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I enjoyed it, too, in the way I enjoy most Coen Brothers movies: with wonder, humor, and a hint of queasiness.

"Can't no one compel another man to engage in recreation - certainly not a son-of-a-gun as ill-humored as yourself ..."

"I'm not a devious man by nature - but when you're unarmed, your tactics...

I was going to post this in folk, but then, he covered so much more I couldn't find just one category to share it in, so it's in the General section.
Alan Lomax recorded a huge amount of music on...

One need only use the flexor muscles (brings the fingers to the palm), but not use the extensor muscles (brings fingers towards strait). Use the flexors when playing a note, then simply relax the...

We say we like creativity, but really, we don't.

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2013/12/creativity_is_rejected_teachers_and_bosses_don_t_value_out_of_the_box_thinking.html

[QUOTE=Vannillamandolin;1117927]Hi folks of mandoworld

Is there a specific way for holding the pick? /QUOTE]...

Not Bluegrass lyrics, but I always remember this one from when I was young;

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There was a young lass from Nantucket,
Who couldn't carry a tune in a bucket.
So she said with a grin, I'll play mandolin
and if you don't like my tone, then you can...pluck it.

Thought I was...

Polly Vaughn, or Polly Vonn, Molly Ban, Molly Brown, The Shooting of His Dear, etc. is a fairly widespread traditional ballad. Here's some discussions of its 18th-century origins, published as Peggy...

Bluegrass is also a music that distills a lot of musical traditions/genres. You can hear country/old time/folk song (often from Scotland, England, Ireland)/gospel/swing/blues/rock n roll/ etc.
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