Re: Blues, Stomps, & Rags #2
Learning to play Yank Rachell style:
I forgot to say that Yank's music is well covered in teaching books and DVD's. Joe Carr teaches Yank's style in School of Mandolin: Blues, with MP3's. Steve James teaches a Yank Rachell tune, along with other tunes, on each of his two "Learn to Play Blues Mandolin" DVD's. Rich DelGrosso teaches Yank's style and a couple of his tunes in his book with CD, Mandolin Blues.
Robert Johnson's mother, describing blues musicians:
"I never did have no trouble with him until he got big enough to be round with bigger boys and off from home. Then he used to follow all these harp blowers, mandoleen (sic) and guitar players."
Lomax, Alan, The Land where The Blues Began, NY: Pantheon, 1993, p.14.
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