I actually think this version would fit the show better. One half is the unassuming mandolin, and the other half is a dark, powerful electric guitar.

I was convinced he was going to chop his finger. There's a funny blooper video of a chef using a mandolin food slicer, as he is saying "every chef cuts themselves only once on the mandolin" then "OW!"

If you guys enjoy Chris Thile (the mandolin player for Nickel Creek), I'd highly recommend his new group, Punch Brothers. Very different from NC, but UNBELIEVABLE. Worth a listen.

The Punch Brothers Pandora station is awesome too.

>> ^chicchorea:

Tried guitars a little as well. Always wanted to play it from a very early age. It was thought it might detract or distract from my piano playing so....
I play neither now for too many years.
How long have you played? What instrument do you have?
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I could never connect with the guitar for some reason, the dexterity is insane.. Guess I'm sticking with classical piano. Nice vid.



I've played 7, 2 is constant, piano is main. (mandolin, bass, guitar, piano, drums, accordian, flute). im clasically trained on piano for a long time... learning music is the hard part. Application of music to an instrument is easier. It's just learning the mechanics. You don't forget driving when you drive your friends car.

..yeah there are many problems with the modern teaching methods... I was lucky enough to be introduced to Suzuki method.

>> ^acidSpine:

The main riff is played on a mandolin and the song's from The Mollusk (your title suggests it was written for the movie which I don't think it was)


OK cool, didnt now that. I like it.

The main riff is played on a mandolin and the song's from The Mollusk (your title suggests it was written for the movie which I don't think it was)

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Been playing an acoustic guitar cover of this with @persephone on the mandolin - I honestly didn't know Steve's version was a cover. I wish I did, because the original is awesome.

Coming soon from Activision: Puerto Rican Mandolin Hero

LOL, Choggie this scene is so you. All she needed now was a modern mandolin lead 40's band w/ a polka flare as a backup.

I believe that's a mandolin (or a variation thereof), which Peter Buck plays in the original.

Not just 200 guitars, but clarinets, violins, spoons, and a mandolin?

Agree, wonderful instrument. Mandolin player told me recently, "the only thing wrong with a hammered duclimer is....the hammers aren't big enough."
Couldn't disagree more.

Chuck Berry on the mandolin. I love it.

It's okay, Issykitty. I like the "comments" number to get all pumped up so people think there's a really interesting conversation going on inside and thereby watch the video to see what all the hubub is about and, maybe, vote for it. I sure am glad I got my bronze before this 2-day queue thing because I probably would've given up! Thanks for your votes.

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Sorry Schmawy!

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Andrew Bird (born July 11, 1973) is an American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He was born in Chicago[1] and currently splits his time between Chicago and a farm near the town of Elizabeth in northwest Illinois. His musical proficiency includes violin, whistling, guitar, mandolin, and glockenspiel.

:-p

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Here I go messing with tags again! I think Andrew Bird is *british, so off to the british channel!!!

Sorry Schmawy!

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
Andrew Bird (born July 11, 1973) is an American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He was born in Chicago[1] and currently splits his time between Chicago and a farm near the town of Elizabeth in northwest Illinois. His musical proficiency includes violin, whistling, guitar, mandolin, and glockenspiel.

:-p

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Here I go messing with tags again! I think Andrew Bird is *british, so off to the british channel!!!