Bluegrass Mandolin Solos That Every Parking Lot Picker Should Know 2 Paperback – May 1, 2006

After being a believer and devoted student of Kaufman's same guitar series, I have purchased and dog-eared the Series 1 edition of the same series. For part 2, I am no less pleased. Kaufman does a great job of choosing the most common tunes still being played professionally and in jam sessions and gives you three different levels of difficulty from basic to really-darn-tough. All of Kaufman's work I have purchased has been my most studied material and this book will be no different. Recommended indeed!

Again, Great book done Steve Kaufman style. He teaches Music camps every year with a huge following and many other great musicians lending a hand. He has the forumla to help make you a better player if you are willing to put in the work.

Somehow - I stole this on ebay - a new copy for $24 plus $3 shipping for a Christmas present for my husband. I think it has the list price of $65 or $70 on the back. It has 6 CDS and the tab. It is well worth the money of $65/$70 because Kauffman really has put a lot of time and is a good teacher. My husband loves these instructional books with CDS. He likes Kauffman and bought his gospel bluegrass book first.He has small TV/ DVD player in his music room - just slips the CDS into the TV and has a remote control to play along with the CDS. CDS are great - as they help you keep time and like my husband said - if you play by yourself and you make a mistake you won't keep playing - you flounder around, start over and whatever. But if you play along with the CD you have to keep going - mistakes and all or Kauffman will leave you behind quickly. My husband said that is what these CDS / instruction books have helped him the most with - keeping time. My husband ran through the beginner and now is working on the intermediate. I think he has greatly improved and is sounding more professional. Kauffman - tells you the down up down up pick strokes - which my husband has been playing for years - and never knew about the pick strokes. Pick strokes have a lot to do with your timing too. I think by watching youtube videos on pick strokes / taking a few on line lessons from Banjo Ben / my husband has really improved.Only improvements to the book - he forgot Cherokee Shuffle and it is on a later CD - it is not in order. The rest of the book matches the CD (which most books are not that organized). Would also be nice if you didn't have to turn pages - which is a major gripe that my husband has - he makes a copy of the page on our printer - and then clips it to the book - so he doesn't have to turn the page - so if you have a copier/printer it is an easy fix but a little bit of a pain.Already purchased another one of Kauffman's - Four Hour Workout - played without the mandolin ... a lot of the same songs. These are easier versions of the songs - but playing with a band - and Kauffman leaves out the mandolin and you have to play that part. Can use this book with the guitar, mandolin, or violin. You really need to know the songs - almost memorized from the Parking Lot solos before you go on to the Four Hour Workout. We got a good deal on this book on Amazon - for around $28 or $30 ....Now - I'm looking for the parking lot solos book number one at a good price.