Red Haired Boy on Bluegrass Mandolin Lesson

[ELSOL102]

This is really nice

[JDClampet347]

With that red hair, your momma should have named you Rusty. Get-it? Rusty? Red-hair? Hugh Get-it? Do ya Get it?

[zulusfinest]

that wasnt a lesson nob ed, it was you showin off. well dun. giv yaself a pat on the back for teachin us fuck all.

[TheNikiboo1000]

wow so could you make a video on how to play this song haha i would love some help. haha you play really fast haha sorry i am kinda slow i have been playing for like 3 days.

[evakrlls]

Sorry! I didn't get where the mandolin is from. Could you tell me again? I also play the bluegrass mandolin and I enjoyed your playing. Eva from Germany

[trevmann91]

when he does it fast. it almost sounds like a fiddle is accompanying him. very good. i'm experimenting with a beginner version i learned.

[7211098]

Hey Ben,

Check out my friends mandolins. Look up Grey Eagle Mandolins on line.

He has built for Lou Reed, Mike Compton, Ray Legere, and Dale Reno was at his shop in Virginia to check them out as well as Adam Steffey His name is Skip Peyre.

[tynank]

Wonderful lessons. I can't believe your selling the tabs for five dollars though. (no matter, after a couple of listens they are pretty clear, maybe not for others). I'm refraining from putting some of your solos on mandozine, but it would be nice if you put one or two on the website.

[JohnnyLadd]

I know this tune as "The roving journeyman" a Scottish tune from The City of Glasgow. "I am a roving journeyman I roam from town to town wherever I get a job of work I'm willing to set down etc."

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[mikelanceneedstosing]

Hey Ben, Fantastic job. I enjoyed your lessons. I've play guitar for about 35 years and am trying to play mandolin for the last year. Do you have lessons from the beginning stages as I love this instrument? Also I am trying to learn some of your guitar picking. I am playing at church and wonder if you also do more worship tabs, such as Randy Travis tune called He's My Rock. Thanks for the music.

[katvanbus]

Very nice! Great job!

[pma4usa]

Great job Ben. Keep up the good work!

[GoldenbanjoDJ]

erm excuse me, but is there a stringed instument you can't play well?!?!

[BanjoBen1]

Bouzouki.

[GoldenbanjoDJ]

lol

[banjobubby]

banjoben its the shit just bigger lol

[flatpikinguitar]

What kind of top does that mando have.

[BanjoBen1]

@flatpikinguitar I think it's sitka spruce...not quite sure.

[ressalg]

@BanjoBen1, if that mando is newer than a '99, it's a red spruce top.

[djhuff1998]

Nice job! About how much for a mandolin like your playing?

[BanjoBen1]

Well, you can find Rattlesnakes online and see the price. Let's just say it's worth over twice what my ol' truck is worth :)

[MrCoolerdave]

Hey Ben, Just wanted to thank you for taking the time to post this... have played guitar for years and was thinking about trying another instrument so a friend mailed me a really cheap rogue from the east coast .. it's playable after some setup work. I have learned more from your mandolin post then anywhere. . also went with a 3 sided pick.. it's beveled and really brings out some brightness. Wanted to send you a recording so you can see your influence. What is your website? Thanks Again

[BanjoBen1]

Hey bud,

Can't wait to see it! I currently don't have a website, but I will before too long. If you haven't subscribed, please do so you'll be notified when it finally happens :) Thanks so much for writing and watching!

[Holycrap27]

nice lesson, i learned alot on how to play this

[lqkow]

hey banjoben i think i might be asking a little to much but can you please make a video teaching''my last days on earth''and the tuning for this song? i really need you to make this video im asking you to make because i have a few days until a talent show.please make this video im begging you please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SonburnMedia]

WOW...Very Nice man...

[KASS3Y]

wow :| thats awesome great job , I love the mandolin sounds great , you sure know how to play on it to

[rickshunter1]

what pick do you recommend for picking the mandolin and what thickness

[BanjoBen1]

I always used the Wegen bluegrass picks...they're kind of expensive but I really like them. I think the have around a 1.14 mm thickness. Now I use a tortoise shell pick that has about a 1.2 mm thickness. It's ultimately up to what you like for it to sound like, but I do recommend a thicker pick...1 mm or thicker.

[banjoboymcgee]

This song is also called soldier with a wooden leg.

[AdamHassan88]

nice, but how is this a lesson?

[webbfeet65]

thanks for posting,great mando too

[ksalanpang]

nice one. sounds very clear. nice picking

[nilsge65]

Tahnk you for version of Red haired boy! I played the mandolin when I was young. I'm very impressed of your talent and your technik.

[IntuneDan]

Great mandolin, great tune. Get back on the melody. ;)

[EJsigstrat]

Mando sounds great...just wait 'til it opens up a bit. I saw one of these mandos online for sale....SOLD. He's a new luthier...well relatively speaking. Sounds awesome.

[jAcKtHeGyPsYmOtH]

Good Job Ben. I loved it! Thanks

[budokanboy]

A friend of mine has a Rattlesnake. It is a nice Mandolin.

Thee Trophy Husband

[sean808080]

Wow...I thought I knew one song well. Guess I better keep practicing my red haired boy. Your version puts mine to shame... :-)

[BardofCornwall]

This is fantastic. Thanks for sharing your talent.

[demon4411]

Im not insultin but wouldnt it take reaally good accuracy to pluck a certain string?

[Gillhoolee]

It kind'a sounds like that Irish tune, I think it is called 'Johnny Macledoo'. Great job, much appreciated.

[BrainFPatterson]

In Ireland it's called theJolly Beggarman. Or is it the Little Beggarman? One of those, anyway. Lovely version, Ben.

[Gillhoolee]

I believe you're right. A lot of tunes have various lyrics & some serve different songs with a change in tempo. We have a Band here doing the 'Jolly Beggerman' in a 'rap version- if you can believe that. They are on YT and are called 'Great Big Sea'. I like some of their stuff but they can put their RAP 'where Pat shot the dog' - if you know what I mean?lol

[bluegrass93]

Wow Ben, you're really good! Where would you purchase such a mandolin like that? Also I'd love to see you teach Blackberry Blossom on the Mandolin! Keep pickin'!

[BanjoBen1]

I bought that particular mandolin on consignment at Gruhn's Guitars in Nashville. I've just worked up a cool version on BB on the mando and I'll try to get it up soon! Thanks for watching!

[tuuurster]

Hey mr Banjo Ben, thanks for taking the time to upload these vids. I got my mandolin yesterday, and the first part of this tune is the first bluegrass I learned to play on it!

[spraypaintduh]

THAT was AWESOME

good job!!

[123BubberMiley]

wow, it's just like a tiny guitar.

[TekedixXx]

you must have payed like 3k for that thing that is an amazeing instrument, i wana be as good as you

[colbiefanatic101]

haha... I've always thought mandolins were like violins... the one that emily and caitlin are playing... but thanks for educating me...

woah... you are really good!!!

[rpschilling]

I love Sound of that mandolin

[fastabulus]

wow. this is better than the Irish version-- much weirder and more complex melody. good solid clean picking too-- nice work!

[saltys9]

Hey could you slow it down a little more. I about got it.

[downloader33188]

yes please slow it down piece by piece and the end is not right thats just mean to do something like that lol j/k that was sweet

[redneck0764]

all your videos are great man..wish you would do some more mandolin lessons thanks for all your help

[Glockem]

Outstanding playing and what a mandolin! Something to be proud of for sure.

[egonymph]

sounds badass! beautiful mandolin too!

and redheads are awesome =)

[experimentalist1]

What a mandolin is right. That thing sounds sweet! I'm sure that mando costs about 5k. One day I will be able to afford one.

Great job. You just got a new subscriber.

[BanjoBen1]

Thanks man! We won't talk about how muck it cost :)...my wife reads these things ;) Have a happy new year!

[alexander924]

that has the same cup decal as some gibsons on the mandolin

[MandoMasherVT]

Is That Bert Casey's arrangment from the Mandolin Primer series?

[BanjoBen1]

I don't think it is. As far as I can recollect, I made it up myself :) I haven't heard that version. It may be similar. Thanks for watching!

[jamesblackburnlynch]

That is an excellent version of Red Haired Boy played very well!

But is this really a lesson? Who is this aimed at? I mean, who could learn this version by watching the video who couldn't just figure it out on their own?

[BanjoBen1]

I see your point. I think of it like this....I hear versions of songs all the time that I would either like to learn or steal particular licks from, but they're either on the radio, or I don't have the time to slow it down. In this version, or "lesson", I hoped to play a few original licks in a common tune that people might want to pick up or elaborate on. Thanks for the comment! Keep pickin'!

[xNioNx]

now that was great! Thanks!

[fwclarkfilm]

Excellent!

[Banjer]

Oh Yes man I like it very much!:)

[mand0play]

that sounded great pal!

[thecelticpiper]

wow mate !

[Colemando2220]

awsome, that was the cleanest ive ever heard red haired boy