Encore: Improvisation - Mike Marshall & Chris Thile

Mike Marshall and Chris Thile improvising.
1:20 "Dance of the Sugar-plum Fairy" from Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker"
2:23 "Big Mon"
4:07 "Sleigh Ride"
5:42 "Old Dangerfield"
This is a clip from Mike Marshall & Chris Thile's set on the Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour. You can watch the show in its entirity by visiting the Woodsongs archives at www.woodsongs.c... (show #287).

[@mf5202]

Mike Marshall - Master, Chris Thile - Prodigy.

[@dankgeetar]

oh my god, chris's lines are AMAZING

[@danashane]

Mike Marshall is fantastic

[@Abudefduf22]

Ah yes... Just sit back and soak it in. This is just awesome! They are both jaw-dropping, out-of-this-world... I love these mandolin medleys that transition from classical to bluegrass...

[@williamanesbitt]

The torch has been passed. Even on the Monroe stuff (Big Mon, Old Danger Field), Thile proves his prodigious talent. I heard a tape once of Grisman at Winfield introducing Marshall as the "greatest mandolin player in the world" ... Marshall went on the play the solo Partita in E by Bach, which in the early 80's was a tremendous feat. So yeah, Marshall was the best, and remains a formidable, highly creative musical presence -- but Thile is the man on the mandolin.

[@D84D]

Saw these two live in Portland at the Aladdin Theater. 20 plus songs, no sheet music. Now on to Nickle Creek live next month.

[@flinchum11]

Sad that there are so many ignorant comments when we should be just enjoying this incredible music!!! Most must have not heard Mikes guitar playing with D. Grisman, and incredible original tunes with Darol Anger. I have most of the great records hes played on, do you? All top level players are equal in the eyes of God!

[@MandolinNate]

Awesome! I wish I could've seen 'em live!

[@Hannes87]

Chris from 3.21 to 3.44 is absolutely amazing.

[@ldsmn87]

love the awkward hand-holding at the end

[@somedude1129]

Actually thats from Pyotr Illych Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker suite. That lasts until 2:00, and then they take another theme from the same piece at 2:05. From there they go into some crazy fast bluegrass. They improvise on that until Sleich Ride at 4:10 or so. They go into some sort o folk tune after that, but I don't know the name of that or the bluegrass tune.

[@carlclimbs]

The bluegrass peice near the beginning is Jerusalem Ridge by Bill Monroe

[@jtmoses92]

wow!!!!!!!!!!!

[@lynntccr]

They can each do anything they want to with a mandolin. They just approach it in different ways. Both are at the absolute top of their field.

[@TheRaveNIron]

WOW!

[@MandolinNate]

It's actually Big Mon, by Bill Monroe.

[@wexfordranger]

Baked!

[@MarkTage]

Big Mon maybe? (Also Monroe)

[@syadkir]

While Thile is a prodigy , Marshall has long years of study , experience and acquired knowledge of the intricacies of the instrument - He is the one to be seen as a model...

[@dumaskhan]

both men are superb....but Chris looks like Jude Law.... +1 for Chris.