Some days ago I have downloaded a piece played by Eric Thompson from the Acoustic Oasis site. This made me curious about Eric Thompson and I have searched for more music. I found many videos with Eric Thompson playing guitar and also an old Gibson F4 mandolin. Suzy and Eric Thompson SHORTENIN’ BREAD.mp4 The next …
Bill Monroe has composed many classic bluegrass tunes. One of his best bluegrass instrumentals is Jerusalem Ridge. Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Band with Kenny Baker on fiddle played this tune in a fantastic way, but there are also great versions on mandolin and flatpicking guitar. Im am just learning this tune as we started …
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One of the tunes in the long list of songs that I have downloaded from David Grismans Acoustic Oasis is John Stenson’s #2 played by the Aaron O’Rourke Trio. Today I have listened to videos with this tune. I was lucky to find the following video with the Aaron O’Rourke Trio – played on mountain …
John Stenson’s #2 – A great tune for dulcimer and mandolin – Aaron O’Rourke Trio Read More »
I am just playing the Golden Eagle Hornpipe, a nice tune that works well on the mandolin. So here are some videos of this tune, played on fidddle, mandolin and some other instruments. Golden Eagle Hornpipe – Mandolin Pretty tune. Also works well slowed down and played ‘straight’ Playlist with more versions – with banjo, …
The Golden Eagle Hornpipe – A Great tune for Mandolin Duet, Fiddle, Banjo… Read More »