bear facts mando clip of the week (any genre)

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Here are two versions of the same tune, performed by two in the same Billy Hill and Evan Marshall.

Billy Hill and the Hillbillies - light version

"William Tell Overture" - mandolin style with good sound quality



Oh what the heck? Might as well make this a Tell Fest.

"William Tell Overture" - Mike Oldfield and Clones

 

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'Bout time for a good buck dance tune.

Right here is an all-star lineup doing another Mr. Monroe classic. "Molly and Tenbrooks."

Manzanita Band at Rockygrass 2006.

Dang! Tony Rice (guitar) rules on this next one, as does Jerry Douglas (resonator) and Sam Bush (mando):

"Little Sadie"

 

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Time for a little Heavygrass, or if you prefer, Bluemetal.

This post if dedicated to a very unique bluegrass band, Iron Horse. These guys, as you will see, enjoy crossing musical genres and putting a bluegrass twist to the mix.

Bluegrass Cover of Metallica's "Fuel"

"(Fade to Bluegrass)Wherever I May Roam"

Check out other music samples by Iron Horse at their website:

http://www.ironhorsebluegrass.com/

 

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Well, by now this gentleman needs no introduction. What I would give to achieve his mando sound!

"Southern Flavor"

"Old Dangerfield"

"The First Whipoorwill"

 

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Well the singer ain't no John Anderson but the band sure can play. That little mando player is already a good'un and he's just got started.

Kentucky Sassafras performing "Seminole Wind"


Same group giving this song a holler. Again, the mando player strikes some solid notes. I like his style.

"Muleskinner Blues"

 

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Bluegrass meets Ozzy Osbourne

Van Heffer

I'm going off the rails on a crazy train . . .

:lol:




Warning: Some cussing occurs!

 

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Well, the mando player's mannerisms aren't exactly manly, but I truly am amazed at the sound he gets out of his electric mandolin.

More Mando Blues

Dang, for a second there I thought I was north of Plum Nasty right up Highway 61.

 

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A little more blues mandolin courtesy of Rich DelGrosso:

Hard to Live With But Easy to Love

Nice little solo begins around the 3:20 mark.

 

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Rich DelGrosso is also a very well-respected mandolin blues historian.

Here he talks a little bit about Johnny Young, a mandolin blues player from Vicksburg, Mississippi, who went on and made a name for himself as a blues musician in Chicago.

This is the title cut from Rich's latest CD

Get Your Nose Outta My Bizness

 

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And here is a little something for those of you who have been yearning for a bluegrass fix . . . nice instrumental version of Little Maggie, featuring banjo picker Larry Wallace, who also played with the late, great Jimmy Martin and his Sunny Mountain Boys.

There's a couple of mighty fine mandolin and guitar licks in the clip, too. This is what I like to call "substance."

Little Maggie

 

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Here's a little more blues mandolin: My Baby's Gone (written by Yank Rachell) performed by Bert Deivert and Janne Zander at the World Resophonic Association in the Czech Republic.


My Baby's Gone

 

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I wish I could say that I discovered this band on my own, but truth is, I didn't. That's why I'm dedicating this post to Bama1966 aka Fred aka Kirk, who was the one who introduced me to this group. He saw these grass cats at Bonnaroo a week or so ago and called me up raving about them. Folks, Ol' 66 wasn't lying; these boys are for real!

Thanks bro, these dudes are like three or four genres all rolled into one. Talk about knowing how to get down on the farm, they really do!

Man, I've got to try to learn these mando licks!

Time for a little Railroad Earth jamming to their song, "Head."

Railroad Earth


Here RRE does a tune with more of an alternative country flavor to it:

"Elko"

 

[BamaHeat]

Hey....

I've been everywhere!(non-mando)

 

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Hey....

I've been everywhere!(non-mando)

Thanks Heat. Boy that clip goes way back. I believe True Grit was released around 1969.

I liked Glenn Campebell's pre-"Rhinestone Cowboy" music, especially his take on a few Jimmy Webb songs. I consider Jimmy Webb one of America's best popular music songwriter/composers.

Jimmy Webb is responsible for writing numerous popular and Top 10 hits sung by a disparate group of artists, including Glen Campbell ("By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", "Galveston"); Art Garfunkel ("All I Know"); Richard Harris and Donna Summer ("MacArthur Park"); The Fifth Dimension ("Up, Up and Away"); and The Highwaymen, consisting of Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, and Kris Kristofferson. In the early 70's The Three Degrees performed his "Everybody Gets To Go To The Moon" in the motion picture The French Connection. His most popular songs were all composed when he was between 19 and 21 years of age.

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Heat, I know your clip is of the Johnny Cash Show, but I used to watch the Glenn Campbell Show for one reason--his sidekick, John Hartford.

Not only could Hartford play various string instruments, he could also write a good song. This one is his, though many folks associate it with Glen Campbell.

Gentle on my Mind

Here's a little tribute to JH:

Great Version of GOMM

 

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This following group is also on a few of Factor's playlists. They is goooood and they is got a mandolin player. He's got a nice little solo around the 1:30 mark.

These boys can jam and play a little bit of everything, mostly in the vein of The Grateful Dead, Widespread Panic, Railroad Earth, and even Allman Brothers stuff.

Here they are joined by Honkytonk Homeslice.

Give these guys a real listen (more than just one or two of their songs). I have a feeling some of you Barners might just like 'em, especially some of you Barner guitarpickers.

New Monsoon playing a different version of "Stagger Lee"

 

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Here's another piece from New Monsoon off stage and unplugged. You need to find a copy of this song off their Live at Telluride Bluegrass Festivealbum. The mando on that version really sets this song off, but this acoustic version does just fine.

Blue Queen

Don't let the moboogie intro fool you.

 

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It wouldn't surprise me one bit if Bama1966 actually saw this very set at Bonnaroo last month.

Nice little toe tapper by String Cheese Incident:

"Love is Like a Train"

 

[Referee]

Hey....

I've been everywhere!(non-mando)

Thanks for the clip... Loved both of these artists.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Home & Jethro Medley

I can't promise that this one hasn't been up yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWRtzv9hBBk

 

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Re: Home & Jethro Medley

I can't promise that this one hasn't been up yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWRtzv9hBBk

:lol: Those lyrics crack me up, Tim. :lol:

Ol' Homer and Jethro . . . what a duo. Seriously, the mandolin player, Jethro Burns, was considered a world-class musician and mandolin teacher besides doing his country comedy routine He was and still is a very well-respected personality in the mandolin community. One heck of a jazz mandolinist, that Jethro.

Don't hold me to this, but I believe that Sam Bush's infamous mandolin, "Hoss," may have been originally owned by Ken "Jethro" Burns. I recall hearing Sam Bush talk about driving somewhere up north, to Chicago maybe, from Bowling Green, Kentucky, to pick the mandolin up, then driving back in time to make a gig. Like I said, memory is failing me on the story's details, so I may be off a bit.

Anyway, here's a couple of brief bios on Jethro Burns:

http://www.melbay.com/authors.asp?author=284

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_C._Burns

Homer and Jethro also made, "Oooh, that's corny," a household phrase as stars of Kellogg's Corn Flakes "Corny" Radio Campaign.

Here are a few "Cornfucius Says" jokes from that program:

http://www.mandolincafe.com/archives/jokebook.html