David Long is a
mandolin
A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...
player from
Nashville, Tennessee. He was born in the winter of 1975.
[http://www.stuartsoperahouse.org/index.php?item=114 An evening with Mike Compton & David Long] Long has been described as a next generation musician with traditional sounds of
bluegrass.
[http://www.w36.com/inactive/blackcrowbooking/artists.html Black Crow Booking Mike Compton and David Long] Long's music career started in 1996. He plays Rural Country Blues, Old Time Bluegrass, and Early Black String Band.
David’s style of playing was influenced by
Curly Seckler. David has played with the Wildwood Valley Boys for about two years, and with Karl Shiflett and his Big Show.
He famously used explicit language on the stage of the world famous
Station Inn
The Station Inn is a concert venue in Nashville, Tennessee that hosts bluegrass music acts. Frommers wrote that it is "widely regarded as one of the best bluegrass venues around". The small nightclub has a reputation for being a simple building, ...
.
Duet
In 2003, David and
Mike Compton, a well known mandolin player and
Grammy
The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pre ...
winner, worked as a duet. They met at Mohican Bluegrass Festival in Central Ohio in 1999.
Both had an interest in string band music.
In 2006, David and Mike recorded an album together titled ''Stomp''. The album was recorded in
San Francisco with the help of
David Grisman
David Grisman (born March 23, 1945) is an American mandolinist. His music combines bluegrass, folk, and jazz in a genre he calls "Dawg music". He founded the record label Acoustic Disc, which issues his recordings and those of other acoustic mu ...
, another mandolin player.
Songs
*"Evening Prayer Blues"
*"Ashland Breakdown"
*"How You Want It Done"
*"Evening Prayers Blues"
*"January Nightmare"
*"Big Indian Blues"
References
1975 births
Living people
American bluegrass musicians
American mandolinists
Musicians from Nashville, Tennessee
American bluegrass mandolinists
Country musicians from Tennessee
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