Mike Compton and Joe Newberry passed through Northern California while on tour in 2019 and stopped by Peghead Nation HQ to play a few tunes. In this video, they play a great version of “Last Chance,” an old-time banjo classic from Virginia musician Hobart Smith.
For more from Joe and Mike, check out Compton and Newberry Live, a 2013 release from Mike and Joe playing songs from the 1930s and ’40s, when brother duet music was transforming into bluegrass.
And learn mandolin from Mike Compton in his Monroe-Style Mandolin course on Peghead Nation!
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