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Post by RickW on Apr 23, 2020 21:59:22 GMT -5
From today.
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Post by coachdoc on Apr 23, 2020 22:06:26 GMT -5
Thile is the best mando player extant, but he may be even a better singer.
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Post by Marshall on Apr 24, 2020 8:26:47 GMT -5
Melancholy and sweet.
I don't know if Thile is the best mando player ever. But he is the most versatile of anyone I've heard. A truly creative individual.
And, yes he has a smooth lovely toned voice. Just draws you in with it's casual ease and richness and clarity. All the new age singers out there could do well to listen to Thile. He communicates.
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Post by millring on Apr 24, 2020 9:04:08 GMT -5
I don't know if Thile is the best mando player ever. [/i][/quote] Who else is in the running? |
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Post by RickW on Apr 24, 2020 9:14:31 GMT -5
He is an amazing musician. Player, composer, singer, arranger. I can’t believe the breadth and quality of material he was producing every week on live from here. He obviously had help and lots of talented guests, but his was the mind. It would seem from watching him that he can sight read at speed as well. Chris Eldridge seems to be cut from the same cloth. Love listening and watching.
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Post by theevan on Apr 24, 2020 9:18:42 GMT -5
Yes, very nice.
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Post by billhammond on Apr 24, 2020 9:40:24 GMT -5
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Post by Marshall on Apr 24, 2020 9:52:29 GMT -5
I don't know if Thile is the best mando player ever. [/i] Who else is in the running? [/quote] He ain't too shabby |
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Post by coachdoc on Apr 24, 2020 10:36:38 GMT -5
Listen to the Thile Bach piece at 8:29 and tell me he ain't the greatest. He plays classical, jazz, bluegrass and Americana all with similar skill and elan. I remember hearing that Yoyo Ma's parts had to be written out for him to read in the Goat Rodeo as he did not have the improvisational skills of Thile or Eldridge. The breadth or Thile's skill is beyond my comprehension. Again listen at 12:30. The whole presto movement is at speed. I would not rant like this about any other pop or Americana musician that I am aware of.
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Post by millring on Apr 24, 2020 10:52:10 GMT -5
I love Stiernberg. And if the question was "Whose albums would you buy?", well, the proof is in the pudding. I've bought several Stiernberg albums and not a single Thile album. I like the music Stiernberg plays.
But if you staged it as an athletic contest, I would bet and probably not lose that anything Stiernberg could play, Thile could duplicate, on the spot in real time. And the reverse would not be true.
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Post by Marshall on Apr 24, 2020 10:58:43 GMT -5
OK, OK, OK. I surrender. Thile may be the greatest musician of our time. So accomplished. So versatile.
I make my own silly videos in the kitchen most weeks. It takes me SEVERAL takes to get though a song that is about 10% as complex as the Bach piece and 25% as long.
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Post by coachdoc on Apr 24, 2020 11:09:30 GMT -5
I love Stiernberg. And if the question was "Whose albums would you buy?", well, the proof is in the pudding. I've bought several Stiernberg albums and not a single Thile album. I like the music Stiernberg plays. But if you staged it as an athletic contest, I would bet and probably not lose that anything Stiernberg could play, Thile could duplicate, on the spot in real time. And the reverse would not be true. The thing I love about Stiernberg, an I like it a lot, is his tone and the surety with which he chooses and plays each note. |
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Post by david on Apr 24, 2020 20:37:34 GMT -5
Theile is simply great, in all genres.
Here is a nice little clip of Don, with Brian Oberlin and Evan Marshall. All three are pretty darn good. I saw them in concert and was amazed. I took lessons from Brian for 6 months, but he left Oregon before any of his talent rubbed off on me! He still does a mandolin camp (pre-covid) nearby.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2020 13:10:22 GMT -5
Sierra Hull has plenty to offer.
Andy Statman is truly amazing.
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