Women with Mandolins

[Django Fret]

Canadian songwriter, singer and mandolin player, Marika.

[drdecanto]

Toy Heart-breakers

So who are they?

[journeybear]

I got to thinking about Lorraine Duisit - remember her from the very first post of this thread? After doing considerable interweb research I have found very little on her - the usual suspects in place holders, of course, but genuine current info, another story. Seems she's been flying under the radar. Then I found her myspace page, which is at about the same newbie stage as mine, where I found a couple of nice photos. Also, her featured tracks show she still has that nice light touch.

From cdbaby and other CD sites with bits of reviews I did see she's gotten married to Tom Espinola, they've put out a few albums, both of them are credited with playing mandolin, mandola, and mandocello (the trifecta), which hopefully means their albums contain some fine mando-interplay and we all know there isn't enough of that (yet) in this world.

I also found she was a Mandolin World News cover girl in 1984, sharing the honors with Yank Rachell. Now THERE'S a winning pair. There's that beautiful mandola of hers, and Yank's - what IS that he's got? Unfamiliar with that make.

Well, clearly I have to work on my image-to-verbiage ratio!

[Django Fret]

"and Yank's - what IS that he's got?"

That would be a Harmony F-style, also known as a Batwing. You can see a picture of Amanda Barrett playing one at emando.com

Here is one of Beth Patterson not playing a Harmony of any kind.

[journeybear]

Oh - THAT Amanda Barrett! Ditty Bops are cool. And that Harmony headstock - wild!

[MANDOLINMYSTER]

another vintage mando-babe-

[MikeEdgerton]

Was that mandolin built by Antonio Tsai's great grandfather?

[MANDOLINMYSTER]

Was that mandolin built by Antonio Tsai's great grandfather?

Good one Mike, it sure looks like it

[Django Fret]

Bailey Grey, the lead vocalist and mandolin player of Bailey Grey & The Tailgater's. ("MUSIC ROW BREAKOUT ARTIST OF THE YEAR" according to her Website)

[Michael Gowell]

Whoa.

[otterly2k]

More angelic mandolinistas ... mandolinistes ... mandolineras ... mandolinesses?

How about ... "mandolin players" ?

[journeybear]

Touché! ... Mais, vive la difference!

[mrmando]

Bailey Grey, the lead vocalist and mandolin player of Bailey Grey & The Tailgater's.

Jiminy, I bet they spent more on the hairstylist than they did on the mandolin. She needs a real instrument.

[Django Fret]

Could be but I'll bet that Sonia Maurer can play pretty well with the one she has.

[mrmando]

Well, in her case that's a nice Calace and there isn't much hairstyling to speak of. Sonia and Bailey would appear to have differing sets of priorities.

[Django Fret]

But, does it really matter as long as you are having fun playing?

I'll bet that Barbara Ryan of Iona Music isn't too concerned about the type of mandolin she is playing or how good her hair looks. Just enjoying this wonderful instrument and what you can do with what you have.

[journeybear]

And now, from across the pond, classical mandolinist Alison Stephens, with a very nice bowlback - Calace? Also, from a few years ago, with Raffaele Calace Jr. and his father's liuto.

[Django Fret]

New Year's Eva Scow! (Sorry, too much champagne!)

[Ken Olmstead]

Just a follow up to this post:

http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/sh...postcount=1148

I investigated the whereabouts of this mandolin and I found out that my cousin was the stewart of it up until fairly recently. Unfortunately it became a source of funding for a substance abuse problem. I had a nice chat with him over the holidays and he was just sick over what he had done. He said that it was in virtually mint condition, had the original case also virtually perfect and still even had the key!! He pawned it and went back a few weeks later and it was gone. He is a really good guitar player and he had taken very good care of it and cherished it as much as I would have. I told him not to worry about it since I am sure that Pearl and myself are very happy he made it to other side of that garbage alive! So bittersweet ending. Would have been sold in New York I think. I asked to confim if it had a white face and he said no but it had a white pickguard. It must have really yellowed or something.

[journeybear]

That's really too bad, Ken. Such a sad end to what was shaping up to be a great story. Glad you could find the good in it, and that your cousin had gotten through his troubles.

And HAVE a Brentup New Year!

Meanwhile, hope this shot of Rhonda wailin' away brings you some cheer

[bsmando]

Here's a wonderful cover photo on some sheet music I just found at a thrift store!

[Plamen Ivanov]

And now, from across the pond, classical mandolinist Alison Stephens, with a very nice bowlback - Calace?

Embergher, not Calace.

[journeybear]

embergher, not calace.

благодаря!

[Plamen Ivanov]

Моля!

[Michael Gowell]

re that pink photo above from the sheet music...are you sure the person on the right is a woman? and can those matching perms possibly be real?