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  1. By coincidence (or not), Luton, where I picked up...

    By coincidence (or not), Luton, where I picked up the Ellis book, was the home town of Philip Bone, who founded the Luton Mandolin Band in 1896. They became nationally, and indeed internationally...
  2. I have an interesting mandolin tutor which I...

    I have an interesting mandolin tutor which I picked up in a junk shop in Luton (England) some years ago. It is written by Herbert J.Ellis and published by John Alvey Turner (history of the latter at...
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    Thanks for all suggestions. Joe's link is much...

    Thanks for all suggestions. Joe's link is much more useful than it might sound. Although it's on a guitar website, this article on improvisation is not instrument specific and does include tabs on...
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    There was (is?) a lefty punk mandolin performer...

    There was (is?) a lefty punk mandolin performer in England called 'Attila the Stockbroker'. I saw him a few times in the 1980s. See:
    http://www.attilathestockbroker.com/ancient.html
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    I'm looking for tabs for pentatonic scales on the...

    I'm looking for tabs for pentatonic scales on the mandolin. Just bought a piano for my daughter's birthday, on which you can have hours of fun just playing around on the black keys (pentatonic scale,...
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    Natalie Merchant (ex-10,000 Maniacs) has recently...

    Natalie Merchant (ex-10,000 Maniacs) has recently done a fine cover version of the old Fairport Convention track 'Crazy Man Michael' mentioned elsewhere on this thread. It's on the 'Carpenter's...
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    I've had a go at playing punk on my electric...

    I've had a go at playing punk on my electric mandolin, but lately I've been trying slowed down acoustic countryish versions of punk songs. I played The Clash's 'Career Opportunities' at a session in...
  8. I came across this interesting tale from 'The...

    I came across this interesting tale from 'The Recollections of Witold Górski – 1944 Warsaw uprising'(for some reason there is a mistake on the page and it says 1994 - but clearly it's about 1944):
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    Anyone living in London (UK) might be interested...

    Anyone living in London (UK) might be interested to know that Planxty are playing some rare reunion gigs in Januay 2005, featuring mandolinist Andy Irvine (see: http://andyirvine.com/)

    Andy's...
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