Re: Listening Recommendations, American Primitive
I don't know if this exactly fits your genre, but I've been on an 1840-80's kick lately: civil war era, negro spirituals, etc..., and I'm not finding a lot of mandolin. Still, it's pretty fun coming up with my own arrangements with a lot of simple chords and droning. I did a version of Down in the River to Pray a month ago using all one finger chords, and yes, a capo so I could get it up to E so I could sing. The best part was the guitarist with me stopped strumming and just "thumped" along to the beat. I was pleasantly surprised at how enthusiastically everyone joined in.
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