This morning I looked at the label of my new-to-me Pomeroy A5 and lo and behold-
she was born on the 4th of July!
I’m early on this mandolin road and its amazing what a fine instrument can do for your soul.
This morning I looked at the label of my new-to-me Pomeroy A5 and lo and behold-
she was born on the 4th of July!
I’m early on this mandolin road and its amazing what a fine instrument can do for your soul.
And a Happy Independence Day to American friends.
Robert Johnson's mother, describing blues musicians:
"I never did have no trouble with him until he got big enough to be round with bigger boys and off from home. Then he used to follow all these harp blowers, mandoleen (sic) and guitar players."
Lomax, Alan, The Land where The Blues Began, NY: Pantheon, 1993, p.14.
writing about music
is like dancing,
about architecture
Chris from Tucson
2007 Heiden Artist F5 #F102
1919 Gibson A3 #49762 (found on eBay for $15!!)
2022 Austin Clark Octave #159
1922 Gibson H1 Mandola #70063
1972 Martin D-18 (modified by Bryan Kimsey)
2024 Klos Carbon Fiber (on order)
Awesome, enjoy that thing.
Gunga......Gunga.....Gu-Lunga
The line "born on the Fourth of July" is usually quoted from I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy by George M. Cohan.
However, despite his claim, Cohan was born July 3, 1876, one day before the American centennial. Which wouldn't have made as good a song lyric.
Stephen Foster, however, was born July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, or the "semi-centennial." Two presidents who signed the Declaration, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, died on that date.
Allen Hopkins
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