These past few years, mandolinist extraordinaire, Josh Pinkham , has grown in about every way imaginable; height, musical ability and maturity. Now only 18, Josh has shed his kid mandolin skin, to become a regular on the major festival circuit, first call session player, as well as an accomplished solo recording artist.Since 2003, Josh has been a regular, billed artist at both Magnolia-Fest and Spring-Fest. He’s shared the bill with countless name artists on the stages of Merle-Fest, Mando-Fest, The Florida Folk Festival, Gamble-Fest, Festival Internationale de’ Louisaine, Riverhawk and Magnolia Midwest Festivals.2005 not only brought a growth spurt, but more invaluable experiences on the big stage. Josh performed at the Mediterranean Island of Corsica at Au Son des Mandolines in the city of Ajaccio. The Corsica shows included performances with seminal acoustic & roots artists such as Mike Marshall and amazing Brazilian mandolinist, Hamilton De Holanda. Later that same year, Josh toured the South of France with shows in Lunel and Roumagne. This tour included performances with bassist, John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin, and Mike Marshall. At Merlefest in 2005 Joshua performed on the Mandomania stage with a plethora of mandolin pickers lined up in a row, including: Sam Bush, Mike Compton, Ronnie McCoury, Tim Obrien, Roland White, Tony Williamson, Jeff Pinkham, Wayne Benson, and James Nash.In 2006 Josh composed and performed an original 9 minute piece at famed Carnegie Hall in NYC. At this same event, hosted by Edgar Meyer with Mike Marshall, Bela Fleck, Jerry Douglas, and Chris Thile, Josh had the opportunity to accompany other young gifted players. Later that same year, Josh performed in Los Angeles for Elixir strings and Elite Music at the NAMM convention. These events included Josh performances with LA session legends Dean Parks and Phil Upchurch, as well as being featured with the Frank Vignola Quintet at Guitar Player magazine’s "All Star Guitar Night". Other performers included Ritchie Kotzen, Muriel Anderson, Paul Reed Smith, Johnny Highland, and the legendary Dick Dale.The musical chemistry between Vignola & Josh was immediate. In 2007, Joshua was asked to tour with Frank Vignola & his Quintet. This tour of clubs and concerts included the Chet Atkins Appreciation Society’s annual event in Nashville, Tennessee. The CAAS event included Tommy Emmanuel, Guy Van Duser, Muriel Anderson, and the European Gypsy jazz greats, The Joscho Stefan Trio. The Frank Vignola Quintet also performed in Boston at the Premier Guitar Festival with Robben Ford, Duke Robillard, J Geils and Stu Hamm.In between all this touring and maturing, Josh managed to record on a fair share of projects, including the great pop/rock band Orleans, David Grisman’s Tone Poet’s, The Pinkham Family Band’s debut, Frank Vignola’s ’Kong Man’, & Greg Liszt’s “The Bastard Masterpiece†(featuring Greg, Josh, Sam Grisman, and Michael Barnett.) Josh also has a project recorded and produced by David Grisman for Acoustic Disc records. This album features Josh and his tenor guitar-playing grandfather, Jerry Thomason,with a little help from David and Sam Grisman.Currently, Josh is working on two recording projects. The first is an original music project that showcases Josh’s vocal abilities as well as instrumentals. Opposite Josh, in the violin chair, is Jeremy Kittel. Other players include members of Frank Vignola’s Quintet. Keeping it in the family, Josh’s Mom, Terry Pinkham, brings her vocal stylings to the project as well. The album, tentatively scheduled for an early 09 street date, is on the upstart, Run’n’Gun Acoustic label out of Savannah, Ga. The second is an album of mandolin standards played as duets by Josh.
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