Mike Babyak · @mikebabyak
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The same day we did the beautiful Peter Ostroushko compositions with the string section, and I performed a few duet pieces. He we are doing the lovely song Si Bheag Si Mhor—“Little Fairy Mound, Big Fairy Mound.” I’m playing a Multiac nylon string.

youtu.be/3ntrhIBtMCk

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Mike Babyak · @mikebabyak
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My friend and bandmate was a member of the , a legendary folk and bluegrass act from near Rochester, NY. They return to Saratoga Springs each Boxing Day to perform. During the worst of the pandemic he and John Kribs had me engineer an online show. After some tricky editing to sync their videos, it turned out pretty well!

youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRE

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Mike Babyak · @mikebabyak
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Better video of our performance of ’s composition pts 1 and 2.

on mando. He was a close friend of Peter’s and did several tours with him.

I transcribed the guitar for pt 1 from the original. I actually only got the music for pt 2 a few days before the performance. Fortunately it wasn’t very hard. E. Scott Warren w the unforgettable part.

youtu.be/1ilWbD6ugAw

#peterostroushko #mandolin #sacredheart #dannygotham #fretless #bass #mastomusic #americana #acousticmusic #Godin #guitar

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Mike Babyak · @mikebabyak
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this past Sunday. Playing for ’s tribute to his late friend . The final tune at 8:03 is Peter’s masterpiece composition for , , complete with fretless bass, piano, and strings. The first three in the video are E Ku ‘u Morning Dew, Si Beag Si Mhor, and Peter’s Medicine Bow. Audio quality is poor but performance is good.

youtu.be/MfzXdF5Eags

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Mike Babyak · @mikebabyak
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My bandmate picked this one out to do as part of our pandemic remote videos series.

When Danny was a young man he finished as runner up in the #Championship in , but he’s hell on wheels with a flatpick, too.

He’s doing the main lines in the first tune while I play . I’m playing for the brief break and then most on 42.




youtu.be/NkP-el4uRy8

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Mike Babyak · @mikebabyak
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A few years ago and I recorded this tune for his album de Colores. I had always wanted to lay down something in the style of and this was my chance. Danny of course is one of the finest players in the country. I only have a still shot of Danny during the session but I had the camera rolling when I cut my parts. I’m playing both parts during the breaks.

youtu.be/bBvLEddUAqc

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Mike Babyak · @mikebabyak
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A few years ago, and I were invited to perform at a tribute to . Here we are warming up back stage with our rendition of .

#dannygotham #duaneallman #littlemartha #dobro #allmanbrothers #mastomusic #slideguitar #steelguitar #acousticmusic

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Mike Babyak · @mikebabyak
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Had my bandmate in the studio this past weekend. He laid down 4 tracks of one of his tunes, Jaya Shiva Shankara by . The main track is using an tuning, the remaining 3 in standard.

Danny was the runner up in the 1980 National Championship.

youtu.be/9VsmLbN68bc

#dannygotham #guitar #bucketlist #johnfahey #openc #fingerpicking #acoustic #opentuning #fingerstyle #mastomusic

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Mike Babyak · @mikebabyak
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What the sounds like. I’m using the Banshee on all of the fills and my solo turns. Guitar is super light, made of Spanish cypress. Nice warm Wolftone humbuckers.

The solos also feature on a .

youtu.be/JbC2cPSMuaI

#kauer #banshee #dannygotham #parkerfly #guitar #afropop #mastomusic

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