For mandolinists - and others

There's a cheerful tribute to Bill Monroe (and other notable mandolinists) by two of the best on the instrument, Jethro Burns and Red Rector, on YouTube - in which the Father of Bluegrass himself appears.

And you'll also find there links to some great footage of Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys on TV shows in the '50s, '60s, and '70s; and tremendous banjo by Butch Robins. It goes on...

Dick Glasgow of Causeway Music adds:

When I read your piece for your mandolin-playing readers this morning, I wondered if they might perhaps also be interested in the UK's Mandolin.org website. The link below might be a useful introduction to the site.

I recently posted all these YouTube mandolin video links on the Forum & I reckon some of your mandolin-playing readers might enjoy browsing through them.