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The Lonesome River Band in 2014. The Lonesome River Band is an American bluegrass band from Meadows of Dan, Virginia.Formed in 1983, the group originally consisted of guitarist and vocalist Tim Austin, bassist and vocalist Jerry McMillan, mandolin and fiddle player Steve Thomas, and banjo player Rick Williams.
The sunken-fret mandolin (mandolin phím lõm) did not meet the musical needs as well as the sunken-fret guitar, because the mandolin's rigidity made it painful to get the same effects from the strings. [120] Also the mandolin's narrow fretboard made it difficult to hit the notes. [120]
Mandolin awareness in the United States blossomed in the 1880s, as the instrument became part of a fad that continued into the mid-1920s. [14] [15] According to Clarence L. Partee a publisher in the BMG movement (banjo, mandolin and guitar), the first mandolin made in the United States was made in 1883 or 1884 by Joseph Bohmann, who was an established maker of violins in Chicago. [16]
After Bennett's death the guitar was given to musician Anthony Top Topham. [7] Wayne Bennett (Bobby Bland) used a white Byrdland [8] George Benson played a Gibson L5 until he entered into an endorsement deal with Ibanez. [citation needed] Chuck Berry used an ES-350T early in his career, later switching to ES-345s and ES-355s. [9]
The other band members are founding members Brennan Gilmore on guitar (switching from mandolin) and vocals and Zack Blatter on upright bass. Will Lee, of the legendary Magraw Gap and an early musical mentor to the younger Walker's Run members growing up in Rockbridge County, often joins the group on banjo and vocals.
He plays a 1924 Gibson F-5 mandolin signed by Lloyd Loar. [2] He helped start the Modern Mandolin Quartet. [citation needed] He collaborated with mandolinist Chris Thile on Into the Cauldron in 2003. [1] His wife, Caterina Lichtenberg, is a German classical mandolinist. He and Lichtenberg teach online mandolin lessons through ArtistWorks.
Crosspicking is a technique for playing the mandolin or guitar using a plectrum or flatpick in a rolling, syncopated style across three strings. This style is probably best known as one element of the flatpicking style in bluegrass music, and it closely resembles a banjo roll, the main difference being that the banjo roll is fingerpicked rather than flatpicked.
The mandolin has been a core instrument in bluegrass music from the beginning, along with guitar, fiddle, banjo, upright bass, and sometimes dobro. In the performance of bluegrass music, each instrument has a specific part to play. The mandolin fills three roles at different times during a tune.