Galway Girl Steve Earle, Mandolin cover how to play

[jthomaseri]

Thanks very much! Greatly appreciated.

[rtimacn]

Great video, dryan1 I enjoyed it a great deal. What model and year of Gibson are you playing?

[dryan80]

@rtimacn I'm glad you enjoyed it. The mandolin is a 1917 A model. The style is an A but the model is also an A. You can tell because it has a single rope chain design around the sound hole. The A-1 model had two. This one is the middle of the road model of the A models. It was in pretty bad shape when I got it but with some help from a good luthier was able to get it into playable condition.

[petert413]

"I'm not an instructor," you say. Fooled me. You are great at breaking things down.

Wish you would do more of this sort of stuff with other fun/popular Mando tunes.

Thanks.

[dryan80]

@petert413 Appreciate the kind words. I'll try to put some other videos up later. Thanks

[Mntgoatsfan]

Thank you so much, man! This helped alot! You are in fact a great teacher! I'd love more videos like this, maybe you could do more Steve Earle mandolin songs, like "Dixieland" and "Copperhead Road".. "Harlan Man". Anyway, thank you, sir.

[entershikari619]

Christ! Sounds like Nicholas Cage!

[damnyancey]

Thanks for the post. verry helpfull. Thumbs up on the Gibson ther also. If it bears the name Gibson, its a masterpiece.

[dryan80]

@damnyancey  Glad the video helped out. I wholeheartedly agree about the Gibson. Thanks

[bwheels75]

thanks for the help

[Kylesaccount95]

Great video, very helpful. Thanks a lot for putting it up, needed a bit of help with that song.

[Goldfinga888]

Greetings from Spain!

Great stuff! Perhaps you don't consider yourself a teacher but your explanations, break-downs and demonstrations are first-class. some 'teachers' get so involved in the music and technical theory that they forget that what the student wants to learn is how to play the song! (p.s. and the Gibson sounds beautiful!)

Thanks so much. Look forward to seeing more of your interpretations!

[dryan80]

@Goldfinga888 I appreciate the kind words. I am glad the video is of some help. I think this little Gibson is just happy to be played again.

[alyinbi]

and today was the day i finally learned how to play Galway Girl corectly on the mandolin! thank you!

[dryan80]

Thanks.. that poor old mandolin was a "salvage" case. But it is a testament to the craftsmanship of the old Gibson mandolins.

[4greymate]

Fantastic - thanks for that... just need your Manolin for that sound....