Episode Notes My guest this week on the podcast is the legendary Joe Craven! You may know Joe as the incredible percussion player on so many Dawg recordings but he is also an incredible mandolin player as well! You can follow along with Joe via his website where you can find all of his projects and even sign up for some lessons! As always big thank you to my sponsors for this episode! Mandolin Cafe Peghead Nation Northfield Mandolins Pava Mandolins Ellis Mandolins Ear Trumpet Labs Straight Up St...
Nov 10, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 113
Episode Notes My guest this week on the podcast is Johnny Staats! I’ve been trying to line up an interview with Johnny for a little over a year now and it was well worth the wait. Johnny’s work ethic is second to none and you can hear it in his playing and in this interview! You can keep up with Johnny at his website and on Facebook and on Instagram! As always big thank you to my sponsors for this episode! Mandolin Cafe Peghead Nation Northfield Mandolins Pava Mandolins Ellis Mandolins Modern Ma...
Nov 04, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 112
Episode Notes My guest this week on the podcast is Mary Meyer. She was this week’s guest on the wonderful Mandolin Mondays and she has been playing with all sorts of acts from the Nashville area. If you’d like keep up with what Mary has going on, follow her on her Facebook or Instagram! As always big thank you to my sponsors for this episode! Mandolin Cafe Peghead Nation Northfield Mandolins Pava Mandolins Ellis Mandolins Modern Mandolin Workshop Ear Trumpet Labs Straight Up Strings Song samples...
Oct 29, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 111
Episode Notes My guest this week on the podcast is Harry Clark. I had the pleasure of meeting Harry in person at IBMA and seeing both of his bands The Wooks (Website ) and East Nash Grass ( Website) . Keep up with Harry on his social medias Instagram and Facebook . Also check out the 432 sessions on Bandcamp! As always big thank you to my sponsors for this episode! Mandolin Cafe Peghead Nation Northfield Mandolins Pava Mandolins Ellis Mandolins Modern Mandolin Workshop Ear Trumpet Labs Straight ...
Oct 22, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 110
Episode Notes My guest this week is Eva Holbrook. You may be familiar with her from her incredible band with her sisters called SHEL. You may also be familiar with her as her solo project Lady Moon. However you know her, you know she is an extremely talented musician! You can check out SHEL at their WEBSITE and you can follow Eva on her INSTAGRAM or even support her at her PATREON ! As always big thank you to my sponsors for this episode! Mandolin Cafe Peghead Nation Northfield Mandolins Pava Ma...
Oct 15, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 109
Episode Notes My guest this week is Rick Faris. Rick has a pretty incredible mandolin journey...you have to hear it to believe it! He’s got a brand new album coming out on Nov 5th. You can keep up with Rick at his Website , Facebook and Instagram! As always big thank you to my sponsors for this episode! Mandolin Cafe Peghead Nation Northfield Mandolins Pava Mandolins Ellis Mandolins Modern Mandolin Workshop Ear Trumpet Labs Song samples this week: Deep River - Rick Faris ( EMD - Crying Uncle Blu...
Oct 08, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 108
Episode Notes My guest this week is David Long! He’s got a brand new album out called A Public Record: Songs and Stories. You can purchase it and follow along with David here at his website! As always big thank you to my sponsors for this episode! Mandolin Cafe Peghead Nation Northfield Mandolins Pava Mandolins Ellis Mandolins Modern Mandolin Workshop Lessonbusiness.com Song samples this week: Pupville - David Grisman (Dawg 90) White House Blues - Earl Taylor and the Stony Mountain boys Stomp - ...
Sep 23, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 107
Episode Notes This week my guest is 4 time Grammy winner Sarah Jarosz. Sarah has a beautiful new album called Blue Heron Suite and is currently on the road! Go find out more about Sarah at her website! Head to my website Mandolinsandbeer.com to see the video discussed during this episode! As always big thank you to my sponsors for this episode! Mandolin Cafe Peghead Nation Northfield Mandolins Pava Mandolins Ellis Mandolins Modern Mandolin Workshop Lessonbusiness.com...
Sep 16, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 106
Episode Notes My guest this week is John Moore! John has played with Bluegrass Etc. and The California band. He has also taught a couple players that grew up to be absolutely incredible pickers! You can keep up with John at his website HERE . John also has directed and provided instrumental music for a series of documentaries that you can watch at this link HERE ! He also talks about the book "Talent is overrated" which you can purchase HERE ! As always big thank you to my sponsors for this epis...
Sep 09, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 105
Episode Notes My guest this week is Jarrod Walker from Billy Strings! It's always great to talk to Jarrod...great player and great guy! Be sure to follow Jarrod on his Instagram also head over to Billy Strings website and pre-order the new album and checkout tour dates! As always big thank you to my sponsors for this episode! Mandolin Cafe Peghead Nation Northfield Mandolins Pava Mandolins Ellis Mandolins Modern Mandolin Workshop...
Sep 02, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 104
Episode Notes This week I welcome back the incredible John Reischman! He's got a great new album out called New Time & Old Acoustic. Go to his website now and purchase this album! As always big thank you to my sponsors for this episode! Mandolin Cafe Peghead Nation Northfield Mandolins Pava Mandolins Ellis Mandolins Modern Mandolin Workshop...
Aug 18, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 103
Episode Notes This week's guest is Ric Robertson. Ric has an incredible new album coming out with Dominick Leslie very soon. Stay tuned for details. Be sure to check out Ric's Website and Instagram . As always big thank you to my sponsors for this episode! Mandolin Cafe Peghead Nation Northfield Mandolins Pava Mandolins Ellis Mandolins...
Aug 12, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 102
Episode Notes Here is part 2 of my conversation with Sam Bush! Be sure to go to Mandolins and Beer.com to enter to win one year of the course of your choice from Peghead Nation. Registration ends 8/10/2021 As always big thank you to my sponsors for this episode! Mandolin Cafe Peghead Nation Northfield Mandolins Pava Mandolins Ellis Mandolins...
Aug 04, 2021•Season 1Ep. 101
Episode Notes Here we go with episode number 100 with my hero Sam Bush! To celebrate this occasion, Peghead Nation is giving away a one year subscription of the course of one lucky winners choice! All you have to do is head over to Mandolinsandbeer.com and subscribe to the website via a pop up menu and you are entered to win. I'll be picking a winner in 2 weeks! So head over and join today! As always big thank you to my sponsors for this episode! Mandolin Cafe Peghead Nation Northfield Mandolins...
Jul 29, 2021•59 min•Season 1Ep. 100
Episode Notes Here is part 2 of my conversation with Mike Kemnitzer! As always big thank you to my sponsors for this episode! Mandolin Cafe Peghead Nation Northfield Mandolins Pava Mandolins Ellis Mandolins
Jul 22, 2021•44 min
Episode Notes Oh man, what a great way to kick off the week! John Reischman has released 2 new singles off of his new release that comes out on Aug 9th! Check them out here and check out everything John has going on at the links below! Go preorder / presave the new album!!! Website: http://www.johnreischman.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnreischman/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/johnreischmanmandolin Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1ubUHb8iKwJ3LsVJkVvBgt?si=7g-EV96HSD...
Jul 13, 2021•11 min
Episode Notes My guest this week is Mike Kemnitzer the man behind Nugget mandolins! Find out what Tim O'brien paid for his down payment, why the name is Nugget mandolins and just how important the headstock inlay is to the sound! As always big thank you to my sponsors for this episode! Mandolin Cafe Peghead Nation Northfield Mandolins Pava Mandolins Ellis Mandolins...
Jul 08, 2021•43 min•Season 1Ep. 98
Episode Notes My Guests this week are Magnus Zetterlund and Hayes Griffin. They have a brand new podcast called Mandolin Secrets live that is available everywhere were podcasts are available! Check it out today! Also, head over the the Mandolin Secrets website to sign up for their community and also over to Hayes Griffin's website as well! As always big thank you to my sponsors for this episode! Mandolin Cafe Peghead Nation Northfield Mandolins Ear Trumpet Labs Pava Mandolins Ellis Mandolins Str...
Jul 01, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 97
Episode Notes My guest this week is the legendary Darol Anger! This is a two part episode that is filled with some incredible stories and lots of laughs! You can keep up with Darol at his website HERE! As always big thank you to my sponsors for this episode! Mandolin Cafe Straight Up Strings Peghead Nation Northfield Mandolins Pava Mandolins Ellis Mandolins...
Jun 24, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 96
Episode Notes My guest this week is the legendary Darol Anger! This is a two part episode that is filled with some incredible stories and lots of laughs! You can keep up with Darol at his website HERE! As always big thank you to my sponsors for this episode! Mandolin Cafe Straight Up Strings Peghead Nation Northfield Mandolins Pava Mandolins Ellis Mandolins...
Jun 17, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 95
Episode Notes This week I welcome back Mike Guggino to the podcast! He and Barrett Smith, who also joined us, have a brand new release coming out titled Mia Dolce Farfalla. It is absolutely stunning. You can preorder it now by going to their website here! As always big thank you to my sponsors for this episode! Mandolin Cafe Peghead Nation Northfield Mandolins Ear Trumpet Labs Pava Mandolins Ellis Mandolins...
Jun 10, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 94
Episode Notes My guest this week is Josh Rilko and he has a new album that he's getting ready to release and he could use our help! Head on over to his kickstarter to see what you can do to help him out! You should also follow Josh on his Instagram as well! As always big thank you to my sponsors for this episode! Mandolin Cafe Peghead Nation Northfield Mandolins E llis Mandolins...
Jun 03, 2021•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 93
Episode Notes My guest this week on the podcast is Danny Knicely! You can visit Danny at his website HERE! We also discuss his excellent album on Mapleshade Records with Will Lee. The only place to find it on the internet is right here! As always big thank you to my sponsors for this episode! Mandolin Cafe Peghead Nation Northfield Mandolins Ear Trumpet Labs Pava Mandolins Ellis Mandolins Siminoff Books pre order Roger's New book and get 25% off by entering MANDOBEER at checkout!...
May 27, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 92
Episode Notes My guest on the podcast this week is CE Jones. Chris has just accomplished a pretty remarkable feat by recording the Goldberg Variations by himself on mandolin, guitar and banjo! You can purchase the recording at this link here! ! Chris is also a composer and you can check out one of his original compositions here! As always big thank you to my sponsors for this episode! Mandolin Cafe Peghead Nation Northfield Mandolins Ear Trumpet Labs Pava Mandolins Ellis Mandolins Siminoff Books...
May 13, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 91
Episode Notes My guest this week is Alex Hargreaves. Alex is an incredibly talented fiddler player that has played with the some of the greatest mandolin players to play the instrument! A big thank you to my sponsors for this episode! Mandolin Cafe Peghead Nation Northfield Mandolins Ear Trumpet Labs Pava Mandolins...
May 06, 2021•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 90
Episode Notes My guest this week is Dylan McCarthy . Dylan is a great player from Colorado! You should follow him on Instagram , buy his album Lost & Found and Monday of next week follow him on Patreon! Thanks to Dylan for taking the time and thanks to my great sponsors: Mandolin Cafe Straight Up Strings Peghead Nation Northfield Mandolins Ear Trumpet Labs Ellis Mandolins...
Apr 28, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 89
Episode Notes My guest this week on the podcast is Grant Gordy! You can keep up with all the amazing things that Grant is up to at his WEBSITE! A big thank you to my sponsors for this episode! Mandolin Cafe Peghead Nation Northfield Mandolins Ear Trumpet Labs Pava Mandolins Apollo Picks...
Apr 22, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 88
Episode Notes My guest this week is making his second appearance on the podcast. Your favorite and mine Joe Walsh! His new album Bluegrass and the Abstract Truth is out now on bandcamp and will be available every where on Friday! Keep up with Joe at his WEBSITE Here! A big thank you to my sponsors for this episode! Mandolin Cafe Peghead Nation Northfield Mandolins Ear Trumpet Labs Ellis Mandolins Apollo Picks...
Apr 15, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 87
Episode Notes This week's guest is the extremely knowledgeable Roger Siminoff! Roger has a few different things going on at a few different websites. If you want to read more about Roger and Lloyd Loar head over to Siminoff.net . If you want to order any of the books or plans we discussed during the episode head over to Siminoffbooks.com and if you want to check out the strings we discuss head over to Straightupstrings.com . A big thank you to my sponsors for this episode! Mandolin Cafe Peghead ...
Apr 08, 2021•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 86
Episode Notes My guest this week is Jake Howard. Jake is a great guy, great player and is currently playing with the Henhouse Prowlers as well as Westbound Situation . He has a brand new website as well which you can find HERE (it may not be live yet!) Head to Mandolins and Beer to find a link to the mandolin video we discuss as well as a link to Grant Flick whose tune Lucy's Polska ends this episode. A big thank you to my sponsors for this episode! Mandolin Cafe Peghead Nation Northfield Mandol...
Mar 31, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 85
