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COVER STORY Mike Compton - The Unlikely Icon
At first glance, Mike Compton seems like one of the last people anyone would ever expect to become a certified mandolin icon. Skinny as an unstuffed scarecrow and perpetually clad in bib overalls, for years he lacked the confidence in his own musicianship to believe he could even make it in music professionally. He even quit the business at the point where he'd achieved his greatest success, living in the mountains of upstate New York where he barely touched a mandolin and pondered what else he should do with his life. Yet today he has earned a worldwide reputation as one of the modern masters of bluegrass mandolin, known especially for his personal take on the fiercely hard-driven, rhythmically intense style developed by the master of the genre, Bill Monroe. MORE...
ARTICLE Builder Dale Ludewig The first time I saw someone play a Dale Ludewig mandolin, it was blue. Not blue in a Del McCoury Bluest Man In Town sens e, but a striking Mediterranean azure. It looked to be inspired from the famous series of Blue Guitars that the late instrum ent collector Scott Chinery commissioned from more than a dozen of the top guitar luthiers in the world. That collection, wh ich now resides in the Smithsonian, represents one of the pinnacles of archtop guitar evolution. In fact, Ludewig says that instrument was inspired by the Chinery series guitars. Only time will tell whether Dale Ludewi g's mandolins achieve a similar stature. MORE... Back IssuesOur Back Issues section includes a searchable database of all previous Mandolin Magazine articles. MORE... |
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