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Michael Daves
@michaeldaves.bsky.social
Bluegrass, etc. NYC & The Berkshires. Albums on Nonesuch, BG Vocal School on ArtistWorks. Grammy nominated high lonesome
Got together with Tony Trischka the other day, who helped me kick off a new series on Hazel Dickens, for ArtistWorks. Hazel is pretty much my favorite bluegrass singer (along with Bill Monroe) and it was her centennial on June 1 so I’ll be celebrating with various special guests in the coming months
June 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
March Addendum: Livestream Today, FreshGrass, New Music Soon! mailchi.mp/michaeldaves...
March 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Here’s I’ve Endured, written and recorded by the great Ola Belle Reed, though I do it at more of a Del McCoury tempo. It’s a staple opener for my solo sets

ICYMI, just released the March Newsletter where I talk about my UK tour May 1-10 etc. Read and subscribe here:

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March 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Jacob Jolliff and I are psyched to play NYC’s legendary Cafe Wha? on Friday, March 21. Sharing a bill with our buddy Jordan Tice and his trio. It’s an early one - 6pm - and tickets are limited so don’t sleep on it!

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This is Stoney Creek, a Jim & Jesse original
March 13, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Had a nice convo with The Fretboard Journal re: the NYC scene, the interplay of traditional & experimental forms, teaching & documenting the bluegrass guitar canon, and the upcoming Muleskinner tribute at Green Mountain Bluegrass & Roots Festival. Read here:
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Interview: Michael Daves on Muleskinner, New York, and Experimentation - Fretboard Journal
When I meet Michael Daves at a pie shop in Park Slope, he’s come straight from a rehearsal, guitar slung across his back. He’s here just for the week: He and his wife split their time between Brooklyn...
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February 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Can’t wait to play Wintergrass Music Festival this weekend near Seattle with Jacob Jolliff. Great lineup as always! We’ll be doing a bunch of #jimandjesse material from our upcoming album (release TBA) including this one, You Are The One.
February 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Been diving deep into Norman Blake’s Sulphur Springs album for a class I’m teaching. Here’s his version of Bully of the Town - first and last times through.

#normanblake #flatpicking #flatpickingguitar
February 4, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I'm doubling up on Lefty Frizzell songs in this Lonesome Fridays series! That's The Way Love Goes was a late entry into Lefty's catalog (1973). If people know the song, it's usually from Merle Haggard. The song didn't stick with me until it came up in some jam sessions this summer but it’s a doozy.
December 20, 2024 at 9:36 PM
LONESOME FRIDAYS #8: I was recently asked to demo an early ‘60s Gibson Everly Brothers model guitar so I dug up their 1958 album Songs Our Daddy Taught Us for inspiration, which features old folk tunes. The opening track is Roving Gambler, and that’s the story of how we got to this week’s offering.
December 14, 2024 at 6:34 AM
Part of my Zoom class on Clarence White/Muleskinner was a roundtable with OG band members David Grisman, Richard Greene & Peter Rowan. They shared amazing insight and stories about working with Clarence and with each other/
December 10, 2024 at 2:39 AM
Just wrapped up a Zoom class on Clarence White’s playing on the 1973 Muleskinner album. Here’s his break on the Peter Rowan song Blue Mule — his last solo on the last song on a (finished) studio album. Clarence passed a few months after recording this. His phrasing was unbelievable. None finer.
December 8, 2024 at 7:24 PM
First post! You’ve caught me in the midst of a 10 song series, Lonesome Fridays, where I share fav songs solo (mostly bluegrass, country, etc). Here’s Slow Train Through Georgia by Norman Blake. I’m playing my first guitar, received Xmas ‘88, and recently reacquired from an old friend after 20 yrs 🙏
December 7, 2024 at 8:11 PM