Of course the legends go without saying.
Ronnie McCoury’s name hasn’t come up enough yet…
These days I can’t get enough of the The Mandolin Chronicles by Alan Bibey and Wayne Benson - man what a duo! Titans of 8 strings. Everything about the songs, arrangements, the tone and the recording are great - however it’s one of those albums that’s so good, if I listen to it too long, all I want to do is burn my gear in a bonfire and chop off my fingers because what’s the point?!? I’m hoping to take a lesson with Alan soon, because I’ve always wondered what it would be like to have a real, live instructor in the room - I just hope he has a pause and rewind option.
I came to BG years ago through Garcia and Grisman, so now guys like Paul Hoffman from Greensky and Jacob Jolliff scratch the “jammer” itch for me, 'cuz sometimes you have to tell the BG Police to chill and just let it go, gO, GO…
Andrew Marlin, cuz sometimes it doesn’t have to be 220 BPM…
These days anybody playing a Northfield will always catch my attention.