Missisippi blues

[Rick Lindstrom]

I've been working on transcribing the guitar version of "Mississipi Blues" over to the mandolin. It works OK in the original key (A), but really works better in D on the mando.

Anybody else been working this out?

Rick

[Rick Lindstrom]

Ooops- my bad- I somehow managed to post this twice- apologies. Must be the vino http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Rick

[LKN2MYIS]

I'd be interested in this as well.

It's beautiful on the guitar, and a mandolin would make it tht much sweeter.

I hope someone can help.

[12 fret]

Which Mississipi Blues are you looking for?

[LKN2MYIS]

I'd like the version I've heard Roy Book Binder, Jorma, Bromberg, and others do on guitar.

Love to be able to accompany that on mandolin. Cluesless as to how to play it.

[Rick Lindstrom]

It escapes me at the moment who wrote it- it may have been Willie Dixon way back when. "Mississippi Blues" is sort of a rite of passage for all aspiring acoustic blues players in the same way that "Wildwood Flower" is for flatpickers and "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" is for b*njoists.

Aurora Block performs a seminal version of MB, and Roy Bookbinder is the only musician I know of that recorded it with the vocals. It is d*mn hard to play and sing at the same time.

It's really fun on the mando, and works better than I expected when I set out to convert it.

Rick

[LKN2MYIS]

David Bromberg recorded it with vocals on his first album.

Book Binders version is, IMHO, the best. Love to get mandolin
information for it.

[LKN2MYIS]

Rick -

If you've done this, I'd love to have the music for it.
Can you PM me the tab, or whatever you have?

John