Thanks always to the Fretboard Journal for helping out with this workshop every year and to the incredibly talented Darrell Scott and Matt Flinner for stepping up and doing it this year. This year’s video is so well done - it gives you an idea of what it was like to be there. Darrell and Matt’s opening version of Stephen Foster’s “Hard Times Come Again No More” - done entirely on the fly with no warm up and no warning that we would ask them to do that song - was just stunningly beautiful and worthy of an award. A few corrections to errors in my early narrative - for the first pair of guitars, the 1848 parlor guitar Darrell is playing was made by James Ashborn (not John), and it was built in Wolcottville, Connecticut (not Pennsylvania). In the second paring, the ca. 1870 2-18 Martin has Brazilian rosewood back and sides (not mahogany) as in those early days, model numbers went low to high based on quality and price. Until 1907, most Martin guitars had Brazilian rosewood back and sides as this one does. In 1907 Martin offered style 17 guitars with mahogany backs and sides and in 1917, Martin dropped the style 17 and changed to style 18 guitars with mahogany back and sides as we still see today. We do this workshop every year at Wintergrass - if you have not been to Wintergrass, you need to plan to come. It is a 4 day event in Bellevue, Washington in a nice hotel, all indoors. It is always the best weekend of the year, packed full of great music and jamming in the halls and lobbies. The festival dates for next year are February 22-25, 2024. Check the website in the Fall and early Winter for the 2024 line up - we hope to see you there. Mark Demaray
So glad to be able to share this with my musician friends, it was magical listening to Darrell and Matt bring these beautiful instruments to life. Definitely a highlight of a wonderful weekend at Wintergrass this year. Thanks to Fretboard Journal and all involved. See y'all next year!
Mark, as always, a superb job getting this organized and adding your intimate knowledge of the instruments as MC. To Darrell Scott and a flight-weary Matt Flinner for turning a Tone Poem demo into the best ad-lib performance I've seen. Kudos also to FJ - a masterful job filming and recording the event for the rest of us to enjoy. Ha, not surprising, the drummer missed another gig...
I accidentally stumbled upon this premier as it was happening today. So thankful I did! Truly enjoyed this presentation and it’s good to see Matt again, too!
The wonderful Darrell Scott and amazing Matt Flinner - thanks FJ!
I've heard Darrell sing a LOT of songs. Hearing his version of the Fitzgerald was a true treat.
Thanks always to the Fretboard Journal for helping out with this workshop every year and to the incredibly talented Darrell Scott and Matt Flinner for stepping up and doing it this year. This year’s video is so well done - it gives you an idea of what it was like to be there. Darrell and Matt’s opening version of Stephen Foster’s “Hard Times Come Again No More” - done entirely on the fly with no warm up and no warning that we would ask them to do that song - was just stunningly beautiful and worthy of an award.
A few corrections to errors in my early narrative - for the first pair of guitars, the 1848 parlor guitar Darrell is playing was made by James Ashborn (not John), and it was built in Wolcottville, Connecticut (not Pennsylvania). In the second paring, the ca. 1870 2-18 Martin has Brazilian rosewood back and sides (not mahogany) as in those early days, model numbers went low to high based on quality and price. Until 1907, most Martin guitars had Brazilian rosewood back and sides as this one does. In 1907 Martin offered style 17 guitars with mahogany backs and sides and in 1917, Martin dropped the style 17 and changed to style 18 guitars with mahogany back and sides as we still see today.
We do this workshop every year at Wintergrass - if you have not been to Wintergrass, you need to plan to come. It is a 4 day event in Bellevue, Washington in a nice hotel, all indoors. It is always the best weekend of the year, packed full of great music and jamming in the halls and lobbies. The festival dates for next year are February 22-25, 2024. Check the website in the Fall and early Winter for the 2024 line up - we hope to see you there.
Mark Demaray
So glad to be able to share this with my musician friends, it was magical listening to Darrell and Matt bring these beautiful instruments to life. Definitely a highlight of a wonderful weekend at Wintergrass this year. Thanks to Fretboard Journal and all involved. See y'all next year!
Thank you for posting, so good to be able to see this, being geographically challenged to attend. (Australia) 👍
Mark, as always, a superb job getting this organized and adding your intimate knowledge of the instruments as MC. To Darrell Scott and a flight-weary Matt Flinner for turning a Tone Poem demo into the best ad-lib performance I've seen. Kudos also to FJ - a masterful job filming and recording the event for the rest of us to enjoy. Ha, not surprising, the drummer missed another gig...
I accidentally stumbled upon this premier as it was happening today. So thankful I did! Truly enjoyed this presentation and it’s good to see Matt again, too!
I know it's the arrow not the indian but these are some mighty fine arrows and two of the best indians around. Thanks for posting.
Go ahead. Try to find two more talented musicians. I dare you.
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