Today I found a tweet about the following video of of the Steep Canyon Rangers. Steep Canyon Rangers – Knob Creek One of SCR’s signature songs. Written by mandolinist Mike Guggino it’s a tour de force for the entire band. A hauntingly beautiful melody which flows through many tempo and mood changes SCR really shines. …
On David Grismans Acoustic Oasis site there is a free downlod for every day. The download of today is a recording of the jazz title Perdido played by George Barnes. This download will only be available until tomorrow morning, but the videos of this song that I have found on youtube and the videos with …
Today I have found the following Online ad of the Fretful Federation Mandolin Orchestra – as this does contain all the imprtant information about this orchestra I have just copied the complete text including the links to the videos of the Orchestra. The original text with some photos of the group can be found here …
The Fretful Federation Mandolin Orchestra – Brighton Read More »
I am currently working on a tune that I think everybody knows well – Sweet Georgia Brown. I have tried to play this every now and then, but now I am playing this together with a friend on two mandolins – so it’s time to learn it really good. Before I begin with the mandolin …