder how he is gonna handle choosing a mandolin player for this?
I'd imagine that theres a pick of mando-folks would be itching and
bitching to tie their playing to the Monroe legacy, while others still
may see
Online, offline, its always great to meet good folks... and meeting
good folks that play the mandolin, well thats just the prize biscuit
in the gravy.
On Aug 26, 2:54 am, Mike O wrote:
> I don't post much and you may know why after this post...
>
> But I have to say that we're all so fortunate to
Hmm... lets see, a hectic July and August saw us criss-crossing the
country in a combination of househunting - holiday - moving house -
settling in, a little trip that saw us travel to border with belgium
then to the mediteranean then back to the belgian border this time
with all our bits and bobs
Thar she blows! this is a nifty little thread and thanks to those who
offered up their versions of this tune for perusal, i like being able
to view and listen to these different takes on the tune, i have to say
to Don that i do like your version, it almost seems more like an Old
World Irish/Scottis
or DMcM to spare the Clapton confusion?
On Jul 19, 5:28 pm, Jason Hill wrote:
> The other EC = Elvis Costello
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>
>
> On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 11:59 PM, bo'weavil wrote:
> > Working on a plank for a few weeks will do you good, it'll toughen
> > you up. EC=Eric Clapton? :-|
>
> > Bo'
>
> > On Jul
I'm opting for an audiobook of Mike reading 'Green Eggs and Ham',
though i seem to remember or imagined some suggested project with
Curtis Buckhannon... that'd be nice, or maybe a reading of 'Fox in
Socks', its hard to decide
On Jul 7, 4:18 pm, 14strings wrote:
> My Taterbug wish list entry:
>
>
Hot dogs wrapped in Bacon?
I guess they use everything but the 'oink' up there :-o
On Jul 7, 4:20 pm, 14strings wrote:
> I like the hot dogs wrapped in bacon that you can find in that square
> in Copehagen.
> Tivoli Gardens nice place
>
> On Jul 5, 12:17 pm, mistertaterbug wrote:
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> > Well
If i remember the name properly then you may be interested in Abigail
Washburn and the Sparrow Quartet, who manages to blend oldtime banjo
with Chinese melodies... i think its somat like that
On Jul 4, 8:33 pm, nelsonpeddyco...@knology.net wrote:
> Hi, all,
>
> I was watching Karate Kid recently a
Well dang it, there goes my plan to scrump some grapes and a crusty
baguette from the locals as a welcome gift for when you get to Vienne
(near Lyon) on Thursday... i guess a beer might just have to do.
On Jul 5, 6:17 pm, mistertaterbug wrote:
> Well, I'm sitting in a stairwell in Copenhagen wher
Yep Robin,
The jam is certainly one of the pure joys of playing music and its
more or less how i managed to get to grips with what little i have on
the mandolin. When i started to give good time to the mandolin i
mostly jammed with a friend who played on guitar theni was lucky
enough to be invited
I dont suppose that i'm the first one here to trip accross this nifty
web resource, but as i only found it today i'd hazard that i wont the
last one in. I always figure that if you find somthing interesting on
the net its good to share so in saying that
Folkstreams, the official blurb,
'A Nat
Thats a nice collection of tunes folks...
the closest i come to alternate tuning is the classic 'slightly skewed-
iff' tuning, slightly off G, slightly off D, slightly off A, slightly
off E...
I do have a nose and glasses though
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> > > > > don't have pitch). It sounds like Monroe took the same idea and played
> > > > > it with tremolo, not just chord strums, and built melody and rhythmic
> > > > > backup too, though I don't think his use of i
It could well be an something that was fostered or developed,
conciously or unconciously, through prayer, and given the mystical
themes of some of Mr. Statman's albums and the emotion his playing
gives voice to in his klezmer albums, music and prayer seem to exist
in the same sphere for him. What i
be shared with a number of folks on this list... it's
> nice to know I'm not alone!
>
> Brian
>
> On Jun 18, 8:28 am, Mark Halpin wrote:
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>
>
> > Some of my favorite Tater ventures have to be on 'The Speed of the Old
> > Long Bow' and t&#x
> interview and listening to the samples of a Ed Haley reissue at a
> record store until I got asked "you gonna buy that?" Twenty bucks, had
> to say no, unfortuneately.
>
> erik
>
> On Jun 18, 8:28 am, Mark Halpin wrote:
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> > Some of my favorite
Ahh.. yes, i've heard tell of those types o ...rigid... folks :D
Personally, the sort of sessions i was used to attending were far more
anything goes, while it did not make for tight ensemble playing it
certainly made up for that by allowing a healthy dose of
experimentation and sheer bloody fun.
Some of my favorite Tater ventures have to be on 'The Speed of the Old
Long Bow' and t'other John Hartford old-time-fiddler-tribute albums...
i dont dance much but i knows they do make for fine jogging musics.
>From one of the old Co-mando interviews Mr. Tate tells that John
Hartford was looking f
Yikes, that there is a lucky escape, i'd have a bass fiddle over a
banjo anyday :)
On Jun 18, 12:34 pm, taurodont wrote:
> Yeah, my wife tried banjo and it was a flop. She couldn't get past
> quarter notes with it. We discarded that notion and picked up a bass
> fiddle which she has really take
My girlfriend got herself a piano during the year, she had not played
in years, and has taken a definite shine to playing some blues, Bessie
Smith was first order of the day.
I did get a bit of a chuckle recently when she went to learn 'Weary
Blues' from a Madeleine Peyroux album, little realising
at Andy's vocalizing was
> possibly a chant of some sort, but then it dawned on me(duh) that he's
> also a very accomplished clarinet player and maybe, when he's caught
> up in the music, that he feels the need to push air out of his lungs
> the same way that he does when he
t; with the mandolin because he uses his breath to play it rather than
> > holding it in his hands and using him hands to make sound. Of course,
> > what Andy's doing may have nothing at all to do with my own little ill-
> > researched theory, but it gives me something to s
I don't know if this will work for you guys, i have never done the
youtube or filming gig, but, theres an old trick that the
photographers at Magnum and National Geo used to do when out doing a
project shoot back in the days of film. The problem was that film
costs moneys to shoot and develop and
One of the nice surprises of this group has been the liberal helping
of linkage to various video goodness available from Mr. Statman... I
have had the video of him playing Fiddlers Blues on a loop for the
last twenty minutes and i'm no where near tired of it yet... what a
cracking wee tune.
But, b
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