Mike taught me mandolin back in Lakeland, FL many years ago! I will tell you that he could play just about anything that has strings! Hello Mike! It's Mike, remember me??

Mike you are simply one of the masters of the mandolin family, be it mandocello or mandola. This performance shows the versatility and beauty of the mandolin with an accomplished musician. May you play for many many years Mike. Thank you.

Love that old, worn Gibson. Marshall on fire as always.

Im getting my first mandolin, thanks for the inspiration 👍.

one of my favorite fiddle tunes and ive never heard it played better amazing

May be my favorite performance of this fiddle tune. Beautiful!

thank you

Bravo! Masterful! How to embellish a simple melody ad infinitum.

Mike you are amazing!!

Love the way you play Mike

This guy plays amazingly.

Played like a BOSS.!

What finger work, beautiful!

Stephen Foster's "Angelina Baker" eventually spawned "Angeline the Baker" with oral tradition as the midwife. You can hear the original "Angelina Baker" performed from the 1850 sheet music at kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pZt3jKZqsZyVcWQ.html. The composition morphed quite a bit from "Angelina" to "Angeline," as you'd expect as those who couldn't read sheet music (maybe not read at all) passed the melody on by ear from musician to musician, some players tweaking the notes. Foster was a Pennsylvania Yankee who may never have visited the South, yet who wanted to be recognized as the leading composer of what then was called "Ethiopian music" for mass publication. Foster's published lyrics reflected his romanticized [and racist] image of a mournful slave's lament at love lost. Once freed from paper, his words evolved into a folksy mishmash of whimsical and unrelated lyrics, perhaps including some ghost lyrics.

awesome skills!! great sound

Maestro Mike.

That click is my favorite part about mandolin

nicely palyed, thanks!

So great

Jesus Mike it's gorgeous....Thank you, stay well....

Wonderful tune

I like the sliding position changes. I don't always know when its best to change positions and when it is best to move horizontally on the fretboard.

Incredible

Humbling :)

beautiful. greetings from colombia

Awesome

One word… metronome. Has anyone else tried to play rhythm to this? You can’t. Mike… I love you, and have always loved your playing since I discovered you in the early ‘80’s. But please re-do this where it’s in time.

A well worn but obviously loved instrument played beautifully, thank you.

Had anyone tried to play rhythm behind this? 😉

So, I've been interested in signing up to Mike's class, but just haven't pulled the trigger yet. Are arrangements of songs like this taught so that we can learn how to play it as Mike plays it? What I mean is, I want to get an in depth study of some of the awesome techniques he's using on this tune. I often feel with online classes like someone who's been given a recipe for a great dish - when you make it, it's similar to the original, but the person who gave you the recipe obviously left out a bunch of stuff. I really don't want to do that, I want to get the tools to do exactly what Mike is doing there.

Hey Mike, care to come up to Toronto & teach Claire Lynch and myself how to play like you ?

That mandolin looks alot like Big Mon's. I know it isn't but has that same appearance.

1:38 and then he starts noting like this.... gorgeous..

Are you teaching this. Coz if you are I'll sign up

Hi can you tell me on joining up with mikes online lessons does he provide printable tab with each piece?

Angeline the Baker was written by Stephen Foster. The instrumental version, Angelina Baker, is an adaptation of the original tune. The author is unknown.

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