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Mandolin music

Have not had any free time to play on ag for a time. Need to ask a question.

I was with the flu a month or 2 ago and while asleep on the couchIheard amosbeautiful song from a man named Marty Setwart ( I think ) It was on Austin City Limits I think? Couldnt tell you the name of the song or any details, (had some really great cough syrup from the dr.)
Decided then I needed to learn to play this instrument.
My father in-law has already did the bluegrass thing 20 yrs ago and I like bluegrass but not what I'm after.

I like the sound of Heart, and some alt.country sounds but would like to expand my horizions. Dont really like the celt or even the Jethro Tull sound but I can appreciate good or original good music.

Dont know what I am really after, not something to try to replicate playing im still learning chords and runs. ( but I do play a vintage Gibson lp and a tube marshall)

Kind of likespacey hipnotic music, alt.rock, alt.country or anything really cool or in great taste.

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Some good suggestions already, esp. Grisman, but I'd also recommend going back to the master, Bill Monroe, before you decide for good that bluegrass mandolin is not what you're after. Grisman's got the jazzy complexity, but no one has topped old Bill M. in the category of power.

Better known for his guitar playing, Norman Blake is a less flashy, but very solid and tasteful mandolin player in the old-time country music tradition.

But if you really want some wild ensemble playing, check out the "Mando Mafia." I've seen them live many times and they're fantastic. You can order their cd's at www.countysales.com.
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