Re: English fiddling essay (no mando)
Shall we take up a collection to buy Lisa a mandolin?
After 28 posts without the word "mandolin," it's about time to work it into the discussion!
Added: My mistake, Eoin beat me to it in Post 3.
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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