Very wrong information. It was brought to Halifax by a Canadian sailor who bought it from a bootlegger in Virginia where it was traded for booze. It was not pawned by a sailor. He sold it to a man...
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Very wrong information. It was brought to Halifax by a Canadian sailor who bought it from a bootlegger in Virginia where it was traded for booze. It was not pawned by a sailor. He sold it to a man...
I bought the mandolin at Gottingen Exchange in January 1960. They were asking $300. but I only had a little over $100. which they took when I went back in the afternoon. I sold it to Evan Reilly in...
Melissa Monroe previously recorded for Columbia 1950-51.
Thought I replied before regarding F-5 73009 but possibly I didn't. It was bought by Ray McLean from a bootlegger in Virginia when Ray was in the navy. Back in Halifax it ended up with a mandolin...
Let me partially correct some information on 73009. It was not pawned in Halifax by an American sailor but by the mandolin/guitar duet Lucky & Curly. It was bought by Canadian sailor Ray MacLean...