Women with Mandolins

[jim simpson]

Anne Marie Jackson of Lonesome Meadow. They are out of Westerville, Ohio. Anne plays mandolin and fiddle, both quite well! Saw them last Sat. on a bill that we were on.

[Jackgaryk]

wow....what a talented family. it does my heart good to see these young folks (and their dad) picking bluegrass and old time music. i'm liking that Haynes mandolin Anne Marie is playing also. gonna get me some Lonesome Meadow cd's.

[Marc Berman]

My daughter, Brianna, receiving her graduation present. A custom Phoenix Neoclassical.

[Richard J]

What a great present, way to go Dad.

[JEStanek]

Congratulations to you both!

Jamie

[hank]

I think those two beauties were made for each other Marc. What a wonderful gift in so many ways.

[Gelsenbury]

Well done, Brianna and dad!

[Bill Snyder]

This photo was just posted in another thread but I think it belongs with this thread as well.
Agatha Christie with her mandolin.

[journeybear]

Another intriguing aspect of this woman of mystery.

[brunello97]

This photo was just posted in another thread but I think it belongs with this thread as well.
Agatha Christie with her mandolin.

DMIS, Bill. Nice Italian job there.

Mick

[journeybear]

Maddie And Tae had a monster hit coming out of nowhere, "Girl In A Country Song," bolstered by a youtube video that's got over 25 million views. The first photo is a still from that. Maddie Marlow from Sugar Land TX plays mandolin and guitar, Tae Dye from Ada OK plays guitar. They may tend toward the pop side of country, but they've got some style, and they can actually sing. They tore it up on The Today Show this morning. The last two pics are from that. Couldn't really hear their instruments, as usual.

[whitelines]

Incredible photo... I had never even heard of or seen a harp guitar until now. Youtubing now.

I also found this website (http://www.harpguitars.net/knutsen/payne.htm#hgs) with a buttload of information about the photo. Such an interesting slice of musical history!

[MikeEdgerton]

There are also harp mandolins.

[Purdy Bear]

I would add my picture but I would not only break the camera, my laptop but the whole internet as well. RFLOL!

[jim simpson]

The subject of my very first post on this thread, Lorraine Duisit. Shown here with her band, Mandalele.

[stringalong]

Thanks for this great idea for a post. There's also a Barbara Bernstein somewhere. I knew her in Oregon about 25 years ago. Don't know anything about her now, or where she is, etc. She played with Bill Monroe once. She was a great bluegrass player. There's "li'l me," Stringalong, too!

[journeybear]

The subject of my very first post on this thread, Lorraine Duisit. Shown here with her band, Mandalele.

Just in case it isn't clear, she's the one with the manda-, not the -lele. Mandola, that is.

I would add my picture but I would not only break the camera, my laptop but the whole internet as well. RFLOL!

Go ahead, give it a try. I've managed. Took a few tries, and lost some gear along the way, but I've managed. Barring that, perhaps try a silhouette.

[MikeEdgerton]

I don't know if this one is in the thread. These women were building instruments at Gibson during WWII. Note the one playing the mandolin.

[Bill Burch]

Incredible photo... I had never even heard of or seen a harp guitar until now. Youtubing now.

I also found this website (http://www.harpguitars.net/knutsen/payne.htm#hgs) with a buttload of information about the photo. Such an interesting slice of musical history!

Can you imagine keeping such an ensemble in tune? No Snarks or Petersons in 1902

Bill

[stringalong]

Wow! What a great picture! Isn't it amazing how women like these are left out of history? Sad, but I'm learning a lot more nowadays about women's accomplishments.

[stringalong]

Bill, you gotta know about John Doan! I used to live in Salem, Oregon, where he's been a music professor since 1977. I've heard him play the harp guitar, and some of his other eclectic historic US American instruments. "John Doan is an Emmy Nominee and pioneer of playing the guitar with twenty strings for which he recently was awarded the International Brand Laureate Award for 'World's Leading Harp Guitarist.'" There's a great deal more at this link about him and his myriad of instruments, and who he's played with, commendations by Doc Watson, Chet Atkins and more...
http://www.willamette.edu/cla/music/faculty/doan/

[Jess L.]

... John Doan... harp guitar...

I went to one of his concerts years ago, I thought it was pretty good.

[journeybear]

These women were building instruments at Gibson during WWII. Note the one playing the mandolin.

Fascinating. Of course this would have been the case - as in most factories, women were hired to work while men were fighting or otherwise involved in the war effort - but somehow one is usually being shown heavy industry. Here we have, instead of Rosie the Riveter, Lizzie the Luthier.

Good find! And Happy Veteran's Day!

[stringalong]

Bill, what an amazing picture! When I was younger, I read ALL the Agatha Christie mysteries. ALL. I had no idea she was a mandolin player. Have you seen the fictional movie, "Agatha"? Fascinating movie, imagining what she was doing during a period of time when she "disappeared" - even now, nobody knows where she went. She doesn't play mandolin in the movie.

I dug around on the web about her mysterious disappearance and found this link. The circumstances were reflected quite believably in the movie.

http://www.historyextra.com/feature/...gatha-christie

[Charles E.]

Just stumbled upon Jenni Lyn Gardner......




Good stuff!