Re: Why do people only sell the great ones?
Originally Posted by
OldSausage
There are no bad mandolins.
Well, there was the one at my local pawnshop, where I could have named my own price, but didn't. The owner had lowered it to $50, and was ready to bargain. I'd call it more of a souvenir of Mexico than a musical instrument. He didn't tell me it was the best he'd ever played though, I'll give him that.
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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