Re: I can’t find The Blues in my Mandolin
Originally Posted by
Nashville
Just my opinion, but this is why a mandolin never sounds bluesy to me, no bending notes. Without the bending the mandolin just sounds like an attempted approximation using a blues scale. But some guys do make a pretty good job of it.
So an instrument that has been used consistently in blues since blues began doesn't sound "bluesy" because it isn't a guitar or harmonica. Thanks for letting us know.
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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