I inquired about Mr Farmer over on the 'cafe when those YOuTube videos
came to light. He apparently has a recording or two but none that I
can find commercially available. People suggested contacting him
personally. But didn't bother to say where he lived or provide any
contact info. From thos
These are the series of clips that prompted the question, really: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a29WbPb17EE I guess I was wrong to say THE STYLE, but should have said "not contemporary mandolin style", which I hate. Maybe hate is a strong word. Loathe, abhor, detest...one of those is p
That's how I first heard of him as well. Someone mentioned he was a
Monroe style player so I searched out some of his recordings. I don't
exactly hear it but he does have a great right hand and good timing. I
have a version of him playing southern flavor that's pretty cool. I
think he plays an f s
Steve,
If you go back a ways, you'll find Dewey was one of the "gunslingers"
that came around on bluegrass' rebound. Sam Bush has made mention of
Dewey for years. And you're right, he's on the Butch Robins recording.
As Mike says, he has an interesting style, sort of a potpourri of
licks and loop-
I have a bunch of misc. Recordings of him and his band powder creek I
believe. He's got an interesting style sound more like a Sam bush kind
of thing to me the notes he uses but very cool.
On Jan 30, 8:17 am, sec...@bellsouth.net wrote:
> Howdy. I'm hoping some of the learned brethren here on the
Howdy. I'm hoping some of the learned brethren here on the list might be able to help me with this fellow. I don't know much about him other than seeing a video on Youtube which might indicate he plays THE STYLE, which I happen to like. I've heard his name tossed around before--might have even
