Re: Why the connection?
I play fiddle as well as mandolin, but did not find the switch easy, though I think switching the other direction would be harder.
My pet peeve is everyone who sees me with a mandolin assuming I play bluegrass, although I do understand the association of the two.
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.
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