Just to put you in your place
Regarding a thirteen-year-old criminal in East London, 1895:
"One neighbour said that Robert was a talented mandolin player. 'This love of music,' the Lloyd's reporter observed, 'is not infrequent among the bad folks of criminal history'."
Summerscale, Kate. The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer. NY: Penguin P, 2016, (p.59).
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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"Mean Old Timer, He's got grey hair, Mean Old Timer he just don't care
Got no compassion, thinks its a sin
All he does is sit around an play the Mandolin"
Re: Just to put you in your place
Further proof that people have been mistaking mandolins for banjos for a long time.
BTW, one notorious criminal, Al Capone, learned to play the mandola while incarcerated, and even composed a loving tribute to his mother. One could infer from this that the mandolin can help rehabilitate even a most murderous miscreant.
But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong. - Dennis Miller
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Not the English lad, I'm afraid.Originally Posted by journeybear
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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Well, can't win them all.
And remember, as The New York Times averred in an article published on 8/20/1897:
"... no well informed person ever called the picking of the mandolin music."
But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong. - Dennis Miller
Furthering Mandolin Consciousness
Finders Keepers, my duo with the astoundingly talented and versatile Patti Rothberg. Our EP is finally done, and available! PM me, while they last!
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