Clockwise from upper upper left: Warren Sirota, Kathy Greenstone, Van Williamson, and Ken Frankel.
Ken invented this group because he couldn't find enough classical mandolin players to play
in a mandolin quartet. We started out just reading quartets for fun, but magic happened, and soon we were performing
professionally throughout the Bay Area, and developing a loyal following. We played string quartets and other
classical pieces on unique electric guitars which Ken specially designed to cover the range of usual string
quartet instruments (violin, viola, and cello).
Our 1983 Cassette
We recorded these songs in Ken's home studio, and sold the cassettes at our concerts
J. Pachelbel - Canon in D
Tom Constanten - Alaric's Premonition - a gothic fugue en rondeau on a theme by J. Garcia
W. A. Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Played one key below usual, and a little slower than usual to bring out the guitar sounds better.
Allegro
Andante
Minuet and Trio
Presto
A. Glazounow - Slavic Quartet
An interesting discovery. The first three movements worked great for guitars.
Moderato
Interludium
Alla Mazurka
Live Recordings of Pieces by J. S. Bach
This is the best that could be salvaged from the few recordings we made with cheap cassette recorders.
From our last concert, 1985: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
