Scott Mulvahill: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Feb. 18, 2019, Bob Boilen Scott Mulvahill has been trying to win the Tiny Desk Contest for each of its four years. He s always been one of our favorites, though he s never been our winner. The double bassist entered his song, Begin Againers in 2016 and though it wasn t the winning entry, we all loved it so much, I invited him to my desk to perform his extraordinary song. He opened the Tiny Desk with it, only this time he was joined by bandmates Jesse Isley and Josh Shilling who shared vocal harmonies. Scott Mulvahill honed his craft touring with the great bluegrass mandolin player Ricky Skaggs. Playing bluegrass with him is like playing jazz with Miles Davis, Scott told the Tiny Desk crowd. Each of the three tunes Scott Mulvahill played represents different aspects of his creative spirit. He challenges himself to find ways to use the bass as a solo instrument, but its most common role is to accompany others. So he brought his band along for his most rollicking song, Gold Plated There s a bit