The Devil Went Down to Georgia

[an uncalloused fingertip]

Just a shot-in-the-dark question. Have any of you guys ever thought of a mandolin arrangement of "The Devil Went Down to Georgia"?

Gene

[Scotti Adams]

..yea..just catch a D..and hang on

[jaco]

This tune sure sounds alot like a Vasser fiddle tune in Dminor. Lonesome Fiddle Blues.

[GTison]

cause it is. Vasser had it first. I read in a mag. article that C. Daniels called him up and asked if he'd heard his hit song "Devil went...." He told him yes it was a good song. I don't think he mentioned that it was just like his Lonesome fiddle blues. He just let it go.

[GTison]

cause his hat was so big you couldn't see it buried up under there.
I member seeing him at a concert in Gainsville, FL at the UF O'Connel center 'bout 1982. He wore a BIG cowboy hat. He subbed in with Bill Monroe didn't he in the 60's?

[TeleMark]

I read an interview with CD where he says he wears the hat mainly to protect his eyes... Apparently he has a condition that makes him sensitive to bright lights, so he always wears tinted lenses and a wide-brimmed hat so he can play on stage.

[mandomick]

He subbed in with Bill Monroe didn't he in the 60's?

Don't know about that but I'm pretty sure he played bass on Dylan's Nashville Skyline album. If I remember correctly, there's a picture of him and some other musicians that played on that record on the back cover.

[an uncalloused fingertip]

I wonder if Charlie could somewhat pull it off on the mando-blaster. I bet he could.

I wonder why I see so many fiddlers' fiddles that have a heavy coat of rosin both on the fingerboard and the top of the instrument. I assume it deals with a sort of rebel mentality - just leaving the #### on the instrument and pretending like the thing is just what you found one day and decided to mess around with for awhile. I don't get it. The mandolin equivalent would probably be a guy who spents a little time each day making new scratches into the finish of his instrument where the pick guard once was bolted into place - to add a little identity and character.