The wait has been killing me but it’s almost here. From the land down under, I give you, Orange II (The Revenge).

Well, I've been working on a few new mando tunes... here's one that was a lot tougher than I expected. It's still not right but there is progress being made. Many thanks to a certain bald headed, 50 year old in overalls for the continued support. It is much appreciated. Eventually, even the most stubborn digits must comply...

I’m a big fan of Mike Compton and have been picking his musical pockets for some time now. He recently put some tab up on his site for one of the many songs of his I mean to learn. Well I got to working on it and made a movie of it today… it’s called Big Indian Blues.

The video is just awful… clearly I need better light in my place. With that in mind, I also put up just the audio in mp3 format. Enjoyl…

I spent some time playing around with the built-in video camera on one of the new Intel Macs. The quality is actually surprisingly good, though it is only capable of 15fps. Apple may not have had it in mind when they developed it, but it makes an excellent mandolin practice tool. Here’s a few scenes from today’s episode of MandoBoy, featuring “Orange”, my beloved BRW…

Evening Prayer Blues
New 5 Cents
New Camptown Races
Frog on a Lilly Pad
Jerusalem Ridge
Poor White Folks
Right Right On
Tennessee Blues

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Here’s a recording from a little bluegrass get-together I attended last night. A lovely time was had by all. And I ended up not spilling wine on Curtis’ couch after all!

Here’s a little tune I wrote in honor of the libation that helped produce it. It’s called The Napa Valley Rag.

I was fooling around with some mics today and found myself playing this tune. It bounces along quite nice really…

New 5 Cents

Ben Wilcox, maker of BRW mandolins, is building me a new mando…

It’s here!!

Going to show that mandolins are like Lays potato chips… you can’t have just one…

Here’s my new Laura Ratcliff A-style mando. Not shockingly, it’s orange… it’s also 1 1/4″ at the nut, 7 1/4″ radiused board, “S” holes and has pleanty of spank. Take a peek…

Circle Noodle
Big Mon
Billy in the Lowground
Blue and Lonesome

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It’s been exactly a year since I began my obsession with the mandolin. Here’s a taste of what the year’s been like…

Big Mon
Blue Night
Down in the Willow Garden
Forked Deer
Gold Rush
In the Pines
Lonesome Moonlight Waltz
Rose F5

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