Mel Bay A Guide to Octave Mandolin & Bouzouki
John McGann is a Boston-based internationally renown mandolinist and guitarist, composer, arranger, and transcriber; Professor of Strings at Berklee College of Music and New England Conservatory; and is a founding member of The Wayfaring Strangers, Celtic Fiddle Festival, The Boston Edge, Classical Tangent and other groups . He won 1st Place at the National Mandolin Championship, Winfield Kansas (1985). John writes for Flatpicking Guitar Magazine, Mandolin Magazine, and Acoustic Guitar Magazine as well as Mel Bay Publications. He is the staff transcriber for David Grisman's Acoustic Disc website