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    Quote Originally Posted by Arto View Post
    The exhibition booklet Ring the Banjar! by Robert Lloyd Webb calls this instrument "mandoline-banjo" (wooden instrument with mandolin body, bowlback or flatback, and 5-string banjo neck). I suppose the invention never got to be popular unlike the vice-versa instrument with banjo body and mandolin neck with eight strings.

    Really!?! My understanding is a mandolin-banjo - aka banjolin - is a banjo body and mandolin neck. I'm confused ... ... or perhaps Mr. Webb is ... I dunno - seems to me that distinctive body, circular with stretched drum head, would be the defining characteristic, at least for modern instruments. But what do I know? I've only owned two of 'em - good for upbeat jug band songs.
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    chaste ... very chaste photos of the instruments in question:

    - first is a manjo, courtesy of the 12 fret
    - second is a banjola, courtesy of eldery
    - third is a banjolin, taken from wikipedia

    - bill (nude from the neck up)
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    Based on these pictures, the one in question sure looked like a banjola to me. Getting back to the topic of Women WITH Mandolins, here is one of Hayley Moyses and a mandolin b@njo.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Django Fret View Post
    ... Getting back to the topic of Women WITH Mandolins, here is one of Hayley Moyses and a mandolin b@njo.
    Never seen one with single strings before. Both of mine had eight, and rang and rang like all get out. The first one was like this, some well-known mfr whose name escapes me (Vega?), with plastic head, and was awfully loud, but worked well in the jug band. Traded it for a nice old one with smaller diameter body and skin head, with a quieter, even sweeter tone. Brought it in to my luthier's for skin replacement, found it needed some work - much more costly than it cost - and has sat in his basement ever since. One of these days ...

    Here are a banjolin and mandolin duo, and a pic of a Bulgarian banjolinist busking. The caption for the third image reads: chup chungvoi ban jolin shin dep. If I ever translate that I'll let you know.

    If you go here you will see a delightful pic of some young Aussie ladies on a spree in 1939, one playing a banjolin like my second one. Also at flicker: The Banjolin and it's creator, Ed. though these are what we seem to be calling banjolas.

    Quote Originally Posted by billkilpatrick View Post
    chaste ... very chaste photos of the instruments in question:

    - bill (nude from the neck up)
    Thanks Bill for the pictorial evidence. I get it now, now I see. Now please go cover up all potentially offensive areas!
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    Am I the only one who has attended a show only because of this thread? I'd never heard of Red Molly before this thread (several pages back) but when I saw them listed on the schedule at a local venue, I bought tickets. No mandolin on the stage that night.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tim View Post
    I'd never heard of Red Molly before this thread (several pages back) but when I saw them listed on the schedule at a local venue, I bought tickets. No mandolin on the stage that night.
    As a small consolation, here is a small picture of Carolann Solebello of Red Molly. I haven't bought a ticket yet, but probably would if any came into the local area. I had no idea that so many women played mandolin until this thread came along.
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    Quote Originally Posted by journeybear View Post
    Really!?! My understanding is a mandolin-banjo - aka banjolin - is a banjo body and mandolin neck. I'm confused ... ... :

    The way I learned it: a banjolin is a banjo body and a mandolin neck and strings. A manjo is a banjo neck and strings on a solid mandolin like body.

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    Be assured that a mandolin banjo will have eight strings. If the likewise small instrument has only four strings, it might be a banjo uke; five strings it might be a banjeurine.

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    If this shot by Bryan Peterson at corbis.com had a title, it should be "Joy"...

    (There are no details at corbis about the photo or model, other than it is a "royalty free" image.)
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    Would "Red Molly" be an homage to the lass of the same name in the song "1952 Vincent Black Lightning?"

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    Very likely, though there's no mention at their website, nor does the song appear on their albums. Then again, I've often wondered whether RT's character was a reference to some other character ... And FWIW, they formed after jamming together at Falcon Ridge 2004, and it was at Falcon Ridge in ~1995 that I first heard that great song, done by Greg Brown. As I said, FWIW ...

    Looking through the photos at their webiste it looks like she plays guitar most of the time. If you go to her website there's a clip of a song she wrote called "Papa's Mandolin."
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tim View Post
    Am I the only one who has attended a show only because of this thread?
    Nope, this thread got me to a Beth Patterson show a few months ago. Fantastic!!!

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    if you really are interested in where Red Molly got its name, i can probably find out fairly quickly. I work with Abby Gardner's mom (who broke her arm a couple weeks ago and has been away from work, but ought to be back soon).
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    Here is one of Honey Brassfield. Great singer, songwriter, and mandolin player. Got to jam with her last weekend and had a blast. I put a link to her myspace site. I don't think she posts here but I will mention it next time.

    http://www.myspace.com/honeybrassfieldandmidnightstorm
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    Quote Originally Posted by Randi Gormley View Post
    if you really are interested in where Red Molly got its name, i can probably find out fairly quickly....
    Inquiring minds want to know! Information beats speculation. Though for sheer entertainment value, speculation is hard to beat!
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    Yet another young phenom, Sarah Jarosz. Check her out at youtube jamming with Mike Marshall - outstanding!

    She's going to be on NPR's All Things Considered this weekend.
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    Re: Origin of name "Red Molly"

    From a question posted on Dixiestreams.com

    "Did you get the name Red Molly from that Richard Thompson song?
    Well, sorry to disappoint all you Richard Thompson fans, but no, we didn’t. After we decided on the name, we realized the connection and are happy, since we really like Richard. But we aren’t a RT tribute band or anything. Actually, we got "Red" from "Red Dirt Girl", an album by Emmylou Harris (one of our favorites). The "Molly" came from a little girl we met on the subway who was sweet and wide-eyed and wonderful. Red is also a spunky color, so we like that!"
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    Our own Gail Hester with a 1921 K4 mandocello; with husband Chuck and Bluegrass Bonnie; and some of her work. All I have left to say is, wow! Oh, and maybe - the family that picks together, sticks together!
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    Last edited by journeybear; Jun-13-2009 at 1:52pm.
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    i see the question was answered (sorry, was away from the computer for a few days). they're a great group, aren't they?
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    Yep. Tell Abby's mom that we think she did a good job!
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    Choro mandolinist Nilze Carvalho, of Brazil.




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    listen - go slowly here ... there's something wrong with her eyes - but here's a lovely caprice played by sara from belgium:


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    Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls with a vintage Gibson. Saw them last week. She only played a couple of tunes on it and she basically strums it like a "little guitar" but it's always nice to see the instrument in front of a wider audience.
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    Bill, watching her other video's her eyes appear the same in them all. She might be blind or have an eye muscle issue (her interests are listed as mandoline and ropeskipping). She plays nicely.

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    Here's one of me....

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