David Long is a
mandolin player from
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and ...
. He was born in the winter of 1975.
[http://www.stuartsoperahouse.org/index.php?item=114 An evening with Mike Compton & David Long] Long has been described as a next generation musician with traditional sounds of
bluegrass.
[http://www.w36.com/inactive/blackcrowbooking/artists.html Black Crow Booking Mike Compton and David Long] Long's music career started in 1996. He plays Rural Country Blues, Old Time Bluegrass, and Early Black String Band.
David’s style of playing was influenced by
Curly Seckler
John Ray Sechler, known as Curly Seckler, (December 25, 1919 – December 27, 2017) was an American bluegrass musician. He played with Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs in their band the Foggy Mountain Boys from 1949 to 1962, among other bluegrass a ...
. David has played with the Wildwood Valley Boys for about two years, and with Karl Shiflett and his Big Show.
He famously used explicit language on the stage of the world famous
Station Inn.
Duet
In 2003, David and
Mike Compton, a well known mandolin player and
Grammy winner, worked as a duet. They met at Mohican Bluegrass Festival in Central Ohio in 1999.
Both had an interest in string band music.
In 2006, David and Mike recorded an album together titled ''Stomp''. The album was recorded in
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...
with the help of
David Grisman, another mandolin player.
Songs
*"Evening Prayer Blues"
*"Ashland Breakdown"
*"How You Want It Done"
*"Evening Prayers Blues"
*"January Nightmare"
*"Big Indian Blues"
References
1975 births
Living people
American bluegrass musicians
American mandolinists
Musicians from Nashville, Tennessee
American bluegrass mandolinists
Country musicians from Tennessee
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