Not just another pretty face…
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A rough mix with me on mandolin, Clay Powers guitar and Alan Tompkins bass. Texas Shorty will be on fiddle.

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Instructional mp3 from Mel Bay’s BanjoSessions.com. Go to BanjoSessions.com for the tab.

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Also known as Senica Square Dance and The Federals are Coming. Robert Bowlin guitar, Texas Shorty fiddle, and me on mandolin and banjo.

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From Texas Shorty’s Coming Down From Denver CD. I’m playing guitar and mandolin.

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Instructional mp3 from Mel Bay’s BanjoSessions.com.
Go to BanjoSessions.com for the tab.

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Live at CampBluegrass. Clay Powers guitar and Alan Tompkins bass, and me on mandolin.

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I transcribed a Vihulea tune for mandolin by Luis Mila from circa 1455. Instructional mp3 from Mel Bay’s MandolinSessions.com. Go to MandolinSessions.com for the tab.

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I transcribed this great Brazilian guitar piece for mandolin by João Pernambuco. Instructional mp3 from Mel Bay’s MandolinSessions.com. Go to MandolinSessions.com for the tab.

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From 1983. Texas Shorty fiddle, Mark O’Connor mandolin & guitar, Eldon Chancellor bass, and me on banjo.

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From 1983. Texas Shorty fiddle, Sam Bush mandolin, Robert Chancellor guitar, and me on banjo.

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Live with Texas Shorty at Randy Elmore’s fiddle camp. I just jammed something.

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From 1983. Texas Shorty fiddle, Mark O’Connor mandolin and guitar, Eldon Chancellor bass, and me on banjo.
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Photos
My father, Elbert Jones (seated with electric guitar) That’s a 1957 Strat I let him sell…Dang… On the cover of the Rolling Stone. I mean the Banjo Newsletter My daughter Hannah at Camp Bluegrass circa 1990. Uncle Calvin’s Coffee House with Texas Shorty.