Re: Mandolin Influences
I also grew up in a musical family. My mother played organ and piano in church. She had a beautiful alto voice. I learned harmony techniques and how to read music from her. My father sang and played guitar and harmonica for barn dances back in the Arkansas Ozark Mountains. I have his old Slingerland guitar but he was also a mandolin and resophonic guitar fan And, he was a Jimmie Rodgers and Chuck Wagon Gang fan. I did mostly vocals until about 20 years ago when took up the mandolin. Before than, I piddled around with an autoharp, dulcimer and fiddle. I made dulcimers for about 15 years. I used to do Southern Gospel and Barbershop but now it's mostly country. I usually sing baritone or bass. When I was young, I could slip into falsetto. I'm 75 years old and I smoked for a while so that's history now but I can still do the bass.
David Hopkins
2001 Gibson F-5L mandolin
Breedlove Legacy FF mandolin; Breedlove Quartz FF mandolin
Gibson F-4 mandolin (1916); Blevins f-style Octave mandolin, 2018
McCormick Oval Sound Hole "Reinhardt" Mandolin
McCormick Solid Body F-Style Electric Mandolin; Slingerland Songster Guitar (c. 1939)
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