Mando Hangout Top 20 Songs

Yes, the classic sea song you've heard before. I worked up this arrangement for the Russian-American-British sea shanty group I've been playing with. Though I can barely manage 3-finger chords in a couple of keys, I've been adding mandolin to some of our tunes. In this case the bluegrass chop of my F-hole F-style really adds some nice rollicking energy. I think.

Yes, the classic sea song you've heard before. I worked up this arrangement for the Russian-American-British sea shanty group I've been playing with. Though I can barely manage 3-finger chords in a couple of keys, I've been adding mandolin to some of our tunes. In this case the bluegrass chop of my F-hole F-style really adds some nice rollicking energy. I think.

Beautiful old traditional fiddle tune played on my 1918 A4

Beautiful old traditional fiddle tune played on my 1918 A4

A three-part ragtime tune that I wrote in 1968. Analog recording 1997.

A three-part ragtime tune that I wrote in 1968. Analog recording 1997.

Just a little solo mandolin holiday cheer.

Just a little solo mandolin holiday cheer.

In the minor strain....

Mando tune

In the minor strain....

Mando tune

I want to be loved... That's what I tell in this song...

I want to be loved... That's what I tell in this song...

My arrangement of the classic. I've heard the lyrics were Foster's. I can't confirm it. I learned them from a musician named Steve Seal who played with Ace Weems' Fat Meat Boys. Steve played bass for my group as well as fiddle and banjo.

My arrangement of the classic. I've heard the lyrics were Foster's. I can't confirm it. I learned them from a musician named Steve Seal who played with Ace Weems' Fat Meat Boys. Steve played bass for my group as well as fiddle and banjo.

This is a slow air with myself on mandolin and a good friend on guitar.

This is a slow air with myself on mandolin and a good friend on guitar.

This is a tune I first heard played by Wayne Harrell (a mandolin player from Lawerceburg TN). He learned it from the Portland Collection Book Vol. 1 and I think it is a French Canadian tune. I like it and it has become a standard in our jam session. I recorded it with just four mandolin parts, a chop, lead and two harmony parts. Hope you enjoy it.

This is a tune I first heard played by Wayne Harrell (a mandolin player from Lawerceburg TN). He learned it from the Portland Collection Book Vol. 1 and I think it is a French Canadian tune. I like it and it has become a standard in our jam session. I recorded it with just four mandolin parts, a chop, lead and two harmony parts. Hope you enjoy it.

I play mandolin and two guitars on this recording made on a four track recorder.

I play mandolin and two guitars on this recording made on a four track recorder.

I love this tune and while I now play it with fiddle, I started with it on my mandolin. Here is me playing mando and Dennis Russell playing guitar. I'd call it old time style.

I love this tune and while I now play it with fiddle, I started with it on my mandolin. Here is me playing mando and Dennis Russell playing guitar. I'd call it old time style.

A gospel song with a good deal of mando.

A gospel song with a good deal of mando.