What was the first record you produced?How would you describe your style and how you go about pulling things together in the studio? Do you mix things too or let the engineer handle that while you supervise the music?You chose all the material, right?ĭo you also have a method for creating the complex vocal arrangements that are a hallmark of your sound? As you find the parts for each singer, do you refer to the mandolin? guitar? Piano? Written music?Īny reminiscences of: Lemco studios? Bluegrass Holiday(Red Allen, et al)? Award Winning Country Gentlemen(CG Express, Walkin' Down the Line, etc.) the Vanguard albums?
You're also such a terrific record producer, with so many recordings you've put your stamp on becoming classics. Did you come out sounding like that or can you share methods for how mandolin players can make their melody playing crisp and clear? The cleanliness of your mandolin style continues to inspire. Which one did you start on?Are there other instruments you also play? I've seen you play guitar with J.D., banjo with The Country Gentlemen, and of course mandolin. I wanted to ask about your multi-instrumentalism. I can even remember as a teenager putting a capo on the mandolin(gasp!) to try to cop your break on "Little Bessie" from the Award Winning Country Gentlemen album. Without your influence I might not be trying to play the mandolin or have the love of bluegrass that started for me back in the time of J.D. Thanks again for your contributions to the music. Would you like to play in Europe again? (Your gig in Neusüdende in ´97 was stellar!) How did you practice to sing harmony (what was/is the method) in the Country Gentlemen as opposed (maybe not) to Quicksilver? What else do you look for in a musician when they audition for you? What is the most important asset a musician must have if he should play with you? What´s the mandolin you liked best of all the mandolins that you played (not necessarily from the ones you owned)? What´s the current mandolin that you play most? "The Award Winning Country Gentlemen"), moved to a Paganoni, played John Paganoni´s Fern (Loar ?) for a while, went through (or do you still have them ?) a couple of other builders (I have a fond rememberance of you playing in Germany in about ´97 on a blonde Gilchrist A 5 style mandolin), what are you looking for in a mandolin as far as sound qualities, expression, carrying power, playability and aestetic features go? so you don't have to ask.Īs you started out on a regraduated Gibson A 50 (Country Gentlemen f.ex. Look for the publication of this to happen in March or April.Ī reminder that Mike Compton and Mike Marshall are up next in this series, with many more greats from the mandolin community planned for next year and hopefully beyond.Īddendum: let me get the gear facts from Doyle as part of the interview, ie., what kind of picks, strings, microphones, mandolins, etc.
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Right now I'm awaiting to make another big announcement (another artist) in this series that should break at any time, so at that point we're working our way towards being 2-3 months in advance which I think is a minimum. First off, I'm slowly starting these questions farther in advance just because they're a lot of work for the artists, and there's simply no need to rush the process. In addition to consistently having one of the finest vocal and instrumental bands on the planet for several decades now, the list of musicians that have graduated from his group is like a veritable who's who in bluegrass.īefore I proclaim, "let the questions begin," a note about this series. I'm really, really pleased and excited that bluegrass legend Doyle Lawson () has agreed to be the subject of one of our 2010 interviews in which our message board members ask the questions.
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