Anyone who knows me knows that I love Will Kimble. He’s an incredible soul, a great friend, and an incomparable builder of world-class mandolins. Since 2004, I’ve owned and played several of his mandolins–two-points, A’s, an F, and an octave. As he has done since the beginning, he puts the weight of Kimble Mandolins behind […]
We are a couple weeks of formerly announcing and opening registration to the 2020 Jim Richter Mandolin Camp for the Rest of Us featuring Don Julin. This will be the 7th time this camp has been held. Focused on blues, rock, and other non-bluegrass styles, the camp equally interested in helping the non-professional player optimize […]
I am again privileged to teach at Mandolin Camp North in April 2020! This is an incredible camp a few miles outside of Boston with a long storied history. Currently led by Kelly Stockwell (who is doing an incredible job), this camp started by Michael Holmes covers a lot of mandolin territory from folk to […]
The following is the designed used for this year’s camp T-Shirts and Picks. Picks will be available for sale shortly in this website’s storefront.
2019’s Mandolin Camp for the Rest of Us featuring Don Julin is in 12 days. Still opportunities to attend! Read more: 2020 Richter Mandolin Camp for the Rest of Us (and Bourbon Tasting)
I had a wonderful time teaching at Mandolin Camp North again this year. Kelly Stockwell and the Mandolin Camp North team put on an excellent camp. It’s the most fun I have had this year. Wonderful selection of teachers: Mike Compton, Barry Mitterhoff, Alan Bibey, moi, Don Stiernberg, Carl Jones, Sharon Gilchrist, David Bennedict, Joe K Walsh, […]
Freebie for everyone regardless of tab subscription status. My arrangement of Tico Tico. I’m no Mike Marshall or Jethro Burns. Just my little ole arrangement. Enjoy! Tico Tico (PDF): One of the great 20th century tunes covered by everyone from the Andrews Sisters to Jethro Burns. It is obviously Jethro’s version that we all know. My […]
Peter Green is single-handed one of the greatest–if not the greatest–of the British blues guitar icons. New tablature has been posted for Peter Green’s incomparable blues rock guitar standard, Oh Well. It is all the major riffing to the first Danny Kirwan solo. It is available to tab subscribers! Enjoy!
After a short hiatus, the 6th Jim Richter Mandolin Camp for the Rest of Us Featuring Don Julin will comence in 2019! It has been scheduled for July 10 through the 13th at the Grant Street Inn in Bloomington Indiana. As always, this camp focuses on non-bluegrass mandolin styles with a special emphasis on rock […]
I had a blast at Mandolin Camp North this past April. Great classes and instructors, including Don Stiernberg, Frank Solivan, Sharon Gilchrist, Skip Gorman, Mike Compton, Richie Brown, and more. It was a privilege to teach there and was glad that the big mandolin umbrella there allowed me to work on rock and blues instruction. I’ve […]