phiddlepicker - Posted - 05/10/2014:  14:55:16

I picked up the Mando and started off with some Foggy Mountain Breakdown. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

SteveZ - Posted - 05/10/2014:  15:20:12

"Sultans of Swing" followed by "Your Wildest Dreams"

Rock on....

phiddlepicker - Posted - 05/10/2014:  16:25:07

When you play Sultans of Swing....do you play the double stops and leads a la Knofler's version transcribed to Mando? I play some of those licks on guitar but never tried to transcribe them to Mando. They probably sound great.

Izzat the Moody's "Wildest Dreams"?

phiddlepicker - Posted - 05/10/2014:  18:12:25

SteveZ - Posted - 05/10/2014:  18:32:05

For Sultans of Swing I take the easy way out and rhythm it most if the way since I enjoy doing the vocals as well. Tabbing it, the intro lead can be pulled off as Am-F-E, followed by Am-G-E, Am-G-E, C-G, F-Dm-Am, Am-G, Am-G, Am-F-E. Add whatever runs you want along the way, but I find that if I do vocals too, then I get lost when I try to get too flashy. I use the same tabs with tenor guitar as well. It does get a bit clumsy with tenor banjo.

Yep, Moody Blues had some interesting stuff.

SteveZ - Posted - 05/10/2014:  18:38:43

Had a MandoBird VIII for a while and experimented with a few twists, but just was not quick enough. Have learned my limits and and happy to let others do the "down the neck" stuff.

Ben Venuti - Posted - 05/10/2014:  19:07:58

I heard Jim Glasser do "Lights of Albuquerque" the other day on Marty Stuart's show and I've been working on that. Great song and though he must be pushing 80 he's an astounding singer..

Victoria - Posted - 07/01/2014:  15:35:27

Jerusalem Ridge! Then Gold Rush, then Ashlands Breakdown!

m - Posted - 07/02/2014:  21:18:41

Wheel Hoss and/or Brown County Breakdown, can't remember which order they were in.

TSSN - Posted - 07/03/2014:  04:13:26

I's "Redwing" today.

phiddlepicker - Posted - 07/03/2014:  17:24:07

Brian Boru's March.

phiddlepicker - Posted - 07/03/2014:  17:29:38

...I know it's not saturday

SteveZ - Posted - 07/03/2014:  18:25:31

Been working on "It's still Rock 'n Roll to me" and think I finally got it.  Not great, but the dog doesn't howl any more during the bridge....

m - Posted - 07/03/2014:  19:14:20

Tallahassee.

phiddlepicker - Posted - 07/04/2014:  12:42:18

Too sweaty to play so far...but it's been a whiskey drinkin, chainsawin, shotgunnin, Indeeependence kinda day so far Y'allz!

Semper Fi!

SteveZ - Posted - 07/04/2014:  14:09:02

Home of the free, because of the brave....

Hope all my fellow vets felt good today.

Now to rip out a little "America the Beautiful"

TeachinMandolin444 - Posted - 07/09/2014:  13:51:26

Oh man......let me think........oh dang I haven't played yet today. But when I do it'll probably be Knoxville Stomp!

m - Posted - 07/09/2014:  16:14:05

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Originally posted by oldtimebluesgirl

 

Oh man......let me think........oh dang I haven't played yet today. But when I do it'll probably be Knoxville Stomp!

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I worked up a variation on Southern Flavor. Where is there a recorded version of Knoxville Stomp?

SteveZ - Posted - 07/11/2014:  07:00:26

Today will star with the three current warm-up tunes:  Toes, Sultans of Swing, and Sea of Heartbreak.

Victoria - Posted - 08/07/2014:  09:44:12

Cuckoo's Nest. 

phiddlepicker - Posted - 08/10/2014:  11:17:05

Been real busy, but I plugged in the Marshall and rode a little bit of lightning playing miscellaneous tunes today. \m/

SteveZ - Posted - 08/10/2014:  13:02:38

Quiet time...was fooling around with a couple Jimmy Cliff numbers (Wonderful World, I Can See Clearly Now) while watching the ball game (Go Rays!).

Victoria - Posted - 08/18/2014:  08:48:20

William Tell Overture!!

SteveZ - Posted - 08/18/2014:  12:00:43

Who was that masked man? ?  ?

Victoria - Posted - 08/20/2014:  15:45:51

Masked man? Huh? 

phiddlepicker - Posted - 08/23/2014:  08:20:32

I learned Brian Boru's march as a fiddle tune.....got it adapted now I think to mandolinize it with the proper drones and double stops

TSSN - Posted - 08/23/2014:  08:28:21

I'd like to hear some of that.

jazzrambler - Posted - 09/02/2014:  16:35:13

Mine was "After You've Gone." But on Dobro.

SteveZ - Posted - 09/03/2014:  06:12:11

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Originally posted by Victoria Kelley

 

Masked man? Huh? 

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Apparently you never saw the TV series "Lone Ranger." The WTO was it's theme song.  For a while the running joke was a high-brow was someone who could hear the WTO and not think of the Lone Ranger.  Okay, Kemo Sabe?

TSSN - Posted - 09/06/2014:  04:20:12

Getting back up to speed on Cherokee Shuffle.

Montana - Posted - 09/06/2014:  07:59:23

Last night we started with 'Rhianan' by Fleetwood Mac.

SteveZ - Posted - 09/06/2014:  18:23:54

It was a fun night that included the Limeliter gem "Generic Up-Tempo Folk Song" into the mix.

DHopkins - Posted - 09/07/2014:  17:49:48

I'm posting this on Sunday but the first think I played yesterday was "Georgia Red Clay Dirt Road," one of our band's compositions. Our band did in the Ironwood Lounge at the Lodge and Spa of Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia.

Yes, that was a very blatant plug for us.

m - Posted - 09/07/2014:  21:41:35

Bluegrass Breakdown.

TSSN - Posted - 09/08/2014:  06:09:17

quote:

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Originally posted by DHopkins

 

I'm posting this on Sunday but the first think I played yesterday was "Georgia Red Clay Dirt Road," one of our band's compositions. Our band did in the Ironwood Lounge at the Lodge and Spa of Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia.



Yes, that was a very blatant plug for us.

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What's wrong with that?

Curt - Posted - 09/10/2014:  03:38:12

Gobblio, a Scottish jig if I recall correctly.  

Donnie - Posted - 09/10/2014:  18:59:50

Marching Through Georgia followed by The Girl I Left Behind Me.... Kinda in a Civil War mood, waiting a chance to see Field Of Lost Shoes.

DHopkins - Posted - 09/11/2014:  18:44:31

quote:

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Originally posted by TSSN

 

quote:

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Originally posted by DHopkins

 

I'm posting this on Sunday but the first think I played yesterday was "Georgia Red Clay Dirt Road," one of our band's compositions. Our band did in the Ironwood Lounge at the Lodge and Spa of Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia.



Yes, that was a very blatant plug for us.

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What's wrong with that?

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Nothing!

phiddlepicker - Posted - 09/14/2014:  08:18:18

ermahgerd...I'm in a 10 hour webinar......I'd rather be playing something...anything.

phiddlepicker - Posted - 09/14/2014:  10:41:43

ok....the webinar got boring for awhile, so I muted my mic and played a few tunes. such a bad boy, I kno.

phiddlepicker - Posted - 09/14/2014:  14:34:22

about 9 hours...almost...done

phiddlepicker - Posted - 09/18/2014:  05:24:21

It'snot saturday....but I had to start the day with some mando

Started of with some Liza Jane, red wing, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (hoedown speed) . and finished up with some Scottish tune which has a title that escapes me at the moment. Wish I had time for more.

Victoria - Posted - 09/18/2014:  07:27:31

Daybreak in Dixie. (: (: (: (:

Victoria - Posted - 09/18/2014:  07:28:03

..............and then Bluegrass Breakdown..............

phiddlepicker - Posted - 11/12/2014:  11:59:18

playin anna workin playin anna workin playin anna workin playin anna workin playin anna workin playin anna workin playin anna workin playin anna workin

hope y'all are kickin it out!

SteveZ - Posted - 11/14/2014:  05:32:47

Been working on some old Eagles/Henley tunes (Heartache Tonight, Tequila Sunrise and Heart Of The Matter).  Keeping all instruments tuned fifths makes transition easier.

Donnie - Posted - 11/15/2014:  12:39:21

Garry Owen on my '60 Martin "A" it's kind'a made to play this style of tune!

Edited by - Donnie on 11/15/2014 12:47:38

m - Posted - 11/17/2014:  14:35:05

Woodstock Hornpipe.

phiddlepicker - Posted - 12/01/2014:  11:35:36

sitting in my office horribly sober and playing "Losing My Religion"