John Mock - Cd "the Day At Sea"

[RobKitt]

If you've not heard what John Mock does with the concertina, this CD is worth checking out. John is an extremely talented, multi-instrumental recording session musician here in Nashville, but grew up in New England. He has two solo concertina tunes on this CD, viz. "An Evening at the Inn" & "The Day at Sea". Another, "Roundstone Bay" has orchestration, but with concertina as the lead instrument.

 

I had a chance to meet John in July 05 and he was kind enough to give my new C/G a hands-on try. I was impressed; his musicality on any instrument speaks for itself. Links to his website and CD Baby are below.

 

http://www.johnmock.net/

 

http://cdbaby.com/cd/mockjohn

[Jody Kruskal]

Thanks Rob for the John Mock tip. I gave his site a listen and certainly enjoyed it. He has an interesting technique on one of the cuts you mentioned: John holds a high drone note while playing a single line melody underneath. I tried it and it works fine for that high and lonely nashville sound.