Clyde, I've seen/heard/played with Jake too. It's been a few years, but he was a monster then even. I can't imagine what he must know at this point. I am curious how he's applying what he's learning at Berklee. There's a whole group of young guys and gals who have exceptional talent and drive, focus. I can't remember having that much focus when I was a kid, a teenager, even adult. It's as if there has been an explosion of talent in the last 20 years. Kids like Jake, Dominick Leslie, Sarah Jarosz(who is currently nominated for a Grammy, for pete's sake), Sam Grisman, Rebecca Lovell, Alex Hargreaves, Sierra Hull, Scott Gates, etc...these kids are tearing it up and I know there's a lot more youngsters playing other styles that I don't listen to. Thile was the hot young guy for many of us, but now he's not even that. These younger players are the trend. Shoot, Nora Jones is another example. Where in the world are they coming from? What's in the air? What kind of shift has taken place? I reckon it might be that there's so much more access to the music now.
Seems like people are a lot more on the ball in some ways than they were when I was a kid. Granted, it may have just been that I wasn't on top of it, but it seems like something's afoot. And, it appears that it's not just in music where there are exceptional youth. I can't pretend to even know what these kids think about, much less play what they play. I have decided to acknowledge being completely out of touch. I need to shut up anyway and finish notating "Rawhide". Taterbug On Dec 7, 9:25 am, Dawn Bradbury <[email protected]> wrote: > AMEN. I concur. I listen to Mike because HE is my favorite. Although I'm > open to hearing new talent. > > On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 8:09 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I guess I'm on the older end of the curmudgeon list, and have been accused > > of being opinionated. > > I've had the pleasure of watching Jake Jolliff grow up. Jake plays all the > > notes and sometimes in > > the same tune, but he is capable of playing music that I like and even > > understand. Jake is in Boston > > now attending Berklee and playing in a band called Joy Kills Sorrow, Young > > kids, all killer pickers > > and nice kids too. BUT I'm thinking that they are playing in a language > > that I don't know, and I've really tried > > as I think pretty highly of Jake. I know, it's that "muse" thing. Anyway, I > > told you all that to tell you this: > > > Last night I went see Jake's Dad, Bill, in concert. Now Bill is a banjo > > player of the old school both bluegrass and old > > time, a fine flatpicker, a good old time fiddler, and he taught Jake to > > play the mandolin. ('til Jake was about 9) > > Bill is also a very good song writer and one of my favorite singers. It was > > one of the best shows I've ever been to, > > period. I understood every note, could relate to all the songs and I could > > listen to Bill talk all night. Just a wonderful > > show and only 60 folks came out to see it. Sad to think that if "Festering > > Blackhead and the Zits" were playing in town > > thousands would have turned out. > > > But what do I know? Tater is my favorite mandolin player and I've actually > > seen him live more than once. > > > Clyde Clevenger > > Just My Opinion, But It's Right > > Salem, Oregon > > Old Circle <http://www.myspace.com/oldcircle> > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Taterbugmando" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<taterbugmando%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en.
