"Georgia On My Mind" played by Electric Mandolin

**Tom Sailor** · Feb-23-2012, 12:18pm

Hi folks,

I really love "Georgia On My Mind", a wonderful Jazz tune composed by Hoagy Carmichael. I played it on my new Almuse Jazz-Mandolin & BOSS GT-10. I developed the voicing myself (inspired by Shelby Eichler) and played a bass line (GT-10 double octave effect) on a second track. Please tell me what you think about my playing - I play the Mandolin for a year now just my myself and I never had some lesson :-)

Have fun,

Tom Sailor

**Jean Fugal** · Feb-23-2012, 12:40pm

Very nice, Tom

**Ed Goist** · Feb-23-2012, 2:12pm

You've been playing for just a year?!!

Fantastic stuff, Tom!
The Almuse sounds great, and your playing is excellent - Beautiful timing and feel.
Congratulations on a fine e-mando, and congratulations to Pete for building it.

**Magnus Geijer** · Feb-23-2012, 3:53pm

That was grand! You wouldn't happen to have that written out in tab, by any chance?

**Darren Bailey** · Feb-23-2012, 4:21pm

hey Tom Sailor - nice playing. Is that the Archangel michael I see in th icon?

**Pipeous** · Feb-23-2012, 5:33pm

I had to internet surf for lyrics to sing along. I really enjoy that song

**rico mando** · Feb-23-2012, 6:42pm

nice !

**Tom Wright** · Feb-23-2012, 11:00pm

Very, very, nice. Good arrangement, good sound, nice touch, and nice instrument. (Personal interest, my first good electric guitar was a used Jazzmaster in 1968.)

**mandrian** · Feb-24-2012, 2:57am

Hi Tom,

My compliments to the mandolin player and the instrument maker. Sounds good.

**Tavy** · Feb-24-2012, 4:05am

Very nice sweet sound - congrats all round!

**Tom Sailor** · Feb-24-2012, 11:25am

Hello @all,
what a nice surprise to have a look to here this afternoon...
Thank you all for your kind plaudit...
@Ed Goist: yes, I play Mandolin since Christmas 2010, but I play the violin for about 30 and the giutar (just easy accords) for about 20 years, and playing the Mandolin is exactly the crossbreed for me. So that wasn't a start from the beginning

@Magnus Geijer: yes I have it written out, but I have to rewrite it to make you able to read my clow

I'll see what I can do the next days. My Jazz Mandolin however is tuned FCGD so if you play that on a normal Mandolin the tune will be one tone higher. But that's no damage.
@Darren Bailey: The icon shows Jesus Christ on the donkey on his way to Jerusalem...
Keep on playing

Tom

**lukmanohnz** · Feb-24-2012, 11:03pm

Lovely arrangement, and beautiful playing. Very nice indeed!

**Jerry Turberville** · Feb-25-2012, 6:39pm

Very nice Tom. I hope you'll share some more.

**bobamysdad** · Apr-19-2012, 4:19pm

That's really lovely, played on a brilliant instrument. Cheered me right up, thanks.

**Tom Sailor** · Feb-23-2013, 12:36pm

hi @all,
just finished my try to write out the tabs, as requested... well, I have neither seen nor writing out that many tabs so far and in fact I didn't know exactly how to depict the small figures especially into the first part of the tune. So I hope that everyone who is interested can handle with this attempt... if not, tell me how to improve...
have a good time,

Tom

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**ald** · Feb-24-2013, 11:27am

Thanks a lot, Tom

**Rick Jones** · Feb-27-2013, 8:25pm

Posted with Tom's permission - I downloaded the JPG Tom provided, opened it in Photoshop, adjusted levels and such to darken up the text, and exported out as PDF. It's at least a little bit easier to read. If you have access to a printer that prints on 11x17 paper, it makes it a lot easier also.