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Mandolin Special: Johnny Gimble, Tiny Moore, Jethro Burns, Eldon Shamblin

These seem to vanish as soon as they're posted, but here's a series of clips from a 1981 Austin City Limits episode featuring three virtuoso mandolinists, playing blues and swing: The line up, from left to right, front to back: Johnny Gimble - mandolin and fiddle Tiny Moore - mandolin...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 15, 2017 12:38 PM

Eldon, Tiny, and Merle: Columbus Stockade Blues

From 1978, Merle Haggard and the Strangers perform "Columbus Stockade Blues." You'll hear Eldon Shamblin's distinctive style of rhythm guitar throughout (and you can see him to the left of the trumpeter at about a minute in). At 1:30, Tiny Moore takes a short solo on his Bigsby 5-string electric...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 21, 2009 12:16 AM