Bluegrass Mandolin

HOMESPUN

A Complete Course on CD

Taught By Sam Bush.
Level 2
Six CDs, includes tab book

Here’s a powerful course in which one of America’s greatest bluegrass mandolinists teaches all the major styles, from the traditional blues-based innovations of Bill Monroe to contemporary “newgrass” instrumentals. Beginners and experienced pickers alike will find these lessons a powerful tool for developing mandolin repertoire and technique.

Sam Bush starts you off with some easy tunes, covering essentials such as how to hold the instrument, correct pick technique and the secret of unlocking the “power” in your right arm. He introduces increasingly more complex pieces, along with improvisational techniques for creating exciting solos.

Each of the six CDs is a full hour in length, and includes runs, intros, endings, and rhythm parts, as well as a full repertoire of essential tunes and techniques. You’ll be learning to play complete bluegrass instrumentals, including "Old Joe Clark," "B'ile Them Cabbage Down," "Soldier's Joy," "Liberty," "Banks Of The Ohio," "Weavin' Way," "Turkey In The Straw," "Dusty Miller," "John Henry," "All The Good Times," "Nine-Pound Hammer," "Billy In The Low Ground," "Sugarfoot Rag," "Dill Pickle Rag," "East Virginia," "Blackberry Blossom," "Other Side Of Baker," "Oconee," "Poor Richard's Blues," "Good Woman's Love."

About Sam Bush

Sam Bush is one of the most versatile and powerful musicians playing today, a first-rate mandolinist, fiddler and guitarist. After 18 years (and 13 albums) with the ground-breaking New Grass Revival, Sam toured internationally as a leader of Emmylou Harris' Nash Ramblers and, more recently, with Lyle Lovett’s band. An in-demand session player, Sam has recorded on albums by Leon Russell, Doc Watson, Steve Earle, Garth Brooks, Steve Wariner, Trisha Yearwood, Left Over Salmon and Pam Tillis, among many others. He has produced albums by Jon Randall and Chris Thile, and has joined forces with many of Nashville's "A-Team" of musicians in a variety of combinations, including the bluegrass supergroup Strength in Numbers. Sam’s solo CDs include "Glamour and Grits," “Late as Usual,” "Howlin' at the Moon" and his latest release, “Ice Caps: Peaks Of Telluride,” all on Sugar Hill Records.