Biggest Little Instrument in the World (BatesLine)

Biggest Little Instrument in the World

Not one, not two, but three -- count them! -- three mandolins (amplified, of course), played by (from the audience's left) Johnny Gimble, Tiny Moore, and Jethro Burns, with Eldon Shamblin backing the trio on rhythm guitar (and Eldon probably wrote the arrangement).

Yeah, I'll get back to local politics at some point. I have an early deadline for UTW this week, because of Christmas, so substantive blogging will have to wait.

Found via swingfiddler's MySpace page -- he has a bunch of videos of swingin' strings, including some rare footage of Django Reinhardt and the Hot Club of France.

UPDATE: Someone took down the video, doggone it. If someone finds it on the web, please let me know -- email blog at batesline dot com.

Posted on December 18, 2006 6:16 PM | Permalink
Technorati Tags: mandolin Johnny+Gimble Tiny+Moore Jethro+Burns Eldon+Shamblin
Categories: Western Swing

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Comments (1)

Jeff Shaw

That's alright Michael, since you've become the Western Swing information clearing house for North America, we've all been in much better moods. Even Santa. :) It's good stuff.

Posted by Jeff Shaw | December 18, 2006 8:49 PM

Posted on December 18, 2006 20:49

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