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    Quote Originally Posted by Sergeant:
    for sure! I had to explain to everyone what it was when I first started.
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    I went to school once with my mandolin for a folk music club. There was only one person who even knew what it was! Everyone else thought it was a banjo :-D.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nrsmac View Post
    Here Comes the Sun by the Beatles is probably one of the most well-known popular songs with the Mandolin.
    AFAIK there is no mandolin on "Here Comes The Sun".

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    Quote Originally Posted by nrsmac View Post
    Here Comes the Sun by the Beatles is probably one of the most well-known popular songs with the Mandolin.
    Huh?

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    Gotta' be 'Here Comes The Sun'

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gutbucket View Post
    I second Maggie Mae. That song got a lot of universal air time on a lot of radio stations back then. More then any bluegrass song before or since.
    That's the first lick I ever learned on mandolin!

    Quote Originally Posted by Alex of the North View Post
    What about "Santa Lucia" or "Come Back to Sorrento?" While they may not be popular favorites, surely they're some of the more recognizable mandolin tunes out there...
    All those Italian tunes are in the public's consciousness - and like y'all said, the Godfather themes.

    Quote Originally Posted by nrsmac View Post
    Here Comes the Sun by the Beatles is probably one of the most well-known popular songs with the Mandolin.
    Sorry, not mandolin, acoustic guitar capo'd at the 7th fret.

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    Yes, no mandolin on any Beatles songs. One thing about them that shows they weren't perfect. George Harrison and Paul McCartney have used mandolin on a few recordings, and George was very much taken with the ukulele.
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    Definitley purple haze by Jimi hendrix.
    "When you learn an old time fiddle tune, you make a friend for life"

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    I can thiink of one that is heard by 100's of thousands of people every week. Maybe even millions. Everyone who listens to Car Talk on NPR knows the theme song by David Grisman. Talk about well known!
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    Quote Originally Posted by journeybear View Post
    Yes, no mandolin on any Beatles songs. One thing about them that shows they weren't perfect. George Harrison and Paul McCartney have used mandolin on a few recordings, and George was very much taken with the ukulele.
    That was one instrument they missed using.

    I guess the sitar makes up for it.

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    Today we are resurrecting some old threads, not that there's anything wrong with that, I'm always happy to see it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MikeEdgerton View Post
    Today we are resurrecting some old threads, not that there's anything wrong with that, I'm always happy to see it.
    It's us new members' fault.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DavidKOS View Post
    That was one instrument they missed using.

    I guess the sitar makes up for it.
    I'm afraid not. Nothing can, and nothing will. But I'm holding up under the strain.
    But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong. - Dennis Miller

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    It's us new members' fault.
    Thank you for using correct grammar through a difficult sentence!
    Blow on, man.

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    I think beyond a shadow of a doubt, if you are talking well known in the public's consciousness, it would have to be Rod Stewart's Maggie May.
    99.5% of North Americans wouldn't have a clue who Bill Monroe was, but, millions would immediately recognize Maggie May, in Europe as well.

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